phpBB 3.2.0-b2 released

[juliokr]

Sorry but when I trie to open the copy of my forum 3.1 on localhost running on PHP7 it says
"General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []"

This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0

PHP 5.5 was released nov 2013

[canonknipser]

you can use msqli instead - since PHP 5.2.0?
simply change your config.php

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$dbms = 'phpbb\\db\\driver\\mysqli';

[DavidIQ]

Sorry but when I trie to open the copy of my forum 3.1 on localhost running on PHP7 it says
"General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []"

This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0

PHP 5.5 was released nov 2013

Didn't we already establish that 3.1 does not work with PHP 7? Perhaps you made a mistake in your post since this topic is about 3.2, not 3.1...

[juliokr]

Didn't we already establish that 3.1 does not work with PHP 7? Perhaps you made a mistake in your post since this topic is about 3.2, not 3.1...

Exactly that's why it is urgent to finish 3.2 !
It's not a good sign for PHPBB to use php functions who still use php extensions in the last stable version who deprecated since 2 years !

[Marc]

You're describing a non-issue. Simply use MySQLi instead of MySQL and you'll be able to install and use the board. Even 3.1.x should partially work with PHP 7. You will however encounter some issues, especially when it comes to custom BBCodes.

The fact that you're describing a standard setup issue caused by the transition to PHP 7 as a major issue with phpBB is just exaggeration.
phpBB 3.1.x requires PHP 5.3.3+ and therefore also supports the MySQL extension. The same applies to phpBB 3.2.x which has a minimum version of PHP 5.4.0.

Now let's please try to stop arguing about non-issues. Please only discuss phpBB 3.2.0-b2 in this topic.

[juliokr]

The fact that you're describing a standard setup issue caused by the transition to PHP 7 as a major issue with phpBB is just exaggeration.
phpBB 3.1.x requires PHP 5.3.3+ and therefore also supports the MySQL extension. The same applies to phpBB 3.2.x which has a minimum version of PHP 5.4.0.

Now let's please try to stop arguing about non-issues. Please only discuss phpBB 3.2.0-b2 in this topic.

Please don't misunderstand me I appreciate the work of PHPBB developers team.
But for example my hosting provider OVH doesn't support php 5.3 anymore since march 2015.
So I would love that phpbb would be more oriented to the future than to the past

[david63]

my hosting provider OVH doesn't support php 5.3 anymore since march 2015.

That's fair enough - but they must have been/are supporting some later version (5.6?) as PHP7 was only released at the end of last year.

So I would love that phpbb would be more oriented to the future than to the past

I am sure the developers would appreciate it if you would tell them what will be in the final PHP8 so that they can make phpBB 3.3 compatible

[pierredu]

But for example my hosting provider OVH doesn't support php 5.3 anymore since march 2015.

OVH supports 5.4., 5.5 and 5.6. Just specify the version you want in the .ovhconfig file.

[Marc]

The fact that you're describing a standard setup issue caused by the transition to PHP 7 as a major issue with phpBB is just exaggeration.
phpBB 3.1.x requires PHP 5.3.3+ and therefore also supports the MySQL extension. The same applies to phpBB 3.2.x which has a minimum version of PHP 5.4.0.

Now let's please try to stop arguing about non-issues. Please only discuss phpBB 3.2.0-b2 in this topic.

Please don't misunderstand me I appreciate the work of PHPBB developers team.
But for example my hosting provider OVH doesn't support php 5.3 anymore since march 2015.
So I would love that phpbb would be more oriented to the future than to the past

At lot of other hosters are still at rather old PHP versions. Also, please note that supporting the MySQL extension in addition to the MySQLi one does not add any extra overhead both for your board and regarding the development. There is simply no point in intentionally not supporting the MySQL extension in PHP versions prior to 7.0. Hence why this is a non-issue.

[3Di]

I did install a fresh 3.0.2-b2 on localhost and went smootly and fast, with compliments.

I have one question, I do not know if this topic is the right place where to ask or open a new one.

Could someone please tell me the reason why the 'all' directory now exists into the styles folder?
Purposes, links to docs.. anything is welcome.

Thanks.