<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Key PHP 5.1.x features</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="migration51.html">Migrating from PHP 5.0.x to PHP 5.1.x</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="migration51.references.html">Changes in reference handling</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="migration51.html">Migrating from PHP 5.0.x to PHP 5.1.x</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="migration51.changes" class="section"> <h2 class="title">Key PHP 5.1.x features</h2> <p class="para"> Some of the key features of PHP 5.1.x include: </p> <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> A complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved timezone support. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> Significant performance improvements compared to PHP 5.0.X. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> PDO extension is now enabled by default. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> Over 30 new functions in various extensions and built-in functionality. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> <p class="para"> Over 400 various bug fixes. </p> </li> </ul> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="migration51.html">Migrating from PHP 5.0.x to PHP 5.1.x</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="migration51.references.html">Changes in reference handling</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="migration51.html">Migrating from PHP 5.0.x to PHP 5.1.x</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>