phpMyFAQ News from 2026

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The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-RC.1, the "Walter Koenig" release. RC.1 adds an experimental FrankenPHP worker mode, includes the command line tools in the release packages and Docker images, and brings a refined visual design for the frontend and admin. The update fixes configuration changes from 4.0.0-alpha.3 that were skipped on MySQL, SQLite and SQL Server, and fills in database columns and categories missing from older installations. It also fixes many bugs in the WYSIWYG editor, emails, scheduled backups, accessibility and the dashboard, and updates the Docker images to PHP 8.5.12 for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.11 and phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-beta.3, the "RJ Mitte" releases. phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-beta.3 adds support for generic OpenID Connect providers, and a "Force layout mode" setting. Both releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

Security notice: A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in PHP (CVE-2026-109618, CVSS v4.0 9.2) affects all phpMyFAQ installations. The flaw is in PHP itself, not in phpMyFAQ, and is exploitable. A successful attack gives an unauthenticated attacker full control over the server, including the FAQ database and admin access. The PHP project releases fixed versions today at 14:00 UTC: PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35. Please update PHP as soon as the patches are available.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.10 and phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-beta.2, the "Tim Curry" releases. Both releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.9 and phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-beta, the "Dolly Parton" releases. phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-beta adds a Health endpoint, a new FAQ update notification, and we now release official Docker images on GitHub. Both releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.8 and phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2, the "Hayden Panettiere" releases. phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 introduces separate read, write, and publish permissions for FAQs, an editorial workflow with per-language draft, review, and published states, and question metadata tracking with an audit log of the open question lifecycle. Both releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha, the "Lou Koller" release – the biggest step forward in the project's history. This version introduces custom pages with a WYSIWYG editor and SEO capabilities, a theme manager, and a flexible translation layer that supports self-hosted LibreTranslate as well as DeepL, Google, Azure, and Amazon Translate. As a self-hosted open-source platform, phpMyFAQ puts digital sovereignty first: your knowledge base, user data, and infrastructure choices - from local filesystem or Amazon S3 storage to mail delivery via SendGrid, AWS SES, or Mailgun — remain full under your control. The release also adds user chat, web push notifications, readability analysis, and optional Redis caching. Security has been significantly improved as well, with comprehensive audit and security event logging, hardened multi-tenancy, and SBOM generation for full supply-chain transparency. Built on PHP 8.4, it further strengthens enterprise readiness with experimental support for Keycloak, OAuth2 API keys, and per-tenant rate limiting.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.7, the "Sam Neill" releases. This release adds a CycloneDX SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) generation to the release packaging, fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.6, the "Bonnie Tyler" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.5, the "Alan Hale" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.4, the "Luna Jordan" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.3, the "Alessandro Zanardi" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.2, the "Mario Adorf" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.1, the "Chuck Norris" releases. This release fixes security vulnerabilities, updates all third-party dependencies, and fixes all reported bugs.

phpMyFAQ 4.1.0, the "Neil Sedaka" release, is here. This release brings a modernized platform with PHP 8.3+ support, TypeScript, Vite 7, Vitest 4, Jodit Editor, Symfony routing in the admin backend, and many new administration features. It also adds OpenSearch, .env support, accessibility improvements with dark mode/light mode/high contrast, updated translations, and several experimental features such as FrankenPHP, MCP Server, LDAP group support, CLI updates, and support for PHP 8.5/8.6.

With this release, phpMyFAQ takes a big architectural step forward and is fully prepared for modern PHP environments, enterprise integration, and AI-driven workflows.

We also released phpMyFAQ 4.0.19, the last bugfix release for the 4.0 branch, which includes all fixes and updates to third party dependencies.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.0.18 and phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.7, the "Jesse Jackson" releases. These releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.6, the "Eric Dane" releases. This release fixes all reported bugs, and we updated our third party dependencies.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.5, the "James Van Der Beek" release. This release fixes all reported bugs, and we updated our third party dependencies.

Today 25 years ago, Thorsten Rinne and Bastian Pöttner started with the development of phpMyFAQ. We would like to say thank-you to everyone who helped with the development and every one of our users! Happy 25th birthday, phpMyFAQ!

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.4, the "Rita Süssmuth" release. This release fixes all reported bugs, and we updated our third party dependencies.

The phpMyFAQ Team would like to announce the availability of phpMyFAQ 4.0.17 and phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.3, the "Renée Good" releases. These releases fix security vulnerabilities, update all third party dependencies, and fix all reported bugs.

The phpMyFAQ Team is pleased to announce phpMyFAQ 4.1.0-RC.2, the "Brigitte Bardot" release. This release fixes all reported bugs, we updated all translations with Claude Code, and we updated our third party dependencies.