ExpressionEngine 5.3.1 Release

ExpressionEngine is now PHP 7.4 compatible

We know it’s not typical to create a blog entry for a patch version. However as the new curators of ExpressionEngine we are excited to get a release under our belt as we move closer to the ExpressionEngine 6.0 release. We also know there are still some open PR’s and issues that we did not merge into this release. We’re reviewing those and most of those should be addressed in 6.0.

A big thanks to community members @dougblackjr, @litzinger, @rjpdev for contributing code as well as everyone who has contributed by opening or commenting on bugs and pull requests. We can’t do this without you guys!

If you’re interested in contributing to the ExpressionEngine Open Source project, you can get started with 4 simple steps:

1. Fork the ExpresisonEngine repo on Github
2. Review the Contributing Guidelines
3. Sign the Contributing agreement
4. Start submitting your pull requests!

Changelog for 5.3.1

Release Date: April 2, 2020

• Added support for PHP 7.4
• Fixed a bug (#147) where is_system_on was changed to y when updating the CMS.
• Fixed a bug (#188) where image uploads where failing because of missing integer casting.
• Fixed a bug (#190) where omitting the return parameter for the {exp:consent:form} tag didn’t redirect to same page as it was submitted on per the docs.
• Fixed a bug (#248) where the after_channel_entry_save extension hook would run twice when saving a new channel entry.
• Fixed a bug (#292) where a user was unable to delete page uri or page template with default theme installed.
• Fixes a bug (#321) where a warning was not being displayed when an entry was saved if a URI was entered in the Pages module without also selecting a template.
• Fixed a bug (#337) where an entry with a URL title of n was being ignored.
• Fixed a bug (#346) where strpos Non-string needles will be interpreted as strings in the future.
• Fixed a bug (#382) where drag and drop fields were producing errors in MSM sites.