🐕 Retriever

v5.0 - 13 Aug 2026

Added

• Arrays passed as data on POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE are sent as JSON automatically, no json_encode() needed
• Added timeout support in seconds, per-request or app-wide via Fetch::config()
• Added verifyHost and verifyPeer options with correct TLS semantics
• JSON responses are decoded for you
• Added a Pest test suite, run through Alchemy (fetch's first)

Fixed

• cURL failures throw a clear exception naming the failing URL, instead of failing quietly
• Every documented option is honoured — options you set no longer silently do nothing
• Cleaned up functional-mode initialization

Changed

• Fetch now requires PHP 8.2+ and jumps from v0.3 to v5.0 to version alongside the rest of Leaf 5