PHP-Nuke is a web based automated news publishing and content management system (a 'nuke') based on PHP and MySQL. The system is fully controlled using a web-based user interface. PHP-Nuke was originally a fork of the Thatware news portal system.
The system is released as free software under the GNU General Public License.
Until version 7.5, the latest version of the software was freely
downloadable from the PHP-Nuke website; version 7.5 is the first
version for which a USD 10
download charge is made. This is permitted under the GNU GPL (providing
the source code is included), but the purchaser of the software has the
right to freely distribute the source code of the product. This charge
only applies to the latest version of PHP-Nuke, previous versions are
available free of charge.
Starting with version 5.6, the display of a copyright message on
webpages is required according with the GPL license section 2(c) and
approved by the Free Software Foundation as explained on the official
web site [1].
It requires a web server which supports the PHP extension (such as the Apache HTTP Server), as well as an SQL database (such as MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC, Adabas, Sybase or InterBase).
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Features of PHP-Nuke
The main aim of PHP-Nuke is to allow a webmaster to create a community-based portal (similar to that used by Slashdot),
with an automated web site allowing users and editors to post news
items (user-submitted news items are selected by editors). Users can
comment on these articles using the comments system.
Modules may be added to the PHP-Nuke system, allowing the webmaster to add more features (such as an Internet forum or calendar) to their PHP-Nuke installation in addition to the core modules such as News, FAQ and Private Messaging. The whole system is maintained by administrators using the web-based admin section.
PHP-Nuke is able to support many languages, including English, French, Portuguese and Thai. Its look and feel can also be customised (to an extent), using the Themes
system, although some people have found it difficult to make the site
look any different to the standard 2/3 column layout (as used by the
program's official web site [2]).
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Lack of security and criticism
PHP-Nuke has in the past been criticized for containing many security holes. SQL injection
is one of the most widely-known flaws in PHP-Nuke's security, although
other methods of gaining access to the admin panel of a site running
PHP-Nuke have been found. Many alternatives to PHP-Nuke have been
developed as a result. Since it contains a port of phpBB2, it also has to deal with the security issues of that piece of software as well.
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Forks
The PHP-Nuke project has been forked many times by different people, for different reasons. The best known of these are:
These forks, and others, have all had their own ideas regarding
several aspects of the system, and thus do many things in different
ways in an attempt to produce a better product. Nevertheless, most, if
not all of these systems can be used to produce a community portal
similar to that which can be built using PHP-Nuke, although it is
possible that these systems are better at doing some things than
PHP-Nuke (and vice-versa).
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See also
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External links
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