Really sad to see you go Paul!

I no longer see the other 4.2.5 betas.. I only see 4.2.5 Beta 4.. Is this stable?

our web hosting forum is running on this version.

It is running on php 7.1 and mariadb, https and installed some other hosting addons.

I don't see problems with it except some mods could need to fixed to be compatible with php 7.1

I am getting this database error with 4.2.5.. Not running php 7.1 yet..running 7:

I am getting this database error with 4.2.5.. Not running php 7.1 yet..running 7:

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.5 Beta 4: Invalid SQL: SELECT fd.thumbnail_dateline, fd.filesize, IF(fd.thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, fd.thumbnail_filesize, a.dateline, a.state, a.attachmentid, a.counter, a.contentid, a.filename, a.userid, a.settings, a.displayorder, at.contenttypes FROM attachment AS a INNER JOIN filedata AS fd ON (fd.filedataid = a.filedataid) LEFT JOIN attachmenttype AS at ON (at.extension = fd.extension) WHERE a.contentid = 222 AND a.contenttypeid = ORDER BY a.contentid, a.displayorder;

--------------- Added 03 Apr 2017 at 18:48 ---------------

Looks like a plug in.. I will check server logs..

--------------- Added 03 Apr 2017 at 19:23 ---------------

This must have been something cached after the upgrade because it is gone now and I cannot reporoduce.

What is PHP 7.2?

The latest PHP version is 7.1.3 http://php.net/downloads.php which I am using for my forum.

You should try to upgrade php 7 to php 7.1.3 :)

Sorry, typo.. meant not running 7.1..

actually I am running 7.1.3

The final release of 4.2.5 will be next week.
This allows vB4 to run on PHP 7.0 & PHP 7.1

JFYI, I have PHP 7.2 installed on a test server, and changes in that will upset vB4.
I'm leaving IB, so I wont [officially] work on any 4.2.6, and I'm certain no one else will either.

Do you know on top of your head if the deprecations listed here https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_7_2 are causing these errors/bugs?

They are caused by two of the accepted RFCs for PHP 7.2

https://wiki.php.net/rfc#php_next_72

Specifically the "Deprecate and Remove Bareword (Unquoted) Strings" & "Counting of non-countable objects".


The forums limp along with error messages (Posting mostly breaks, esp via quick reply) - the ACP is rendered inaccessible.

I think I speak for all VB4 holdouts when I say that I deeply appreciate your efforts on our behalf. Thank you.

Also, I think you need a more appropriate avatar. :)

I just did a search for php7 with vb4 and ended up here. Looking forward to trying out 4.2.5

Thanks for the efforts!