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p8pbb bridge light 1.3.5

  • Feature: phpBB 3.2 support
  • Note: this is the last version with Joomla 2.5 and phpBB 3.0 support.

p8pbb bridge light 2.0

  • Feature: JComments avatars plugin.
  • Fix: issue with Joomla>phpBB login on disabled forum.
  • Changes: Joomla 3.9 and phpBB 2.3 as minimum, PHP 7 as minimum.
  • Feature: synchronization of Joomla usergroups and phpBB groups changes.
  • Feature: synchronization of Joomla custom user fields and phpBB profile fields changes.

Upgrade instructions:

  1. Login into Joomla backend and phpBB ACP.
  2. Set phpBB Authentication method back to Db.
  3. Disable "p8pbb bridge light" phpBB extension.
  4. Delete /phpBB3/ext/alterbrains folder
  5. Unpack ext_p8pbb_light_2.0.0.zip into /phpBB3/ext folder.
  6. Enable "p8pbb bridge light" phpBB extension.
  7. Install pkg_p8pbblight_2.0.0.zip in Joomla extension manager.
  8. Update settings of "Authentication - p8pbb-light bridge" Joomla plugin.

 

p8pBB bridge light 3.0.0

  • Fix: issue with manual Joomla user activation with phpBB non-default password complexity.
  • Change: Joomla 3 support dropped.
  • Change: PHP 8.0 as min.
  • Update instructions: unpublish two p8pbb plugins in Joomla, disable p8pbb extension in phpBB3. Install new Joomla package and overwrite files in phpBB extension. Purge phpBB cache, enable Joomla plugins and phpBB extension.

p8pbb bridge light 3.1.2

  • Feature: new phpBB user is auto-created once existing Joomla user profile is saved.
  • Fix: Joomla 3.6 compatibility.

p8pbb bridge light for Joomla! 6

  • Feature: Joomla 6 support added.
  • Change: Joomla 4 support dropped, Joomla 5.4 as min is required.
  • Change: PHP 8.3 as min is required.
  • Note: with Joomla 6, a couple of original phpBB files are modified to resolve conflicts between outdated PSR interfaces in phpBB (should be not a problem with upcoming phpBB 4).