Changelog
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Version 4.1.0 (2020-06-28)
- added birthday view back in
- fixed display of related names
- fixed: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated
- #5 removed deprecated get_magic_quotes_gpc and similar functions. Improves compatibility with latest php 7.x
- reset search on letter select to prevent confusion
- updated php and mysql minimal requirements, removed outdated translation instructions
- fixed bug in translator where no content was displayed when some keys contained unescaped characters like single quotes.
- added fully updated french language file
- #7 updated russian translations (credits: Vlad Vegner)
Version 4.0.0 (2020-03-05)
- new bootstrap template
- admin menu (supporting user management, role management, configuration management)
- translator built into admin menu
- users can change their own password now
- separate screen for import and export
- new notification popups and notification center
- added back support for phonetic names
- fixed XMLRPC server
- updated SabreDAV to version 3.2.2
- ensured code is PHP 7.2 compliant
- fixed #12 PDO sqlite3: unexpected '[' in ..DBConnector_pdo_sqlite3.php on line 155
- fixed #15 Error messages of DB connectors are sometimes misleading
- fixed #16 PEAR causes deprecation warnings in PHP 7.2
- fixed #21 Update SabreDAV to 3.2.2 (2017-02-14)
- fixed #22 Database driver prerequisites are confusing/contradictory
- fixed #24 Installer fails to create “addressbook” table when using MySQL
- fixed #27 CARDDAV access issue
- fixed #28 Roland Lauer, Database
- fixed #29 Cannot define a password for admin
- fixed #30 Unable to run
- fixed #31 Errors in err=Undefined offset: 1 errno=8 errfile=/lib/php/module_auth.php errline=66
Version 3.1 (2017-12-28)
- fixed #13 Adding multiple vcards to a category will only add the first item to the category
Version 3.0 (2017-12-19)
- updated code to be PHP 7.x compliant
- added iCloud/CardDAV support (using SabreDAV 3.1.1) (supports macOS 10.8 and higher, iOS 6.x and higher, Android 5.x and higher and other CardDAV compliant software)
- added logging to XMLRPC interface, updated PEAR XMLRPC Server to version 1.5.5
- added example python xmlrpc client script XMLRPC interface
- added iPhone label support in phone numbers
- added Farsi (fa) and Brasil Portugues (pt_br)
- replaced AdoDB database abstraction layer with a simpler custom solution (now supports PDO sqlite2/3, PDO MySQL, native sqlite2/3)
- dropped support for PostgreSQL
- fixed issue in installer with sqlite detection when sqlite is not available
- fixed critical race condition that caused images to be distorted or mixed when downloading all cards from CardDAV interface
- fixed some boundary errors in birthday module
- fixed birthday ordering
- fixed parsing error in vCard parser when importing organization without department
Version 2.0.1 (2013-12-07)
- fixed: problem with authentication module when auth.php was setup correctly (empty permission array)
- fixed: minor bug in XML-RPC module
Version 2.0 (2013-06-23)
- new folder structure
- fixed: auth.php was missing in distribution
Version 1.1 (2012-02-20)
- fixed bug in birthday reminder when birthdays were not shown correctly around year end.
- added support for PHP 5.3 (removed deprecation messages)
- changed <? tags to <php to improve compatibility
Version 1.0 (2008-05-26)
- fixed bug in birthday reminder: if there are no birthdays in the future but at least one in the past, the birthday 'none' label was not displayed
- fixed file creation modes. config setting $conf['fmode'] now has effect whenever a file is created
- fixed a bug in addressbook db handling
- fixed a minor GMT bug in date handling
- fixed image/format bug
- improved image handling: proc_open replaced by popen (should now work better with restrictive php settings)
- added installer script that helps with first time installation
- added XML-RPC API (disabled by default)
- added image resize when using GD to convert photos
- added bulgarian language file (thanks to Vladimir Vitkov)
- added hungarian language file (thanks to Sándor Pécsi)
Version 0.99 (2008-04-15)
- changed DB format. Contact photos are no longer saved inside the database but in a separate folder.
- adjusted photo export in vCards. Photo import into Apple Addressbook in OS X 10.4 should work again.
- fixed minor bugs in letter filter and page view mode
- improved search field. Clicking on ClearButton now re-loads the page (only non-Safari browsers).
- improved sort function. Names beginning with special characters (like öäüéèà) are now sorted correctly (see lang.php)
- improved template. Clicking on the logo now resets the addressbook.
- improved edit template. Adding phone numbers etc. as well as custom labels is now much fancier than ever before
- added birthday reminder
- added “Remember Me” feature
- added vCard mass import through the filesystem
- added three more actions: select_letter, select_offset, reset - adjust your access controls. See permissions_access_controls for more information.
- added slovak translation (thanks to Jan Michalicka)
- added russian translation (thanks to Alexander Chekalin)
- added czech translation (thanks to Petr Václavík)
- added swedish translation (thanks to Henrik Ahlberg)
- added indonesian translation (thanks to Ardi Nugraha)
If you are upgrading from 0.98 or earlier make sure to export all your addresses as a vCard. Remember if you click
the export as vCard(s) button and no contact is selected, the addressbook automatically assumes that you want to export
ALL your addresses.
Version 0.98 (2007-01-12)
- search function now supports multiple keywords
- changed search field to apple-like search field
- improved import of non-RFC-compliant vCards
- improved person edit view (added category edit field)
- added Skype support
- added support for phonetic firstname/lastname (for japanese users)
- added custom labels for phones, emails, urls, related names and instant messaging handles
- added page-view mode for contactlist (contactlist can be divided into several pages). See
$conf['contactlist_limit']in defaults.php - added alphabet to quickly filter contacts that begin with the same letter
- added option to change the image format in vCard export. See
$conf['photo_format']in defaults.php - added advanced access controls. See permissions_access_controls for more information.
Database format has changed! Read below if you are upgrading!
- The addressbook table now has two more fields (phoneticfirstname, phoneticlastname). You can simply add them to your existing table. The complete Layout can be found in addressbook.sql.
Configuration format has changed! Read below if you are upgrading!
- The file /conf/auth.php has a different syntax! Read the documentation on access controls for more information.
Version 0.97 (2006-10-20)
- fixed the problem where PEAR.php could not be found
- added CSV export
- added LDIF export
- improved category layout in default template
- improved vCard import
- minor improvements in addressbook and category handling
- added portuguese translation
Version 0.96 (2006-09-02)
- fixed another XSS vulnerability
- fixed a bug when some contacts were not shown in the contactlist
- fixed a bug in photo handling when using sqlite 2
- added support for newlines in contact fields (use <br /> to mark newlines)
- added automatic category “Modified Contacts” to facilitate manual synchronization
- added check action to help debugging: Use http://your-domain/iaddressbook/?do=check to get useful debugging output
- improved image handling (images are now always imported and only converted to browser format when displayed)
- minor enhancements in the default template
Version 0.95 (2006-08-23)
- SECURITY: fixed cross site scripting bug in categories field
- fixed minor bugs in category handling
- fixed parsing error in actions.php that appeared in some versions of PHP
- removed some dependencies to PHP 5
- improved sort order of contact list
- improved no-name handling
- improved error reporting
- that last imported contact is now auto-selected
Version 0.94 (2006-08-21)
- SECURITY: possibility for cross site scripting disabled
- added sqlite support
- database adjustments to improve portablity
- added category support (create, delete, add contacts, remove contacts)
- fixed problems when
register_globalswas enabled - fixed bug when escaping/unescaping strings → addressbook/database handling
- fixed bug in database handling: all input is now correctly quoted before it's sent to the db
- fixed bug when exporting vcards: escaping was not done properly
- fixed bug when importing vcards: unescaping was not done properly
- added italian localization (thanks to Joram Marino)
- login field now has autofocus
- search field now has autofocus
- minor template changes
- added translator.php that helps update localization files
- added configuration option for file upload location (@ini_set() call in config.php.dist)
- added configuration option for map link:
$conf['map_link']
Database format has changed! Read below if you are upgrading!
- Dashes (-) in table names are not allowed. If your table has a dash (-) in the name remove it or replace it with an underscore (_). (I had to rename table addressbook-bla to addressbook_bla)
- For category support you need 2 more tables. Their layout can be found in /addressbook.sql. You can just add those tables to the existing addressbook table.
- The database options in conf.php have changed. Refer to conf.php.dist for more details
Version 0.93 (2006-08-05)
- added authorization (disabled by default, see config option:
$conf['auth_enabled'] = 0;) - added spanish localization (thanks to Alberto Gesualdi)
- fixed some minor bugs in the default template
Version 0.92 (2006-07-30)
- added photo add/change/remove support
- added automatic photo resizing when manually added (new option →
$conf['photo_resize'] = '128×128') - adjusted sql template: you have to use mediumblob instead of blob to allow contact photos greater than 65kb (if you are upgrading you will have to adjust your database!)
- added heuristic to detect UTF-16/32 encoded files without BOM. Import of vCards from Apple's Address Book now works out of the box.
- added multiple vCard export
- fixed birthday display - can now display dates before 1970
- fixed a bug where birthdate was not imported from V2.1 vCards
- minor changes in default template
- search: first contact in query results is auto-selected on first search
Version 0.91a (2006-07-24)
- fixed some issues with the template and Internet Explorer (and no, I will not convert the PNG to GIF)
Version 0.91 (2006-07-23)
- added nice default template
- fixed minor bug in Person Class: does not save addresses/emails/etc without contents
Version 0.9 (2006-07-16)
- initial release