A major version of TYPO3 CMS has been announced and it is not the long awaited "5.0" but instead a "6.0". I try to explain how this could happen by looking at the history of the TYPO3 CMS and the famous "TYPO3 Phoenix" project.
Prepared queries are now part of the TYPO3 database API. The API is mostly based on PDO's method naming and currently supports SELECT queries. Read on to learn how to take advantage of this enhanced API for your own extensions.