Software Update: Simple Machines Forum 2.0.18

Version 2.0.18 of Simple Machines Forum has been released. An on-line forum can be set up with this open source software. The package has minimal version 5.4.0 of php and the database requires at least MySQL 4.0.18 (although 4.1 or higher is recommended) or PostgreSQL 8.0. Below is a summary of the major improvements made in this release:

SMF 2.0.18 Released

Simple Machines is pleased to announce a new patch for the 2.0.x line of SMF, which pushes the version number to 2.0.18. The patch is focused on PHP 7.4 support as well as other issues encountered on previous versions such as:

• Policy acceptance missing id_member.
• Addresses PHP parse errors when using SMF file cache
• Avoids truncating Settings.php until after we have a lock on the file
• Tighten up security checks, bring in sync with 2.1
• Brought the UTF16-to-UTF8 logic over from 2.1
• Always include email address when downloading user’s own profile data
• Fix missing info affecting logging for new registrations
• Fixes bugs with multi-version jumps (via CLI) where settings weren’t refreshed
• Set utf8 as default going forward

Please see the changelog for more information.