vBulletin 3.7.4 Released

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-04-2008, 07:12 PM

vBulletin 3.7.4 Released
vBulletin 3.7.4

vBulletin 3.7.4 contains a number of bug fixes, details of which can be found in the bug tracker.

The security fixes included in vBulletin the 3.7.3 PL release are also included in vBulletin 3.7.4.

reCAPTCHA™ Changes

From vBulletin 3.7.4 onwards a default key for reCAPTCHA™ is provided within the code, if no key is set and reCAPTCHA is the chosen method then this key will be used.

Upgrading from Previous Versions

3.7.4 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

PHP 4 has now reached its end of life. 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 3.7.4

As usual, vBulletin 3.7.4 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.

vBulletin Members Area

**ArnyVee** · 11-05-2008, 07:17 AM

Holy shnikes...not another update.

**popowich** · 11-06-2008, 07:58 AM

The reCaptcha sounds like a great new feature to me!

-Raymond

**trumpetmaster** · 11-06-2008, 08:39 AM

I'll change when they make social groups something other than worthless

**ArnyVee** · 11-06-2008, 09:11 AM

I'm with you trumpetmaster. Until I see something that will make an impact on my site, I might just hold off. I haven't heard of any huge security issues or anything. So, I'll keep on truckin'

**FoxyWL** · 11-06-2008, 09:16 AM

im doing the same, in fact i may just wait till 4 is released unless a security issue pops up

**Caddyman** · 11-06-2008, 09:31 AM

shiiii, i got TalkDE on 3.8 already :P

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-06-2008, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caddyman

shiiii, i got TalkDE on 3.8 already :P

how do you like it?

**Caddyman** · 11-06-2008, 03:03 PM

it's pretty awesome IMO, groups are a little better, more privacy control for profiles, more album controls, pretty sweet...

**Nick R** · 11-06-2008, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Holy shnikes...not another update.

A few months ago they implemented a new release schedule which is that a new version is released every two months at max... in other words, there will never be a greater-than-two-month period that a maintenance will not be released.

**snakeair** · 11-07-2008, 04:01 PM

The update was great since there was no template changes. This time i will not use the beta 3.8 but will wait till 4.0 is out since my template would have to be edit. I'm fine on these small updates with bug fix's.

Killing the bug's is sometimes a good thing.

**kenji72** · 11-17-2008, 04:14 PM

Ya just follow Vb latest version..dont go for beta kinda risky ! I always follow their new version that they tested and comfirmed safe . I use vb3.7.4 too .

**Dozman** · 11-18-2008, 06:32 PM

I have reCaptcha on 3.7.3 and the UT Theme Rocks.

I will wait since its working very nicely.