Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
+=== PHP 5.2 now required ==
+In 1.18, the lowest supported version of MediaWiki is now 5.2.x. Please upgrade
+PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
+
=== Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
* The WantedPages::getSQL hook has been removed and replaced with
WantedPages::getQueryInfo . This may break older extensions.
potentially dangerous Java applets. This allows applets to be blocked
specifically, rather than all ZIP files being blocked.
* (bug 2429) Allow selection of associated namespace in recent changes
+* (bug 26217) File size is now checked before uploading in HTML5 browsers
+* CSS stylesheet MediaWiki:Noscript.css is now loaded for users with JavaScript
+ disabled (enclosed in the head in a <noscript> tag)
=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated
double HTML escaped
* (bug 27700) The upload protection can now also be set for files that do not
exist.
+* (bug 27763) Article::getParserOutput() no longer throws a fatal given when an
+ incorrect revision ID is passed.
+* Trim the form field for uploading by url to remove extra spaces which could
+ cause confusing error messages.
=== API changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result
* (bug 27688) Simplify queries to list user block information
* (bug 27708) list=users does not have a property to return user id
* (bug 27715) imageinfo didn't respect revdelete
+* (bug 27862) Useremail module didn't properly return success on success.
+* (bug 27590) prop=imageinfo now allows querying the media type
+* (bug 27587) list=filearchive now outputs full title info
+(bug 27018) Added action=filerevert to revert files to an old version
=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===
* (bug 27385) Set Polish $namespaceGenderAliases
* (bug 27681) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Portuguese (pt and pt-br)
* (bug 27785) Fallback language for Kabardian (kbd) is English now.
+* (bug 27825) Raw watchlist edit message now uses formatted numbers.
== Compatibility ==