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Release Candidates for minor 3.0.x versions

Posted about 1 year ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

In an effort to increase product stability we are happy to announce that we will release candidates for every minor release of the 3.0.x product line in prior - these releases are meant for testing.

If you are interested in ... [More] these quality assurance releases, please feel free to subscribe to the phpbb-qa mailing list.

The first RC got released two days ago.

Further release candidates will only be announced within the mailing list and not be posted within this forum. [Less]

phpBB 2.0.23 released

Posted about 1 year ago by Acyd Burn

Hi everyone,

we are very happy to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.23, the "still furry as hell" edition. This release addresses several bugfixes and some security issues.

As with all new releases we urge you to update as soon as ... [More] possible. You can of course find this download available on our downloads page. As per usual four packages are available to simplify your update.

Full Package
Contains entire phpBB2 source and English language packageChanged Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous releasePatch Files
Contains patch compatible patches from the previous versions of phpBB.Code Changes
Contains step-by-step instructions in MOD format for updating heavily MODified installsSelect whichever package is most suitable for you.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation or updates!.

It is important that you carry out both parts of the update - updating the files and running the database update script - for updates to be complete.

What has changed in this release?

The changelog (contained within this release) is as follows:

[Fix] Correctly re-assign group moderator on user deletion (Bug #280)[Fix] Deleting a forum with multiple polls included (Bug #6740)[Fix] Fixed postgresql query for obtaining group moderator in groupcp.php (Bug #6550)[Fix] Selected field on first entry by default for font size within posting_body.tpl (Bug #7124)[Fix] Adjusted maxlength parameters in admin/styles_edit_body.tpl (Bug #81)[Fix] Fixed html output in make_forum_select if no forums present (Bug #436)[Fix] Fixed spelling error(s) in lang_admin.php (Bug #7172, #6978)[Fix] Correctly display censored words in admin panel (Bug #12271)[Fix] Do not allow soft hyphen \xAD in usernames (reported by Bander00)[Fix] Fixed the group permission system's use of array access[Fix] Simple group permissions now work properly[Fix] Fix inability to export smilies (Bug #2265)[Fix] Fixing some problems with PHP5 and register_long_arrays off[Sec] Fix possible XSRF Vulnerability in private messaging and groups handling [Less]

CVS no longer used for repository management

Posted about 1 year ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

we like to announce the switch from CVS to SVN for our repository management and source control. Within this step, we also set up a new home for phpBB development and phpBB related projects. At the moment only phpBB itself is listed ... [More] and only repository management handled there. Within the next months we will enable more and more features and move internal projects as well as hopefully other public projects to the new home.

Sourceforge.net phpbb-checkins mailing list

For all of you having subscribed to the phpBB checkins mailing list, you do not need to change anything. Commit notifications are sent to the new commit mailing list and to the sourceforge mailing list. If you sign up for the new mailing list do not forget to unsubscribe from the sourceforge.net mailing list.

Downloads

Downloads are still hosted at sourceforge.net for the time being.

Area51/Statistics/Snapshots

The old CVS statistics at area51 had been replaced by SVN statistics... sadly they are not as descriptive as the old ones.

Snapshots are currently disabled, we will implement the SVN counterpart soon.

Useful Links

phpBB Code Forge
Area51 - phpBB Development Forum

Have fun, [Less]

phpBB3 Gold Released

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

Today we begin a new chapter in the history of phpBB. After five years, over 200,000 lines of new and altered code, and many a long night phpBB Group is very proud to announce the release of phpBB3 "Olympus".

phpBB has ... [More] changed considerably since work on its second major release began. People have come and gone but this day would not have been reached without the hard work and dedication of all our group members, past and present. The phpBB community, all of you, also deserve a large pat on the back for continuing to support this project. Whether it be through writing mods, creating new themes, spreading the word or simply using phpBB to build new communities, our thanks to you too.

So again we say with great pride and many thanks to all those who've helped us reach this point - enjoy phpBB3.

Thank you.

For discussions about this announcement, please refer to: Discuss: phpBB3 Gold Released [Less]

Happy Release Birthday

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

7 years ago phpBB 1.0 was released to the community. Since then, phpBB evolved and grew over the years, now with a strong and healthy community and teams making sure everything runs smooth.

Everyone raise a glass to phpBB's 7th release ... [More] birthday.

As a little present to you, the community, we are now announcing the official release date of phpBB3 Gold:

13th December 2007 - 17:00 GMT

Be sure to be around for the release party - we want to celebrate the birth of the new generation Open Source forum software solution with you.

Yours, phpBB Teams. [Less]

Happy Release Birthday / Gold Release Date announced

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

7 years ago phpBB 1.0 was released to the community. Since then, phpBB evolved and grew over the years, now with a strong and healthy community and teams making sure everything runs smooth.

Everyone raise a glass to phpBB's 7th release ... [More] birthday.

As a little present to you, the community, we are now announcing the official release date of phpBB3 Gold:

13th December 2007 - 17:00 GMT

Be sure to be around for the release party - we want to celebrate the birth of the new generation Open Source forum software solution with you.

Yours, phpBB Teams. [Less]

Happy Release Birthday / Gold Release Date announced

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

7 years ago phpBB 1.0 was released to the community. Since then, phpBB evolved and grew over the years, now with a strong and healthy community and teams making sure everything runs smooth.

Everyone raise a glass to phpBB's 7th release ... [More] birthday.

As a little present to you, the community, we are now announcing the official release date of phpBB3 Gold:

13th December 2007 - 17:00 GMT

Be sure to be around for the release party - we want to celebrate the birth of the new generation Open Source forum software solution with you.

Yours, phpBB Teams. [Less]

phpBB3 Release Candidate 8 (RC8) released

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC8 package. This package fixes some critical bugs.
Please note that we urge you to update - we only support the latest version here.

RC8 has seen some ... [More] improvements as well as fixing some critical bugs. Some important fixes are for example:

[Fix] Fixed MSSQL related bug in the update system[Fix] Mitigating different realpath() handling between PHP versions (fixing confirm box redirects)[Fix] Fix signature editing - ability to remove signature (Bug #14820)[Fix] Send correct activation key by forcing reactivation for inactive user (Bug #14819)[Fix] Open private message notification (Bug #14773)[Fix] Fixing false new private message indicator (Bug #14627)[Fix] Let newly activated passwords work if users were converted (Bug #14787)[Fix] Allow alternative text for styled buttons if images turned off, but CSS staying on[Change] Do not assign converted votes to the first option in a vote.[Fix] Use correct RFC 2822 date format in emails (Bug #15042)[Fix] Require founder status for some actions on founder-only groups (Bug #15119)[Change] Some improvements to the caching of avatars[Change] Set template recompilation to be disabled by default. All mod and style authors and all those who want to modify their styles should enabled it after installation.[Change] Disable debug mode. All mod and style authors should enable DEBUG and DEBUG_EXTRA.[Fix] Check error reporting level for all error level. This fixes a problem for hosts having manipulated the error handler. (Bug #14831)[Feature] Constant PHPBB_DB_NEW_LINK introduced which can be used to force phpBB to create a new database connection instead of reusing an existing one if the dbms supports it (Bug #14927)[Fix] Automatic URL parsing no longer allows dots in the schema but can parse URLs starting after a dot (Bug #15110)[Fix] Recache Moderators when copying permissions. (Bug #15384)[Change] Do not allow size=0 bbcodes (font-size of 0)
Please refer to the changelog for a complete list of fixes since RC7:

http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents. ... &version=3
A short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it.

Minimum Requirements

phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.

A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHPA SQL database system, one of:
MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)PostgreSQL 7.3 SQLite 2.8.2 Firebird 2.0 MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)OraclePHP 4.3.3 (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.getimagesize() function need to be enabledThese optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
zlib Compression supportRemote FTP supportXML supportImagemagick supportGD Support
The presence of each of these optional modules will be checked during the installation process.

Security

Security issues found should be reported to our security tracker in the usual way.

Available packages

If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" method for updating.

With this release, there are four packages available.
Full Package
Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Changed Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch Files
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Automatic Update Package
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!.

Download/Documentation

phpBB DownloadsphpBB3 development sectionphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode Documentation

Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Group. [Less]

phpBB3 Release Candidate 8 (RC8) released

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC8 package. This package fixes some critical bugs.
Please note that we urge you to update - we only support the latest version here.

RC8 has seen some ... [More] improvements as well as fixing some critical bugs. Some important fixes are for example:

[Fix] Fixed MSSQL related bug in the update system[Fix] Mitigating different realpath() handling between PHP versions (fixing confirm box redirects)[Fix] Fix signature editing - ability to remove signature (Bug #14820)[Fix] Send correct activation key by forcing reactivation for inactive user (Bug #14819)[Fix] Open private message notification (Bug #14773)[Fix] Fixing false new private message indicator (Bug #14627)[Fix] Let newly activated passwords work if users were converted (Bug #14787)[Fix] Allow alternative text for styled buttons if images turned off, but CSS staying on[Change] Do not assign converted votes to the first option in a vote.[Fix] Use correct RFC 2822 date format in emails (Bug #15042)[Fix] Require founder status for some actions on founder-only groups (Bug #15119)[Change] Some improvements to the caching of avatars[Change] Set template recompilation to be disabled by default. All mod and style authors and all those who want to modify their styles should enabled it after installation.[Change] Disable debug mode. All mod and style authors should enable DEBUG and DEBUG_EXTRA.[Fix] Check error reporting level for all error level. This fixes a problem for hosts having manipulated the error handler. (Bug #14831)[Feature] Constant PHPBB_DB_NEW_LINK introduced which can be used to force phpBB to create a new database connection instead of reusing an existing one if the dbms supports it (Bug #14927)[Fix] Automatic URL parsing no longer allows dots in the schema but can parse URLs starting after a dot (Bug #15110)[Fix] Recache Moderators when copying permissions. (Bug #15384)[Change] Do not allow size=0 bbcodes (font-size of 0)
Please refer to the changelog for a complete list of fixes since RC7:

http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents. ... &version=3
A short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it.

Minimum Requirements

phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.

A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHPA SQL database system, one of:
MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)PostgreSQL 7.3 SQLite 2.8.2 Firebird 2.0 MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)OraclePHP 4.3.3 (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.getimagesize() function need to be enabledThese optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
zlib Compression supportRemote FTP supportXML supportImagemagick supportGD Support
The presence of each of these optional modules will be checked during the installation process.

Security

Security issues found should be reported to our security tracker in the usual way.

Available packages

If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" method for updating.

With this release, there are four packages available.
Full Package
Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Changed Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch Files
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Automatic Update Package
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!.

Download/Documentation

phpBB DownloadsphpBB3 development sectionphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode Documentation

Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Group. [Less]

phpBB3 Release Candidate 7 (RC7) released

Posted over 2 years ago by Acyd Burn

Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC7 package, the "We are sorry and love our support team" edition. This release fixes some critical issues which arised with the recently released Release Candidate 6 ... [More] , basically fixing some bbcode problems as well as missing form tokens. On the downloads page we provide two update packages this time, one for going from RC5 to RC7 and one for going from RC6 to RC7.

This release is mostly the outcome of an external security audit performed by SektionEins. All items tagged as [Sec] were found by the company doing the audit and revealed some fundamental problems we were able to fix. We are proud that the audit revealed no sql injection vulnerability or critical command execution vulnerabilities.

For release candidates full support is given, allowing language packs as well as modifications and styles. We only give support to those having a clean RC installation or updates from previous release candidates. Previous conversions or updates from betas will not be supported here. We encourage only those running the release candidates wanting to test out the new version, it is still recommended to wait for the full release; after all this is a release candidate.
Please also note that we urge you to update - we only support the latest version. Bug reports submitted for previous releases will be closed as well as only the latest version being supported here.

RC6/RC7 has seen some improvements as well as fixing some security issues. Some important fixes are:

[Fix] Further fixing user profile view (please do not forget to update/refresh your template and style) (Bug #14230)[Fix] Adjust google adsense bot information (Bug #14296)[Fix] Fix horizontal scrollbar problem in IE6 (Bug #14228) - fix provided by Danny-dev[Fix] Correctly set user style for guest user (able to be changed within user management)[Change] Moved note about dns_get_record function for using GTalk (Jabber) from Jabber log to Jabber ACP panel[Fix] Do not use register_shutdown_function within cron.php if handling the queue and the mail function being used (Bug #14321)[Fix] Fixing private message on-hold code if moving messages into folder based on rules (Bug #14309)[Fix] Allow the merge selection screen to work (Bug #14363)[Change] Require additional permissions for copying permission when editing forums[Fix] Local magic URLs no longer get an additional trailing slash (Bug #14362)[Fix] Do not let the cron script stale for one hour if register_shutdown_function is not able to be called (Bug #14436)[Feature] Added /includes/db/db_tools.php file, which includes tools for handling cross-db actions such as altering columns, etc.[Fix] Fixed token handling in jabber class for extremely spec-compliant XMPP server (Bug #14445)[Change] Listing the board url within the email text instead of appending it to the subject (Bug #14378)[Fix] Use correct dimension (width x height) in ACP (Bug #14452)[Feature] Added completely new hook system to allow better application/mod integration - see docs/hook_system.html[Fix] Fixing google cache display problems with Firefox (Bug #14472) - patch provided by Raimon[Change] Allow years in future be selected for date custom profile field (Bug #14519)[Feature] Added an option to enforce that users spend a configurable amount of time on the terms page during registration[Sec] Fixing possible XSS through compromised WHOIS server (#i63, #i64)[Sec] Missing access control on whois in viewonline.php (#i51)[Sec] Encoding some variables within user::page array correctly (to cope with browser not doing it correctly) to prevent XSS through functions re-using them (#i61)[Sec] Fixed XSS through memberlist search feature (#i62)[Sec] Fixed XSS through colour swatch (#i65)[Sec] Fixed insecure attachment deletion (#i53)[Sec] Only allow whitelisted protocols in meta_redirect/redirect (#i66)[Sec] Check file names to be written in language management panel (#i52)[Sec] Deregister globals if ini_get has been disabled (#i112)[Sec] Added form tokens to most forms to enforce a lighter variant of CSRF protection (#i91 - #i96)[Sec] Use new password hash method for forum passwords (#i43)[Sec] Changed download file location to prevent flash crossdomain policies taking effect (#i8)[Sec] Do not allow autocompletion for password on admin re-authentication (#i41)[Sec] Made sure users are not completely locked out if they have a GLOBALS cookie (#i101)[Sec] Use the secure hash to generate BBCODE_UIDs (#i71)[Sec] Increase the length of BBCODE_UIDs (#i72)[Sec] New password hashing mechanism for storing passwords (#i42)

Please refer to the changelog for a complete list of fixes since RC5:

http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents. ... &version=3
A short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it. If you want to be on the safe side we suggest still waiting for later releases before you fully convert your 2.0.x installation.

Important

Due to the password storage mechanism changed, you will not be able to log in to your board if you try to use the updated database with files prior to RC6.

Minimum Requirements

phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.

A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHPA SQL database system, one of:
MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)PostgreSQL 7.3 SQLite 2.8.2 Firebird 2.0 MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)OraclePHP 4.3.3 (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.getimagesize() function need to be enabledThese optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
zlib Compression supportRemote FTP supportXML supportImagemagick supportGD Support
The presence of each of these optional modules will be checked during the installation process.

Security

Security issues found should be reported to our security tracker in the usual way.

Available packages

If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" method for updating.

With this release, there are four packages available.
Full Package
Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Changed Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch Files
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Automatic Update Package
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!.

The automatic update package does not include the file includes/utf/data/recode_cjk.php. If you use a SJIS encoding or a variant you should replace this file manually with the version included within the full package.

Download/Documentation

phpBB DownloadsphpBB3 development sectionphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode Documentation

Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Team [Less]