Editing PhpBB (section)

===phpBB 2.0.x===
[[File:phpBB 2.0.png|thumb|A default installation of phpBB 2.0]]
In February 2001, phpBB 2.0.x began development entirely from scratch; the developer's ambitions for phpBB had outgrown the original [[codebase]]. Doug Kelly joined the team shortly afterward. After a year of development and extensive testing, phpBB 2.0.0, dubbed the "Super Furry" version, was released on April 4, 2002, three days later than intended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=135543#135543 |title=phpBB • View topic – what is the history of phpbb? |publisher=Phpbb.com |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref>

phpBB2 was the predecessor of the present-day phpBB3. Developed during 2001–2002, the [[source code]] was written primarily to run on [[PHP]] 3.0 and 4.0 (version 2.0.13 upped the minimum requirement to PHP 4.0.3 due to a necessary security fix), and by the time that phpBB3 was released in late 2007, the developers and other team members felt that it no longer met their quality coding standards, and announced plans for the retirement/end of support of 2.0.x within a few months of 3.0.0's release.<ref name="community1">{{cite web|url=http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=900655 |title=phpBB • View topic – Retirement/End of Support for phpBB 2.0.x |publisher=Phpbb.com |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref> phpBB2 was never officially supported under PHP 5. Although many users had no problems running it after making a few changes to PHP 5's default configuration settings, the teams chose not to offer support for this configuration.<ref>{{cite web|last=Koopmanschap |first=Stefan |url=http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=211009 |title=phpBB statement regarding PHP5 |publisher=Phpbb.com |date=July 17, 2004 |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref>

Official support for phpBB2 ended on January 1, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|author=Marshalrusty |date=January 1, 2009 |url=http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1385785 |title=Support for phpBB 2.0.x has ended |publisher=Phpbb.com |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref> and the 2.0.x support forums have been locked. Furthermore, all development for phpBB2, including security patches, has ceased as of February 1, 2009.<ref name="community1"/> However, a number of unofficial support sites for phpBB2 have formed to fill the void.

Many administrators still prefer to run phpBB2 because it provides a much simpler administration interface and has a thriving ecosystem of MODs (modifications) and styles that allow admins many options for customizing the software to their liking. Others still run phpBB2 because they have installed many MODs, none of which are compatible with phpBB3.

The default theme in phpBB2 is named subSilver (The predecessor to SubSilver2, the default in phpBB3), and was designed by [[Tom Beddard|Tom "subBlue" Beddard]]. At the time that it premiered in 2001, it was a revolutionary new design for bulletin boards,{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} and many bulletin board themes since have borrowed many cues and design elements from subSilver.

Some of phpBB2's major features included the following:

* A [[template engine (web)|templated]] style system intended to simplify customisation and keep the [[PHP]] code separate from the [[HTML]].
* Support for [[internationalisation]] through a language pack system; 48 translations are available for phpBB2 as of 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phpbb.com/languages/?type=20x |title=phpBB2 translation pack downloads |publisher=Phpbb.com |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref>
* Compatibility with multiple [[database management system]]s including [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[Microsoft SQL Server]], and [[Microsoft Access]],
* Code and interface customizations, termed MODs and styles.

The last official release of the 2.0.x line is 2.0.23, released on February 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burn |first=Acyd |url=http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=772285 |title=phpBB 2.0.23 Release Announcement |publisher=Phpbb.com |date=February 17, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-09}}</ref> However, the code for phpBB 2.0.24 still remains, unreleased, in the Git repository.