Download phpBB 3.0.6

Tuesday version 3.0.6 of phpBB was released. With this program it is possible to create a web forum. PhpBB is made available under the gpl license and uses PHP and a database program to store messages. Besides MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird and SQLite are also supported as database software. The complete list of changes since version 3.0.5 is in this topic on the phpBB forum, while the developer’s list of the most important improvements is also already impressive in length:

Major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6

• Better captcha options and backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
  • Classic and GD CAPTCHA
  • reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
  • Q&A CAPTCHA
  • 3D Wave (by Robert “Xore” Hetzler)
• Introduced new ACM (Cache) plugins. (Please consult our support forums for help if you need to use one of the new ACM plugins)
  • null (to disable caching completely)
  • memcache
  • APC
  • XCache
  • eAccelerator
• ATOM Feeds
• Bare bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
• Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
• Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
• Send anonymous statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional)

Minor feature additions to phpBB 3.0.6

• Add language selection to the registration terms page. (Patch by leviatan21)
• New groups option to exclude group leaders from group permissions (allows leading groups having NEVER permissions).
• New “Newly Registered Users” group for assigning permissions to newly registered users. They will be removed from this group once they reach a defineable amount of posts.
• Ability to define if the “Newly Registered Users” group will be assigned as the default group to newly registered users.
• Add new option to disable avatars board-wide. (Patch by cybercOsmonauT and nickvergessen)
• Add unapproved topic icon for moderators on forum list.
• Ability to define minimum number of characters for posts/pms.
• Detect if a post has been altered by someone else while editing.
• Add unread posts quick search option.
• Add option to disable avatar uploads from remote locations.
• Ability to delete warnings and keep warnings permanently.
• Ability to empty a user’s outbox from the user ACP quick tools.
• Ability to search ACP/MCP logs.
• Parse email text files with the template engine.
• Added new functionality to inactive users module:
  • Ability to set users per page.
  • Ability to sort by posts/number of reminders/last reminded date.
  • Show number of posts and ability to search posts.
  • Show number of reminders sent to user.
  • Show date of last reminder sent to user.
• Display version check on ACP main page.
• Ability to control the display of custom profile fields on viewtopic.
• Fallback options for missing language files. (Patch by EXreaction)
• Separate PM Reply and PM Reply to all in prosilver.
• Place debug notices during captcha rendering in the error log – useful for debugging output already started errors.
• Ability to define constant PHPBB_USE_BOARD_URL_PATH to use board url for images/avatars/ranks/imageset (useful for bridges and applications using phpBB).
• Style authors are now able to define the default submit button used for form submission on ENTER keypress on forms using more than one submit button. Prosilver uses this for the posting page(s) and registration screen.
• Ability to specify amount of time user is able to delete his last post in topic.

Smaller changes implemented in phpBB 3.0.6

• Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.
• Template engine now permits variable includes to a limited extent.
• Quote BBCode no longer requires the f_reply permission.
• Banning/unbanning users now generates an entry in their user notes.
• Smilies no longer require the f_bbcode permission.
• Hide avatar when avatar-type is not allowed.
• INCLUDEPHP paths are now relative to $phpbb_root_path.
• “Post details” links with image in MCP.
• PM history now only shows PMs of users you currently reply to.
• Show quote button for own PMs in PM history.
• Add pagination for icons and smilies in the ACP and smilies in the smiley popup.
• Changed minimum requirement for Firebird DBMS from 2.0+ to 2.1+.
• Unapproved topics can no longer be replied to.
• Allow three-digit hex notation in Color BBcode.
• Simplified login_box() and redirection after login. S_LOGIN_ACTION can now be used on every page.
• Resize oversized topic icons.
• Banned IPs are now sorted.
• phpBB updater now skips sole whitespace/tab changes while computing differences. This reduces the chance of conflict tremendously.
• phpBB updater now solves common conflicts on its own. This further reduces the chance of conflicts.
• Database updater now supports checking for existing/missing indexes.