php 5

[delljustin]

Will the new board, PHPBB 2.2 support the new version of PHP. Thanks.

[kuato]

Let's hope so I can't speak for the developers but the current code does have problems with PHP5, mostly with array_merge. If you have time you can fix them to make it work. A couple things that need to be done:

• You cannot mix scalars with arrays in the arguments to array_merge. If you do you get a warning and an empty array returned. A temporary fix is to cast scalars to arrays first.
• If one of the arrays is empty in the arguments to array_merge you'll get an empty array returned. An easy temporary fix is to check if the array is empty and to not pass it in the call.

I am running phpbb 2.1.2 with PHP 5.0.2 but with tweaks to array_merge as mentioned above. With those it runs great

[Viperal2]

i only had that problem with the search, do almost all my testing on php5. will with php5.01 there was problem with the registering long veriables ( or maybe it was because i used mmcache !) it didn't register some $_SERVER but was fixed in php5.02. ( or maybe it thank i now don't hae mmcahe !)

form what the developers say there wouldn't be any formal support for php5. but i think it will show up.

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

form what the developers say there wouldn't be any formal support for php5.

Only for 2.0.x. 2.2 should work on 5 out of the box.

[delljustin]

Only for 2.0.x. 2.2 should work on 5 out of the box.

I hope so, could a developer please give me an answer (it doesn't have to be immediate).

[Talikar]

I know I'm not a dev but I've been testing the CVS version of php 2.2 for awhile, nice board.

Anyway, my server is running off of php 5.0.0 and there is no problems at all with the CVS version. I mean everything works. So I would only assume that it would all work on the final version when it comes out. 8)

[Graham]

I'll step up and answer this until one of the developers gets here

Yes, phpBB 2.2 will support PHP 5.0.x when it is released (whether official support will be added to the 2.0.x line in the future has not been decided).

There are still a few minor issues with it (but most of them affect PHP 4.x as well), but these should be resolved before the final release.

[delljustin]

Thanks, Graham. I thought this was the case but I wasn't sure. PHPBB is a great product!! Keep up the good work developers.

[skrypt]

Yeah same here I'm running the CVS version on my WIndows 2003 box with PHP 5 installed and the only bug I got is in the installation.
I get "unable to fetch array" errors but it does'nt seems to cause the installation to fail.

[skrypt]

I want to say that I whas wrong. With PHP5 under Windows 2003 when you go to the Administration Control Panel I whas not able to see the left panel where the options of administrations are. It whas showing only a "row2" grey panel.