We are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 3.1.0-RC1, the "Bertie scores a release in overtime" release. This is the first release candidate version of the upcoming phpBB 3.1.0 feature release.
In order to ensure that the final release is of the highest possible quality, we are asking for your assistance with putting the release candidate through its paces and reporting any encountered bugs. If you find a problem or have a suggestion, please file an issue ticket in our bug tracker.
Please review the Beta1 announcement for an overview of new features in phpBB Ascraeus 3.1 and instructions on updating.
Release highlights can be found in the wiki.
For a complete list of changes with attributed ticket numbers, please consult our comprehensive changelog.
Security
If you find any security issues, please report them to the security tracker.
Download
The downloads are available on the Area51 downloads page.
If you cannot find the package you desire, please see our release archive.
Requirements
Please note that phpBB 3.1 has some requirements that differ from phpBB 3.0:
- PHP version 5.3.3 or greater is required
- PHP’s json extension is required
- For PostgreSQL users, only versions 8.3 and above are supported
- Firebird is not supported anymore
Release Highlights
New Features
- Events - More events have been added to the template and the php core
- PHPBB_DISPLAY_LOAD_TIME - A new constant has been added to dissociate the displaying of the load time from DEBUG
- New profile fields - New profile fields for Facebook, Google+, Skype, Twitter and Youtube have been added
- Firebird''' - '''Firebird is NO LONGER SUPPORTED as a database backend
- No functions in front files - All functions were moved from front-facing files to function files
- File finder - phpbbinder (previously phpbbextensioninder) does not depend on extension manager anymore
- Right-to-left - Several bugs related to right-to-left languages have been fixed