PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 or 5.6 is required

This version requires PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 or 5.6. The rationale behind this is explained in our statement of mid-February 2013. It won't install on hosts running PHP 5.2 or earlier. PHP 5.3.4 or later is required, due to show-stopper bugs in earlier versions of PHP 5.3. Important note on reading PHP versions: PHP 5.3.20 is newer than 5.3.10 which is newer than 5.3.4. Moreover, PHP 5.4.0 is newer than PHP 5.3.4.

Due to the necessary Joomla! API changes found only in Joomla! 2.5.6 or later, this version will not install on Joomla! 2.5.5 or earlier versions. In any case, if your server doesn't meet the minimum requirements it will tell you exactly why it cannot be installed (minimum PHP or Joomla! version not satisfied).

Joomla! 2.5, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 are supported

This version of our software can be installed on Joomla! 2.5.6 or any later 2.5.x release, as well as any 3.2.x, 3.3.x or 3.4.x release. It is not compatible with Joomla! 3.0 or 3.1. These versions of Joomla! are old and vulnerable. If you are using them please upgrade to the latest Joomla! 3 release available from Joomla.org.

Changelog

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Intermittent issue with Bleeding Edge releases resulting in fatal errors
• [HIGH] Wrong require_once causing problems with content plugin
• [LOW] Additional Download ID page was showing incorrect data when Joomla cache was on
• [LOW] Prevent 403 errors when an user tries to publish/unpublish/delete a Download ID and doesn't select a record
• [LOW] The ID of the item is not saved in the log when the authorisation fails (user has no access)

Miscellaneous changes

• Removing references to JParameter (it was removed in Joomla! 3.4 alpha)
• Removing references to assign() in views (deprecated in Joomla! 3)
• Some servers seem to try and load the AkeebaUsagestats class twice