phpBB不仅是受欢迎的自由软件还是个开放源代码的网络论坛系统,使用PHP作为程序语言,并支持如MySQL、 PostgreSQL、MSSQL、Microsoft Access与Oracle[1]等的资料库.
除去资料库支持上,以下为phpBB的几项优点:
    * 使用样板系统设计可方便地快速修改
    * 国际化并支持61种可用的语言翻译,phpBB声称可同时安装多套翻译
    * 庞大且众多的网络论坛提供使用者自由交流与外挂软件的支援

下载:phpBB 3.0.5

• Added and refined CAPTCHA options to better protect against new version of CAPTCHA crackers.
• Added an option to the registration screen to allow users to refresh the displayed CAPTCHA.
• Performance improvements for native fulltext search.
• Added a new search option. The admin can define the maximum number of words allowed to search for. This option gives control about the maximum search load.
• Search indexing should no longer stall for some installations.
• Conflicting files are able to be downloaded now within the automatic updater for manual inspection.
• The database updater now checks for an incompatible database schema in case the database version got updated. The admin will be notified about possible solutions and repair scripts.
• We now set the connection encoding for MySQL versions 4.1.0 to 4.1.2. This may fix some conversion issues with special characters.
• Language pack authors now see errors/notices within their language pack if they enabled DEBUG_EXTRA.
• Flash files now display again after update to flash player 10.