Download phpBB 3.1.0 rc 4

The fourth release candidate of phpBB version 3.1.0 has been 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 and SQLite are also supported as database software. In addition to the complete installation, there are also various upgrade packages to download. Detailed information about the changes in version 3.1.0 is on the phpBB blog to find. The release notes for this release are as follows:

New Features

• Events – New events have been added to increase the power of extensions
• Extensions and “all” style – Extensions templates are now loaded from the “all” folder by controller/helper/render()
• Extensions outside of phpBB – Add ability to access extensions outside the phpBB root

Notable Changes

• Notification service prefix – The hardcoded prefix for notification services has been removed, so extensions can correctly namespace them.
• Symfony Update – Symfony Components have been updated to 2.3.19

Notable Bug Fixes

• Converting from phpBB 2.0 – Converting from phpBB 2.0 to 3.1 is now possible again

For a complete list of changes, please refer to this report.