8. GENERAL DB IMPROVEMENTS
- Added an optional parameter that allows to disable escaping (useful for custom
fields) for methods join(), order_by(), where_in(), or_where_in(), where_not_in(),
or_where_not_in().
- Added support for join() with multiple conditions.
- Added support for USING in join().
- Changed limit() to ignore NULL values instead of always casting to integer.
- Changed offset() to ignore empty values instead of always casting to integer.
- Added 'dsn' configuration setting for drivers that support DSN strings (PDO,
PostgreSQL, Oracle, ODBC, CUBRID).
9. MYSQLI DB IMPROVEMENTS
- OOP style of the PHP extension is now used, instead of the
procedural aliases.
- Server version checking is now done via MySQLi::$server_info
instead of running an SQL query.
- Added persistent connections support for PHP >= 5.3.