<!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>New Extensions</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="migration52.removed-extensions.html">Removed Extensions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="migration52.classes.html">New Classes</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="migration52.html">Migrating from PHP 5.1.x to PHP 5.2.x</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="migration52.new-extensions" class="section"> <h2 class="title">New Extensions</h2> <p class="para"> The following are new extensions added (by default) as of PHP 5.2.0: </p> <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> <span class="simpara"> <a href="ref.filter.html" class="link">Filter</a> - validates and filters data, and is designed for use with insecure data such as user input. This extension is enabled by default; the default mode RAW does not impact input data in any way. </span> </li> <li class="listitem"> <span class="simpara"> <a href="ref.json.html" class="link">JSON</a> - implements the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data interchange format. This extension is enabled by default. </span> </li> <li class="listitem"> <span class="simpara"> <a href="ref.zip.html" class="link">Zip</a> - enables you to transparently read or write ZIP compressed archives and the files inside them. </span> </li> </ul> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="migration52.removed-extensions.html">Removed Extensions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="migration52.classes.html">New Classes</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="migration52.html">Migrating from PHP 5.1.x to PHP 5.2.x</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>