Php/mysql have been my server side language and and database of choice since 1998.I have looked in and used a few frameworks and cms like Zend PHP Frameworks with Manegto, and CakePhp , WordPress, Drupal and Joomla! that are all on based /built with those languages. My newest friend is CodeIgniter from our friends at ellislabs. Ellislabs also created Expression Engine and MojoMotor.
- General Changes
- Fixed a potential parameter injection flaw in the Security Library and strengthened the XSS filter for HTML5 vulnerabilites.
- Callback validation rules can now accept parameters like any other validation rule.
- Added html_escape() to the Common functions to escape HTML output for preventing XSS easliy.
- Helpers
- Addedincrement_string()to String Helper to turn “foo” into “foo-1″ or “foo-1″ into “foo-2″.
- Altered form helper – made action on form_open_multipart helper function call optional. Fixes (#65)
- url_title()will now trim extra dashes from beginning and end.
- Improved speed of String Helper‘s random_string() method
- Database
- Added a CUBRID driver to the Database driver. Thanks to the CUBRID team for supplying this patch.
- Added a PDO driver to the Database driver.
- Typecast limit and offset in the Database driver to integers to avoid possible injection.
- Added additional option ‘none’ for the optional third argument for $this->db->like() in the Database driver.
- Added $this->db->insert_batch() support to the OCI8 (Oracle) driver.
- Libraries
- Changed $this->cart->insert() in the Cart library to return the Row ID if a single item was inserted successfully.
- Added support to set an optional parameter in your callback rules of validation using the Form Validation library.
- Added a Migration library to assist with applying incremental updates to your database schema.
- Driver children can be located in any package path.
- Addedis_uniqueto the Form Validation library.
- Added $config['use_page_numbers'] to the Pagination library, which enables real page numbers in the URI.
- Added TLS and SSL Encryption for SMTP.
- Core
- Changed private functions in URI library to protected so MY_URI can override them.
- RemovedCI_COREboolean constant from CodeIgniter.php (there are no longer different Reactor and Core versions).
