Release Highlights/3.1.0-b3

This page highlights important changes in phpBB 3.1.0-b3

For a complete list of changes, please refer to this report.

New Features

 * Events - More events have been added to the template and the php core
 * SQLite3 Support - SQLite3 is now supported by phpBB
 * Apache 2.4 Support - The .htaccess file now supports the Apache 2.4 syntax
 * Prune shadow topics - An option was added, to allow automatic pruning of shadow topics
 * PLupload for PMs - The new PLuploader was added to the "PM compose" screen aswell
 * New constant for container recompiling - We added DEBUG_CONTAINER for recreating the container on every page load. This allows you to have debug enabled but still have fast page loads.

Notable Changes

 * Reverting migrations update_data - Migrator does no longer automatically revert custom functions defined in update_data
 * PMs to banned users - Permanently banned users can no longer receive PMs and User Emails
 * Coding Guidelines - The coding guidelines have been updated to match the rules for 3.1
 * jQuery Update - The shipped version of jQuery has been updated to 1.11.0 - We didn't go for 2.0.x because we want to support IE8
 * Update dependencies - Update Symfony Dependencies to latest 2.3 releaes, the minimum stability was changed to stable and test and documentation files were removed from the packages
 * Breadcrumb seperator - Moved breadcrumb seperator from template to CSS
 * JavaScript dE replaced - The javascript function dE was replaced with phpbb.toggleDisplay
 * DB Schemas - We removed the schema from the install/schemas/*.sql files. The neccessary queries are now generated from the schema.json instead

Notable Bug Fixes

 * (Re-)Approving, (Soft-)Deleting of posts - Several errors regarding approving/notifications with posts and soft deleted posts have been addressed
 * Redirect after Ajax Request - Redirect after ajax requests now also works for routes
 * Update on MSSQL - Updating a board from 3.0.x to 3.1 should now currently work on MSSQL