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- <h1>phpBB 3.2.x Changelog</h1>

- This is a non-exhaustive (but still near complete) changelog for phpBB 3.2.x including release candidate versions.

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- <h1>phpBB 3.2.x FAQ</h1>

- <p>phpBB 3.2.x frequently asked questions</p>

-<p>Please read the paragraph about permissions in our extensive <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/">online documentation</a>.</p>

-<p>Please read our <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/">extensive user documentation</a> first, it may just explain what you want to know.</p>

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- <h1>phpBB 3.2.x Install</h1>

- <p>phpBB 3.2.x Installation, updating and conversion informations</p>

- updating and converting phpBB you should read <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/">the documentation</a>

- <li><a href="#update">Updating from stable releases of phpBB 3.2.x</a>

- <li><a href="#update30_31">Updating from phpBB 3.0.x/3.1.x to phpBB 3.2.x</a></li>

- <li><a href="#convert">Conversion from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.2.x</a>

- <p>If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB3 you can use these steps to quickly get started. For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to <a href="#require">section 2</a> below.</p>

- <li>Decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system.</li>

- <li>Point your web browser to the location where you uploaded the phpBB3 files with the addition of <code>install/app.php</code> or simply <code>install/</code>, e.g. <code>http://www.example.com/phpBB3/install/app.php</code>, <code>http://www.example.com/forum/install/</code>.</li>

- <li>phpBB3 should now be available, please <strong>MAKE SURE</strong> you read at least <a href="#postinstall">Section 6</a> below for important, security related post-installation instructions, and also take note of <a href="#anti_spam">Section 7</a> regarding anti-spam measures.</li>

- <p>phpBB 3.2.x has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.</p>

- <li>MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)</li>

- <li><strong>PHP 5.4.7+</strong> but less than <strong>PHP 7.3</strong> with support for the database you intend to use.</li>

- <li>XML support</li>

- <p>If your server or hosting account does not meet the requirements above then you will be unable to install phpBB 3.2.x.</p>

- <a name="update"></a><h2>4. Updating from stable releases of phpBB 3.2.x</h2>

- <p>This package contains a number of archives, each contains the files changed from a given release to the latest version. You should select the appropriate archive for your current version, e.g. if you currently have <strong>3.2.0</strong> you should select the appropriate <code>phpBB-3.2.1-files.zip/tar.bz2</code> file.</p>

- <p>A number of patch files are provided to allow you to update from previous stable releases. Select the correct patch, e.g. if your current version is <strong>3.2.0</strong>, you need the <code>phpBB-3.2.1-patch.zip/tar.bz2</code> file. Place the correct patch in the parent directory containing the phpBB core files (i.e. index.php, viewforum.php, etc.). With this done you should run the following command: <code>patch -cl -d [PHPBB DIRECTORY] -p1 &lt; [PATCH NAME]</code> (where PHPBB DIRECTORY is the directory name your phpBB Installation resides in, for example phpBB, and where PATCH NAME is the relevant filename of the selected patch file). This should complete quickly, hopefully without any HUNK FAILED comments.</p>

- <p>The automatic update package will update the board from a given version to the latest version. A number of automatic update files are available, and you should choose the one that corresponds to the version of the board that you are currently running. For example, if your current version is <strong>3.2.0</strong>, you need the <code>phpBB-3.2.0_to_3.2.1.zip/tar.bz2</code> file.</p>

- <a name="update30_31"></a><h2>5. Updating from phpBB 3.0.x/3.1x to phpBB 3.2.x</h2>

- <p>Updating from phpBB 3.0.x or 3.1.x to 3.2.x is just the same as <a href="#update">updating from stable releases of phpBB 3.2.x</a></p>

- <p>However you can also start with a new set of phpBB 3.2.x files.</p>

- <li>Upload the contents of the 3.2.x Full Package into your forum's directory. Make sure the root level .htaccess file is included in the upload.</li>

- <a name="convert"></a><h2>6. Conversion from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.2.x</h2>

-<p>This paragraph explains the steps necessary to convert your existing phpBB2 installation to phpBB3.</p>

- <p>Before converting, we heavily recommend you do a <em>full backup of your database and files</em>! If you are unsure how to achieve this, please ask your hosting provider for advice. You basically need to follow the instructions given for <a href="#install">New installations</a>. Please <strong>do not</strong> overwrite any old files - install phpBB3 at a different location.</p>

- <p>Once you made a backup of everything and also have a brand new phpBB3 installation, you can now begin the conversion.</p>

- <p>Note that the conversion requires <code>CREATE</code> and <code>DROP</code> privileges for the phpBB3 database user account.</p>

- <p>To begin the conversion, visit the <code>install/</code> folder of your phpBB3 installation (the same as you have done for installing). Now you will see a new tab <em>Convert</em>. Click this tab.</p>

- <p>As with install, the conversion is automated. Your previous 2.0.x database tables will not be changed and the original 2.0.x files will remain unaltered. The conversion is actually only filling your phpBB3 database tables and copying additional data over to your phpBB3 installation. This has the benefit that if something goes wrong, you are able to either re-run the conversion or continue a conversion, while your old board is still accessible. We really recommend that you disable your old installation while converting, else you may have inconsistent data after the conversion.</p>

- <p><strong>Password conversion</strong> Due to the utf-8 based handling of passwords in phpBB3, it is not always possible to transfer all passwords. For passwords "lost in translation" the easiest workaround is to use the <em>I forgot my password</em> link on the login page.</p>

- <p><strong>Path to your former board</strong> The convertor expects the relative path to your old board's files. So, for instance, if the old board is located at <code>http://www.yourdomain.com/forum</code> and the phpBB3 installation is located at <code>http://www.yourdomain.com/phpBB3</code>, then the correct value would be <code>../forum</code>. Note that the webserver user must be able to access the source installation's files.</p>

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- <h1>phpBB 3.2.x Readme</h1>

- <p>Users of phpBB 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 Beta versions cannot directly update.</p>

- <li>Conversions from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.0 Beta, 3.1 Beta and 3.2 Beta versions</li>

- <li>phpBB 3.0 Beta, 3.1 Beta or 3.2 beta installations</li>

- <li>New installations of phpBB 3.1.x - only the latest released version</li>

- <p><a href="https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/">https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/</a></p>

- <p>This is a stable release of phpBB. The 3.2.x line is feature frozen, with point releases principally including fixes for bugs and security issues. Feature alterations and minor feature additions may be done if deemed absolutely required. The next major release will be phpBB 3.3 which is currently under development. Please do not post questions asking when 3.3 will be available, no release date has been set.</p>

- <li>PHP version and mode of operation, e.g. PHP 5.4.0 as a module, PHP 5.4.0 running as CGI, etc.</li>

- <p>If you create a patch, it is very much appreciated (but not required) if you follow the phpBB coding guidelines. Please note that the coding guidelines are somewhat different between different versions of phpBB. For phpBB 3.2.x the coding guidelines may be found here: <a href="http://area51.phpbb.com/docs/32x/coding-guidelines.html">http://area51.phpbb.com/docs/32x/coding-guidelines.html</a></p>

- <p>phpBB 3.2.x takes advantage of new features added in PHP 5.4. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest stable release of PHP to run phpBB. The minimum version required is PHP 5.4.7 and the maximum supported version is the latest stable version of PHP.</p>

- <p>This board has been developed and tested under Linux and Windows (amongst others) running Apache using MySQL 3.23, 4.x, 5.x, MariaDB 5.x, PostgreSQL 8.x, Oracle 8 and SQLite 3. Versions of PHP used range from 5.4.7 above 5.6.x to 7.1.x and 7.2.x without problem.</p>

-PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_PORT (overwrite memcached port, default is 11211)

-PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_COMPRESS (overwrite memcached compress setting, default is disabled)

-PHPBB_ACM_MEMCACHE_HOST (overwrite memcached host name, default is localhost)

- <p>All SQL should be cross-DB compatible, if DB specific SQL is used alternatives must be provided which work on all supported DB's (MySQL3/4/5, MSSQL (7.0 and 2000), PostgreSQL (8.3+), SQLite, Oracle8, ODBC (generalised if possible)).</p>

-style_version = 3.2.0

-phpbb_version = 3.2.0

-<p>Try to match text class types with existing useage, e.g. don't use the nav class where viewtopic uses gensmall for example.</p>

-<p>Try to retain consistency of basic layout and class useage, i.e. _EXPLAIN text should generally be placed below the title it explains, e.g. <code>{L_POST_USERNAME}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="gensmall"&gt;{L_POST_USERNAME_EXPLAIN}&lt;/span&gt;</code> is the typical way of handling this ... there may be exceptions and this isn't a hard and fast rule.</p>

-<p>Unfortunately PHP does not faciliate the use of Unicode prior to version 6. Most functions simply treat strings as sequences of bytes assuming that each character takes up exactly one byte. This behaviour still allows for storing UTF-8 encoded text in PHP strings but many operations on strings have unexpected results. To circumvent this problem we have created some alternative functions to PHP's native string operations which use code points instead of bytes. These functions can be found in <code>/includes/utf/utf_tools.php</code>. They are also covered in the <a href="http://area51.phpbb.com/docs/code/">phpBB3 Sourcecode Documentation</a>. A lot of native PHP functions still work with UTF-8 as long as you stick to certain restrictions. For example <code>explode</code> still works as long as the first and the last character of the delimiter string are ASCII characters.</p>

- <p>Ordering of the subtags in the case that they are all non-empty is: <code>language</code>-<code>script</code>-<code>region</code>-<code>variant</code>-<code>extension</code>-<code>privateuse</code>. Should any subtag be empty, its corresponding hyphen would also be ommited. Thus, the language tag for English will be <code>en</code> <strong>and not</strong> <code>en-----</code>.</p>

- <p>Next is the <a href="http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html">ISO 15924</a> language script code and when one should or shouldn't use it. For example, whilst <code>en-Latn</code> is syntaxically correct for describing English written with Latin script, real world English writing is <strong>more-or-less exclusively in the Latin script</strong>. For such languages like English that are written in a single script, the <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry"><abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority">IANA</abbr> Language Subtag Registry</a> has a "Suppress-Script" field meaning the script code <strong>should be ommitted</strong> unless a specific language tag requires a specific script code. Some languages are <strong>written in more than one script</strong> and in such cases, the script code <strong>is encouraged</strong> since an end-user may be able to read their language in one script, but not the other. Some examples are:</p>

- <p>Usage of the three-digit <a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm">UN M.49</a> code over the two-letter <a href="http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> code should hapen if a macro-geographical entity is required and/or the <a href="http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> is ambiguous.</p>