03.05.2025 Switched to php 8.4.5 in vB LTS development. Fixed several issues in vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS on the new version of php.
06.04.2025 Lots of new commits in php 8 support for vBulletin 4.
04.03.2025 Work on PHP 8 support in vBulletin 4 continues. I often have a strong need to say something unpleasant about the developers of this vB version.
12.02.2025 Switched to php 8.4.3 in vB LTS development.
14.01.2025 Happy New Year! Numerous new commits in the vBulletin 4 LTS.
22.11.2024 New changes have been made to LTS based on the experience of several large forums, including forums with non-typical configurations and environment. vBulletin 4 LTS with php 8 support is in progress.
19.10.2024 Demo section is updated: added vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS release and snapshot of the vBulletin 4.3.0 LTS development version.
11.10.2024 Don't trust anyone (except me) who says they have php 8 support for vBulletin. Because they don't. I've researched all updates that are labeled "php 8 compatible". They are all completely incompatible with php 8.
02.09.2024 Continue working on php 8 support for vBulletin 4.
15.08.2024 Section Mods for vBulletin has been opened: plugins, templates, styles, graphics, articles.
05.08.2024 Got logs from one of the major forums running 3.9.0 LTS. Manual testing is good, but testing in a real environment is much better. Added a dozen fixes to vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS based on the information from the logs. Work on PHP 8 support for vBulletin 4 is also ongoing.
24.06.2024 Working on php 8 support for vBulletin 4.
06.06.2024 vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS is released.
06.06.2024 vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS is released.
22.04.2024 Several big forums already running vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS.
05.04.2024 Preparing a release vBulletin 3.9.0 LTS. This is a big job that needs to be done very carefully.
01.03.2024 Some people ask me: why is it taking me so long to do PHP 8 support for vbulletin. My answer: this is a really big project because vb developers did not use some good practices when programming (ex, defining the variables before using it). Besides, this is not my primarly job. And I'm not in a hurry. For me it is much more important to make a quality product than to release it asap.
14.02.2024 Fixing some rare vbulletin 3 bugs in progress.
22.01.2024 Working in installation and update scripts for vbulletin 3 LTS on php 8.3.1.
02.01.2024 Testing and debugging of vbulletin 3 LTS on php 8.3 in progress. Now vb3 is fully compatible with php 8 but I have to do extensive testing to catch as many as possible errors, warnings and notices.
06.12.2023 In progress: testing and debugging vbulletin 3 LTS with different settings in the admin cp, fixing any errors, warnings and notices on php 8.3.
05.11.2023 The finish line is not so far. 72 new commits for the next vbulletin 3 LTS.
21.10.2023 107 new commits: php 8 support for vb3.
26.09.2023 php 8 support for vb3: 28 new commits.
17.09.2023 vB3 php 8.2 support: 41 new commits.
07.09.2023 vBulletin 3 with php 8.2 support: 57 new commits.
29.08.2023 208 new commits: php 8 support for vBulletin 3.
09.08.2023 php 8 support for vBulletin 3 in progress: 126 new commits.
31.07.2023 Made 44 commits in vB 3 LTS to support php 8 (24.07.2023 - 30.07.2023).
24.07.2023 Made 58 commits in vB 3 LTS to support php 8 (17.07.2023 - 23.07.2023).
17.07.2023 PHP 8 support progress for vBulletin 3 LTS forum from 10.07.2023 to 16.07.2023: fixes and changes were made in 34 php modules.
10.07.2023 PHP 8 support progress for vBulletin 3 LTS forum from 03.07.2023 to 09.07.2023: fixes and changes were made in 31 php modules.
... PHP 8 support progress for vBulletin 3 LTS forum from 01.12.2022 to 03.07.2023: fixes and changes were made in 172 php modules (several thousand commits).