vBulletin 3.7.2 Released

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vBulletin 3.7.2

vBulletin 3.7.2 Patch Level 2 has since been released, the current download now contains this patch.

As promised last week, today sees the scheduled release of a maintenance version for vBulletin 3.7.x.

vBulletin 3.7.2 contains only bug fixes, details of which can be found in the bug tracker.

The security fixes included in vBulletin 3.7.1 PL1 and PL2 are also included in vBulletin 3.7.2.


Upgrading from Previous Versions

3.7.2 is a maintenance release. We recommend that all customers running prior versions of vBulletin 3.7 upgrade to benefit from bug fixes and stability improvements.

Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.


PHP and MySQL Requirements

Please note that vBulletin 3.7.x requires at least PHP 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 or later.

However, we recommend that vBulletin 3.7.x is run on PHP 5.2.6 with APC (or a similar opcode cache) and MySQL 5.0.51 for best performance and stability.


End of Life for PHP 4

The PHP group has announced the end of life for PHP 4. We strongly recommend that customers update their servers to PHP 5.2.6 if they are still running PHP 4. vBulletin 3.7.x supports PHP 5 without any problems, though you may need to disable strict mode for MySQL, see here on how to enable 'force_sql_mode'.

Note: We will continue to support PHP 4 in the vBulletin 3 series.


Download vBulletin 3.7.2

As usual, vBulletin 3.7.2 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.

vBulletin Members Area

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Template Changes Since 3.7.1

Templates with Mandatory Changes Since 3.7.1

None!

Templates with Non-Mandatory Changes Since 3.7.1

Your vBulletin installation will not be broken if you don't apply these changes, but small bugs may be fixed and new functionality may be available by applying these changes. We recommend you apply these changes in the same way that you apply mandatory changes.

• album_pictureview
  Add frompicture to indicate if the redirect should be back to the picture or the default album.
• album_picture_edit
  Add frompicture to indicate if the redirect should be back to the picture or the default album.
• footer
  Add new template hook.
• FORUMDISPLAY
  #25768 Fix for when Forum Tools drop down shows options for which a user has no permission
• forumdisplay_sortarrow
  #25647: Makes sure some sort links don't have ?&
• FORUMHOME
  Added template hooks to the What's Going On box.
• humanverify_recaptcha
  Three tags changed to gain XHTML compliance #25727
• MEMBERINFO
  Added missing "return false" to the goto_post_pm() JavaScript function.
• memberlist
  #25647: Makes sure some sort links don't have ?&
• memberlist_search
  Find both instances of $vbphrase[advanced_search] and replace with $vbphrase[search]
• moderation_pictures
  #25787: Fix phrase to be "Pictures" instead of "posts"
• modifyignorelist
  #25781 - Fix some XHTML Validation errors.
• modifyoptions
  #25781 - Fix some XHTML Validation errors.
• modifyprofile
  #25781 - Fix some XHTML Validation errors.
• navbar
  Changed

  <if condition="$show['notifications']">

  to

  <if condition="$show['notifications'] AND $show['popups']">

  #25656 note that this change will be non-mandatory for most boards, but those boards that run with popup menus disabled should implement this change.
• pm_newpm
  When necessary, hid text that didn't apply to users who could only send a PM to one person at a time.
• search_forums
  #25781 - Fix some XHTML Validation errors.
• socialgroups_editor
  25742: Fix Typo in collapse state
• socialgroups_picture
  Add frompicture to indicate if the redirect should be back to the picture or the default album.
• threadadmin_authenticate
  Passwords are sent unhashed during inline mod authentication, this can cause problems with passwords that contain non ASCII characters.
• threadadmin_copyposts
  Find $vbphrase[move_posts_note] and replace with $vbphrase[copy_posts_note]
• threadadmin_easyspam
  Fix XHTML Compliancy issues.
• threadadmin_mergeposts
  Fix XHTML Compliancy issues.
• USERCP_SHELL
  #25678: Fix for when a user doesn't have permission to moderate threads/posts, but has permission to moderate other items.
• visitormessage_editor
  #25784 Fix XHTML Compliancy issues.
• WHOSONLINE
  #25647: Makes sure some sort links don't have ?&

Templates Added Since 3.7.1

None!

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Files Changed Since 3.7.1

• album.php
• converse.php
• external.php
• forumdisplay.php
• global.php
• group.php
• index.php
• inlinemod.php
• joinrequests.php
• member.php
• memberlist.php
• online.php
• payments.php
• private.php
• profile.php
• search.php
• subscription.php
• tags.php
• admincp
  • admininfraction.php
  • adminlog.php
  • index.php
  • language.php
  • subscriptions.php
  • thread.php
  
  
• clientscript
  • ieprompt.html
  • vbulletin_global.js
  • vbulletin_quick_edit.js
  • vbulletin_tabctrl.js
  • vbulletin_textedit.js
  • yui
    • connection.js
    • connection
      • connection-min.js
      
      
    • yahoo-dom-event.js
    • yahoo-dom-event
      • yahoo-dom-event.js
      
      
    
    
  
  
• cpstyles
  • vBulletin_3_Silver
    • controlpanel.css
    
    
  
  
• includes
  • adminfunctions.php
  • adminfunctions_options.php
  • adminfunctions_reminder.php
  • class_bbcode.php
  • class_bbcode_alt.php
  • class_core.php
  • class_dm.php
  • class_dm_attachment.php
  • class_dm_threadpost.php
  • class_dm_userpic.php
  • class_image.php
  • class_paid_subscription.php
  • class_profileblock.php
  • class_sigparser_char.php
  • class_upload.php
  • class_vurl.php
  • cron
    • cleanup.php
    • cleanup2.php
    • removebans.php
    • rssposter.php
    
    
  • functions.php
  • functions_databuild.php
  • functions_infractions.php
  • functions_newpost.php
  • functions_user.php
  • init.php
  • modfunctions.php
  • paymentapi
    • class_paypal.php
    
    
  • xml
    • hooks_vbulletin.xml
  • version_vbulletin.php
  
  
• install
  • authenticate.php
  • init.php
  • install.php
  • upgrade.php
  • upgrade_372.php (added)
  • upgrade_language_en.php
  • vbulletin-adminhelp.xml
  • vbulletin-language.xml
  • vbulletin-settings.xml
  • vbulletin-style.xml
  
  

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