[![phpBB](https://www.phpbb.com/theme/images/logos/blue/160x52.png)](http://www.phpbb.com)

## ABOUT

phpBB is a free open-source bulletin board written in PHP.

## COMMUNITY

Get your copy of phpBB, find support and lots more on [phpBB.com](http://www.phpbb.com)! Discuss the development on [area51](http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/index.php).

## INSTALLING DEPENDENCIES

To be able to run an installation from the repo (and not from a pre-built package) you need to run the following commands to install phpBB's dependencies.

	cd phpBB
	php ../composer.phar install


## CONTRIBUTE

1. [Create an account on phpBB.com](http://www.phpbb.com/community/ucp.php?mode=register)
2. [Create a ticket (unless there already is one)](http://tracker.phpbb.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa)
3. Read our [Coding guidelines](https://area51.phpbb.com/docs/dev/development/coding_guidelines.html) and [Git Contribution Guidelines](https://area51.phpbb.com/docs/dev/development/git.html)
4. Send us a pull request

## VAGRANT

Read our [Vagrant documentation](phpBB/docs/vagrant.md) to find out how to use Vagrant to develop and contribute to phpBB.

## AUTOMATED TESTING

We have unit and functional tests in order to prevent regressions. You can view the bamboo continuous integration [here](https://bamboo.phpbb.com) or check our travis builds below:

* [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb)[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/8g98ybngd2f3axy1/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/phpBB/phpbb/branch/master) **master** - Latest development version
* [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb.svg?branch=3.3.x)](http://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb)[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/8g98ybngd2f3axy1/branch/3.3.x?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/phpBB/phpbb/branch/3.3.x) **3.3.x** - Development of version 3.3.x
* [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb.svg?branch=3.2.x)](http://travis-ci.org/phpbb/phpbb)[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/8g98ybngd2f3axy1/branch/3.2.x?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/phpBB/phpbb/branch/3.2.x) **3.2.x** - Development of version 3.2.x

## LICENSE

[GNU General Public License v2](http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php)