<s>
phpBB	B-Application
is	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
package	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
phpBB	B-Application
"	O
is	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
Bulletin	I-Application
Board	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
include	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
database	O
engines	O
(	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
flat	O
message	O
structure	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
threaded	O
)	O
,	O
hierarchical	O
subforums	O
,	O
topic	O
split/merge/lock	O
,	O
user	O
groups	O
,	O
multiple	O
attachments	O
per	O
post	O
,	O
full-text	O
search	O
,	O
plugins	O
and	O
various	O
notification	O
options	O
(	O
e-mail	O
,	O
Jabber	B-Protocol
instant	O
messaging	O
,	O
ATOM	B-Application
feeds	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
James	B-Application
Atkinson	I-Application
as	O
a	O
simple	O
UBB-like	O
forum	O
for	O
his	O
own	O
website	O
on	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nathan	O
Codding	O
and	O
John	O
Abela	O
joined	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
after	O
phpBB	B-Application
's	O
CVS	B-Application
repository	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
SourceForge.net,	O
and	O
work	O
on	O
version	O
1.0.0	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fully	O
functional	O
,	O
pre-release	O
version	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
1.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
subsequent	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
1.x	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
coming	O
in	O
two	O
more	O
major	O
installments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
1.x	O
line	O
was	O
phpBB	B-Application
1.4.4	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
1.x	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
,	O
and	O
virtually	O
no	O
websites	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2001	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
2.0.x	O
began	O
development	O
entirely	O
from	O
scratch	O
;	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
ambitions	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
had	O
outgrown	O
the	O
original	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
extensive	O
testing	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
2.0.0	O
,	O
dubbed	O
the	O
"	O
Super	O
Furry	O
"	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
three	O
days	O
later	O
than	O
intended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB2	B-Application
was	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
present-day	O
phpBB3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
during	O
2001	O
–	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
written	O
primarily	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
PHP	B-Application
3.0	O
and	O
4.0	O
(	O
version	O
2.0.13	O
upped	O
the	O
minimum	O
requirement	O
to	O
PHP	B-Application
4.0.3	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
necessary	O
security	O
fix	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
phpBB3	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
and	O
other	O
team	O
members	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
no	O
longer	O
met	O
their	O
quality	O
coding	O
standards	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
the	O
retirement/end	O
of	O
support	O
of	O
2.0.x	O
within	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
of	O
3.0.0	O
'	O
s	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB2	B-Application
was	O
never	O
officially	O
supported	O
under	O
PHP	B-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
many	O
users	O
had	O
no	O
problems	O
running	O
it	O
after	O
making	O
a	O
few	O
changes	O
to	O
PHP	B-Application
5	O
's	O
default	O
configuration	O
settings	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
offer	O
support	O
for	O
this	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
support	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
ended	O
on	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
2.0.x	O
support	O
forums	O
have	O
been	O
locked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
all	O
development	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
,	O
including	O
security	O
patches	O
,	O
has	O
ceased	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
unofficial	O
support	O
sites	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
have	O
formed	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
void	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
administrators	O
still	O
prefer	O
to	O
run	O
phpBB2	B-Application
because	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
much	O
simpler	O
administration	O
interface	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
thriving	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
MODs	O
(	O
modifications	O
)	O
and	O
styles	O
that	O
allow	O
admins	O
many	O
options	O
for	O
customizing	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
their	O
liking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
still	O
run	O
phpBB2	B-Application
because	O
they	O
have	O
installed	O
many	O
MODs	O
,	O
none	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
phpBB3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
theme	O
in	O
phpBB2	B-Application
is	O
named	O
subSilver	O
(	O
The	O
predecessor	O
to	O
SubSilver2	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
in	O
phpBB3	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Tom	O
"	O
subBlue	O
"	O
Beddard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
phpBB2	B-Application
's	O
major	O
features	O
included	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
templated	B-Application
style	O
system	O
intended	O
to	O
simplify	O
customisation	O
and	O
keep	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
code	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
internationalisation	O
through	O
a	O
language	O
pack	O
system	O
;	O
48	O
translations	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
as	O
of	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
with	O
multiple	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
including	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
2.0.24	O
still	O
remains	O
,	O
unreleased	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.x	O
began	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
phpBB	B-Application
2.2	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
planned	O
feature	O
list	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
25	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
development	O
progressed	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
realised	O
that	O
phpBB	B-Application
2.1.x	O
(	O
the	O
development	O
release	O
cycle	O
for	O
2.2	O
)	O
had	O
eliminated	O
virtually	O
all	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
2.0.x	O
line	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
for	O
release	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
3.0.0	O
,	O
in	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
versioning	I-Application
scheme	I-Application
,	O
which	O
phpBB	B-Application
followed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
team	O
launched	O
their	O
new	O
website	O
,	O
powered	O
by	O
phpBB3	B-Application
with	O
the	O
new	O
prosilver	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prosilver	O
style	O
was	O
originally	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
revealed	O
until	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
founder	O
and	O
co-Project	O
Manager	O
James	B-Application
Atkinson	I-Application
officially	O
resigned	O
from	O
his	O
duties	O
towards	O
phpBB	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
personal	O
circumstances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
announcement	O
also	O
came	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
phpBB	B-Application
was	O
now	O
newly	O
independent	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
leaders	O
would	O
be	O
collectively	O
taking	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
decisions	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
phpBB3	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
candidate	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB3	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
received	O
an	O
external	O
security	O
audit	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
SektionEins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.0	O
"	O
Olympus	B-Application
"	O
(	O
also	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Gold	O
release	O
)	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
announced	O
that	O
phpBB	B-Application
had	O
been	O
nominated	O
as	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
Best	O
Project	O
for	O
Communications	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
phpBB	B-Application
had	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Project	O
for	O
Communications	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
honour	O
of	O
the	O
award	O
,	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
donated	O
$1000	O
in	O
phpBB	B-Application
's	O
name	O
to	O
Marie	O
Curie	O
Cancer	O
Care	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
also	O
won	O
a	O
"	O
Thingamagoop	O
"	O
from	O
Bleep	O
Labs	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
bragging	O
rights	O
for	O
a	O
full	O
year.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
launched	O
an	O
official	O
phpBB	B-Application
podcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
recorded	O
by	O
a	O
rotating	O
group	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
team	O
members	O
with	O
occasional	O
guests	O
,	O
and	O
discussed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
phpBB-related	O
topics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
answering	O
questions	O
e-mailed	O
in	O
from	O
listeners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
only	O
lasted	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
episodes	O
and	O
production	O
ceased	O
the	O
following	O
spring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
successor	O
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
new	O
phpBB	B-Application
weblog	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blog	O
is	O
written	O
by	O
phpBB	B-Application
team	O
members	O
(	O
with	O
occasional	O
guest	O
posts	O
by	O
community	O
members	O
)	O
on	O
various	O
topics	O
related	O
to	O
phpBB	B-Application
and	O
provide	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
unique	O
inside	O
look	O
at	O
the	O
activities	O
of	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
held	O
their	O
first-ever	O
phpBB	B-Application
users	O
 '	O
conference	O
in	O
London	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
titled	O
"	O
Londonvasion	O
2008.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Londonvasion	O
featured	O
presentations	O
by	O
phpBB	B-Application
team	O
members	O
on	O
various	O
topics	O
important	O
to	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
community	O
,	O
MOD	O
authors	O
,	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Londonvasion	O
provided	O
a	O
unique	O
opportunity	O
to	O
socialize	O
with	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
underwent	O
numerous	O
changes	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
formally	O
ended	O
support	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
AutoMOD	O
,	O
an	O
automatic	O
installer	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
MODifications	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Extensions	O
Team	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
MOD	O
Team	O
)	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
candidate	O
of	O
the	O
Unified	O
MOD	O
Install	O
Library	O
(	O
UMIL	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
allowing	O
MOD	O
authors	O
to	O
design	O
simple	O
database	O
installation	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Extensions	O
Team	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
candidate	O
of	O
the	O
Support	O
Toolkit	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
tools	O
to	O
diagnose	O
and	O
fix	O
common	O
support-related	O
issues	O
with	O
phpBB	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Support	O
Team	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Development	O
Team	O
broke	O
with	O
their	O
precedent	O
of	O
keeping	O
future	O
development	O
plans	O
under	O
wraps	O
and	O
publicly	O
previewed	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
coming	O
in	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
four	O
RC	O
releases	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.6	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
notable	O
new	O
features	O
included	O
a	O
bare-bones	O
quick	O
reply	O
editor	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
which	O
the	O
teams	O
had	O
historically	O
been	O
firmly	O
opposed	O
to	O
)	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
ACM	O
(	O
cache	B-Protocol
)	O
plugins	O
,	O
ATOM	B-Application
feed	I-Application
support	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
plugin-based	O
CAPTCHA	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
reCAPTCHA	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modularization	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
's	O
CAPTCHA	O
also	O
provided	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
MOD	O
authors	O
to	O
write	O
CAPTCHA	O
plugins	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
greater	O
diversification	O
of	O
the	O
CAPTCHAs	O
used	O
in	O
phpBB	B-Application
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
's	O
Development	O
Team	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
next	O
phpBB3	B-Application
release	O
,	O
3.0.6	O
,	O
would	O
include	O
a	O
significant	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
would	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
CAPTCHA	O
plugins	O
,	O
ATOM	B-Application
feeds	I-Application
,	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
cache	B-Protocol
plugins	O
(	O
XCache	O
,	O
Alternative	O
PHP	B-Application
Cache	B-Protocol
,	O
eAccelerator	B-Language
,	O
Memcache	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
null	O
"	O
no-cache	O
plugin	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
quick	O
reply	O
(	O
an	O
often-requested	O
feature	O
by	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
users	O
)	O
among	O
other	O
minor	O
feature	O
additions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.6	O
has	O
had	O
four	O
RC	O
releases	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
final	O
release	O
was	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
3.0.14	O
,	O
released	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
End	O
of	O
Life	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.x	O
was	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Development	O
Team	O
had	O
begun	O
working	O
on	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.1	O
,	O
formerly	O
versioned	O
as	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Before	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
followed	O
the	O
original	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
versioning	I-Application
scheme	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
middle	O
number	O
represents	O
a	O
development	O
version	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
odd	O
and	O
a	O
stable	O
version	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
even	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
previewed	O
their	O
planned	O
feature	O
list	O
at	O
Londonvasion	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
complete	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
Moderator	O
Control	O
Panel	O
(	O
MCP	O
)	O
and	O
moderation	O
capabilities	O
,	O
implementation	O
of	O
AJAX	B-Device
where	O
it	O
is	O
applicable	O
and	O
helpful	O
,	O
a	O
trigger-based	O
event	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
BBCode	B-Language
system	O
,	O
RSS	O
feed	O
support	O
,	O
enhancements	O
to	O
custom	O
profile	O
fields	O
,	O
enhancements	O
to	O
private	O
messaging	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
authentication	O
system	O
with	O
OpenID	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
small	O
changes	O
and	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
maintain	O
a	O
website	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
development	O
named	O
Area51	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
tradition	O
to	O
codename	O
every	O
new	O
phpBB3	B-Application
release	O
after	O
Martian	O
mountains	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.1	O
was	O
code-named	O
"	O
Ascraeus	O
,	O
"	O
named	O
after	O
Ascraeus	O
Mons	O
,	O
the	O
second-tallest	O
mountain	O
on	O
Mars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Olympus	B-Application
Mons	O
,	O
which	O
3.0	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
tallest	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Development	O
Team	O
announced	O
"	O
significant	O
changes	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
's	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
release	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chief	O
among	O
these	O
was	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
abandon	O
the	O
former	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
versioning	I-Application
scheme	I-Application
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
whether	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
was	O
even	O
or	O
odd	O
no	O
longer	O
was	O
significant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Ascraeus	O
(	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
3.0.0	O
Olympus	B-Application
)	O
is	O
to	O
become	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
feature	O
releases	O
of	O
phpBB3	B-Application
will	O
be	O
versioned	O
as	O
3.2.0	O
,	O
3.3.0	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
4.0.0	O
will	O
represent	O
a	O
fundamentally	O
redesigned	O
version	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
moved	O
source	O
code	O
versioning	O
from	O
Subversion	B-Application
to	O
Git	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
developer	O
workflow	O
and	O
better	O
involve	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.1	O
entered	O
the	O
stage	O
of	O
feature	O
freeze	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
released	O
the	O
latest	O
stable	O
"	O
Ascraeus	O
"	O
version	O
:	O
3.1.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.1	O
,	O
other	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
also	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
developing	O
numerous	O
other	O
tools	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
for	O
these	O
tools	O
was	O
followed	O
on	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Code	O
Forge	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
the	O
Subversion	B-Application
repositories	O
for	O
these	O
tools	O
and	O
the	O
main	O
phpBB	B-Application
development	O
trunk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
December	O
25	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
official	O
launch	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.2.0	O
would	O
be	O
on	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.2	O
introduces	O
major	O
changes	O
and	O
new	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
a	O
completely	O
revised	O
installer	O
including	O
CLI	O
(	O
Command-Line	B-Application
Interface	I-Application
)	O
support	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
BBCode	B-Language
system	O
that	O
adds	O
more	O
power	O
to	O
quotes	O
and	O
supports	O
emojis	O
,	O
and	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
6	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
officially	O
launched	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2021	O
with	O
3.3.3	O
version	O
,	O
phpBB	B-Application
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
8	O
&	O
MySQL	B-Application
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODs	O
are	O
code	O
modifications	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
community	O
,	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
or	O
change	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modifications	O
referred	O
to	O
in	O
this	O
manner	O
are	O
not	O
authored	O
by	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
developers	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
enjoy	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
support	O
as	O
unmodified	O
official	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
Extensions	O
Team	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
MOD	O
Team	O
)	O
,	O
headed	O
by	O
David	O
Colón	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
DavidIQ	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
)	O
,	O
accepts	O
modifications	O
from	O
community	O
sources	O
for	O
validation	O
,	O
and	O
modifications	O
that	O
meet	O
the	O
Extensions	O
Team	O
's	O
standards	O
are	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Customisations	O
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
sites	O
also	O
provide	O
phpBB2	B-Application
and	O
phpBB3	B-Application
modifications	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
sites	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
standards	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
validate	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
sites	O
do	O
not	O
do	O
any	O
validation	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
teams	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
support	O
for	O
boards	O
using	O
MODs	O
downloaded	O
from	O
sites	O
other	O
than	O
phpBB.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documentation	O
for	O
phpBB3	B-Application
MODding	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Extensions	O
Team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODs	O
are	O
not	O
accepted	O
for	O
the	O
3.1.x	O
line	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
since	O
Extensions	O
have	O
taken	O
their	O
place	O
from	O
that	O
version	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
document	O
format	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Extensions	O
Team	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
steps	O
required	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
application	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
modification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
can	O
theoretically	O
be	O
utilised	O
for	O
any	O
web	O
application	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
and	O
is	O
primarily	O
used	O
by	O
MODs	O
for	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
Extensions	O
Team	O
requires	O
that	O
MODs	O
submitted	O
to	O
its	O
database	O
conform	O
to	O
the	O
MODX	O
specifications	O
and	O
other	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
purpose	O
of	O
using	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
is	O
to	O
better	O
allow	O
automatic	O
installation	O
tools	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
AutoMOD	O
,	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
complete	O
the	O
installation	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODX	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
using	O
an	O
included	O
XSLT	B-Application
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoMOD	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Extensions	O
Team	O
that	O
parses	O
and	O
automatically	O
installs	O
phpBB3	B-Application
MODs	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
MODX	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
simply	O
have	O
to	O
upload	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
a	O
MOD	O
download	O
to	O
their	O
phpBB	B-Application
source	O
directory	O
and	O
run	O
AutoMOD	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
parse	O
the	O
MOD	O
instructions	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
necessary	O
file	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
configurations	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
either	O
automatically	O
merge	O
the	O
changes	O
into	O
place	O
using	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
will	O
create	O
a	O
compressed	O
archive	O
of	O
the	O
changed	O
files	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
copy	O
into	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoMOD	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
MOD	O
Team	O
members	O
during	O
validation	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
MODX	O
files	O
are	O
valid	O
and	O
the	O
MOD	O
can	O
be	O
successfully	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
vanilla	B-General_Concept
phpBB	B-Application
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoMOD	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
EasyMOD	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
phpBB2	B-Application
which	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Extensions	O
Team	O
and	O
performed	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
EasyMOD	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
provided	O
since	O
phpBB2	B-Application
is	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
useful	O
for	O
configuring	O
the	O
forum	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
MOD	O
,	O
performing	O
database	O
actions	O
such	O
as	O
adding	O
and	O
removing	O
tables	O
and	O
columns	O
and	O
purging	O
the	O
forum	O
's	O
cache	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
UMIL	O
is	O
GPL	B-License
licensed	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
1.0.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
Web	O
sites	O
were	O
defaced	O
by	O
the	O
Santy	O
worm	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
outdated	O
versions	O
of	O
phpBB2	B-Application
to	O
overwrite	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
these	O
were	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
outdated	O
versions	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
phpBB	B-Application
,	O
incidents	O
like	O
these	O
have	O
caused	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
to	O
be	O
disputed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
a	O
few	O
times	O
where	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
have	O
come	O
out	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
apart	O
,	O
most	O
recently	O
with	O
version	O
3.2.7	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Team	O
usually	O
responds	O
to	O
security	O
reports	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
releases	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
Group	O
,	O
attempting	O
to	O
learn	O
from	O
previous	O
failures	O
,	O
performed	O
a	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
security	O
audit	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
2.0.18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB3	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
received	O
an	O
external	O
security	O
audit	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
SektionEins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sixth	O
release	O
candidate	O
of	O
phpBB3	B-Application
was	O
published	O
following	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
security	O
audit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
phpBB2	B-Application
to	O
avoid	O
problems	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
re-authentication	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
administration	O
panel	O
,	O
backported	O
from	O
phpBB3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Group	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
Incident	O
Investigation	O
Team	O
(	O
IIT	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
sub-team	O
of	O
their	O
Support	O
Team	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
assisting	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
cleanup	O
and	O
repair	O
of	O
an	O
attacked	O
phpBB	B-Application
installation	O
and	O
investigating	O
reports	O
of	O
new	O
exploits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CAPTCHA	O
system	O
in	O
phpBB2	B-Application
has	O
proven	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
automated	O
registrations	O
,	O
with	O
numerous	O
phpBB-based	O
forums	O
being	O
swamped	O
by	O
forum	O
spam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB3	B-Application
has	O
improved	O
its	O
anti-spam	O
options	O
available	O
to	O
forum	O
administrators	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
CAPTCHA	O
system	O
,	O
suspensions	O
,	O
user	O
logging	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
various	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phpBB	B-Application
team	O
has	O
published	O
recommendations	O
on	O
protecting	O
the	O
boards	O
from	O
spam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
the	O
best	O
method	O
is	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Q&A	O
(	O
question-answer	O
)	O
challenge	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
into	O
phpBB	B-Application
3.0.6	O
.	O
phpBB3	B-Application
has	O
a	O
much	O
stronger	O
CAPTCHA	O
system	O
,	O
however	O
during	O
the	O
phpBB3	B-Application
development/beta	O
phase	O
it	O
was	O
frequently	O
criticised	O
for	O
being	O
difficult	O
to	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
has	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
improving	O
its	O
readability	O
prior	O
to	O
phpBB3	B-Application
's	O
final	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
have	O
announced	O
that	O
each	O
minor	O
release	O
of	O
phpBB3	B-Application
(	O
3.0.1	O
,	O
3.0.2	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
3	O
notifies	O
the	O
administrator	O
of	O
new	O
releases	O
via	O
the	O
Administration	O
Control	O
Panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
has	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
who	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
overall	O
project	O
with	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
Extensions	O
,	O
MODs	O
,	O
and	O
Styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
provide	O
supplementary	O
support	O
as	O
assistance	O
to	O
the	O
phpBB	B-Application
Support	O
Team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
users	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
these	O
support	O
requests	O
and	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
overall	O
betterment	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
core	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
