DEVELOPER’SGUIDE1.5

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The main differences between versions
With each new version PrestаShоp gets enriched with new useful tools and features. Let’s take a
look at versions 1.4 and 1.5.
Features introduced in PrestaShop 1.5:
• Support for PDO and MySQLi;
• added DBQuery and Collection;
• Tools have been extended with new features (e.g. Mobile detect) as well as with the profiling;
• Expanded and improved helpers ();
• Support for multiple stores;
• Multi-shipping;
• Expanded functions for managing your discounts;
• Expanded API functionality;
• The ability to update installed modules directly from the administrative interface.
Themes have also encountered certain changes:
• Processing templates:
1.4 – {$link->getPageLink(‘order-slip.php’, true)}
1.5 – {$link->getPageLink(‘order-slip’, true)}
• Hooks added and renamed.
• Changed the way product attributes are formatted and displayed, also added product.js.
• Added layout.tpl.
• Each module has its own css and js in its structure.
Servers. Requirements and settings
Before starting using PrestаShоp, you need to ensure that your hosting meets all the requirements:
• PHP 5.2 or above;
• MySQL 5.0 or above;
• Preferable to have Apache Web Server 1.3 or above installed;
• Not less than 64 Mb of RAM.
The hosting should also have the following settings and extensions installed:
• GD libraries;
• DOM extensions;
• allow_url_fopen.
Additional requirements:
• Support for GZIP;
• Mсrypt extension;
• register_globals disabled;
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