- Enh: Improved `QueryBuilder::buildLimit()` to support big numbers (qiangxue)
- Enh: Added typecast database types into php types (dizews)
- Enh:#2211: Added typecast database types into php types (dizews)
- Enh #2240: Improved `yii\web\AssetManager::publish()`, `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedPath()` and `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedUrl()` to support aliases (vova07)
- Chg #1519: `yii\web\User::loginRequired()` now returns the `Response` object instead of exiting the application (qiangxue)
- Chg #1586: `QueryBuilder::buildLikeCondition()` will now escape special characters and use percentage characters by default (qiangxue)