6.2 Change Log
6.2
(03.03.2026) 6132f68[link1] -> M1 (Release Notes[link2] | by release[link3])As work on WackoWiki 6.2 is still underway[link4], this is an incomplete list of changes.
1. Features
- add SQLite support
2. Configuration
2.1. secondary config
- new
-
reserved_namespaces -
tools_page -
whatsnew_page
-
- removed
-
disable_npjlinks -
session_prefix
-
2.2. constants
- new
-
DATA_DIR
-
- renamed
-
UPLOAD_BACKUP_DIR->BACKUP_DIR
-
2.3. conf files
- changed
- autoload.conf[link5]
- csp_custom.conf[link6]
- csp.conf[link7]
- permissions_policy.conf[link8]
- router.conf[link9]
3. Core
- make
sess->date_patterndependent on$this->user_lang - rewrote SQL queries to work with MySQL as well as SQLite
- register custom regexp function to use
REGEXPwith SQLite - fix missing route case for CSS files in
RECOVERY_MODE
3.1. Classes
- added
-
DbSqlite
-
3.2. Methods
This is only a random selection.Add functions to abstract SQL syntax and function differences between MySQL and SQLite
-
utc_dt() -
date_sub(int $value, string $interval) -
binary() -
collate() -
limit()
These functions reside in the
Dbal class mainly because the DbPDO class serves SQLite as well MySQL.3.3. Folders
new folder-
file/data– .htaccess protected folder for SQLite database file (seeDATA_DIRin constants.php). -
vendor/– is managed by Composer[link10] and is only part of the distribution package
It is strongly recommended to place the database file outside the webroot for security, but if you must place it within the webroot, use a filename like
file/data/.ht.sqlite to help prevent direct access via the web server.
4. Database
- setup/database/sqlite.php[link11]
Database schema[link12] changes
5. Installer
- add SQLite table creation script
- add
_t()function for$lang[]array, uses now English as fallback for missing message sets - add system page with the
whatsnewaction and set it as default bookmark - add private system page with with the
admincacheandadmin_recoveryaction and set it as bookmark for the admin - the installer sets now bookmarks for the admin account, therefore it no longer shows the default bookmarks for the admin in the menu by default
- add mandatory installer password protection
- It is imperative to set the password for the installer in the
config/lock_setupfile. - The password must be set, it won't accept an empty password.
- This requires the user to add a password before he can proceed with the installation or upgrade.
- The password in the file is in plain text and should not be the same as the recovery password.
- It is imperative to set the password for the installer in the
6. Formatters
- change markup for subscript to
,,subscript,, - allows now
[px|%|em|rem]withwrapper_width - extend table markup[link13] allowing table caption, cell spans, width and cell attributes (WIP, experimental)
-
?| table caption |? -
!| col | col |! -
^| header | cell || -
|| cell ^ header || -
||(attr=value) cell | cell || - attributes:
-
align = [center|left|right|justify] -
bgcolor = [blue|red|green|x11colors] -
class = "alternate sticky defaultcenter col1left col4right" -
colspan = number -
id = id_name -
rowspan = number -
scope = [row|col|rowgroup|colgroup] -
side = [top|bottom] -
span = number -
type = table_style -
valign = [top|middle|bottom] -
width = number[px|%|em|rem]
-
- CSS selectors
-
alternatealternating row shading -
stickyfor sticky header -
default[left|center|right|top|middle|bottom] -
colN[left|center|right|top|middle|bottom]N stands for the column number (1–25) -
col-N[left|center|right|top|middle|bottom]Align the cells in column N counting from the right (1–9).
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-
7. Actions
-
menu: fix not showing 'Set a bookmark' form in menu action -
whatsnew:- add filter for pages, comments and files
- show also edited comments in list
- no longer use
linktable formostcommentedandmostpopularaction
8. Handlers
-
show: Displays the number of comments in the article header and provides a link to the comments section.
9. Themes
- x11colors.css
- replace
.mark-[blue|green|red]with[xblue|xgreen|xred]to not overwrite default definitions in wacko.css
- replace
- wacko.css: add CSS classes to align text in table cell
-
.text-[center|left|right|justify] -
.vertical-[top|middle|bottom]
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10. Admin panel
- add backup & restore for SQLite
11. Translations
- add new message sets regarding SQLite support
12. Packages
updated- Bad Behaviour[link14] 2.2.26
- freeCap[link15] 1.4.7
- Hashids[link16] 5.0.2 (Changelog[link17])
- php-diff[link18] 2.5.0 (Changelog[link19])
- PHPMailer[link20] 7.0.2 (Changelog[link21])
- PHP Thumb Library[link22] 2.3.3
- SafeHTML[link23] 1.3.13
- SimplePie[link24] 1.9.0 (Changelog[link25])
- svg-sanitizer[link26] 0.22
- WikiEdit[link27] 3.26
See core dependencies[link28]
Note that the changelog is usually incomplete, for a complete list of changes that went into R6.2, you can browse the Commit log, the Bug Tracker Log[link29] and ToDo[link4] list.
- [link1] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/commit/6132f68aeaf7f9787aa7358b1c8de3ea96de8ddb
- [link2] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Release/R6.2/ReleaseNotes
- [link3] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Release/R6.2/ChangeLog/Chronological
- [link4] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Release/R6.2/ToDo
- [link5] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/config/autoload.conf
- [link6] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/config/csp_custom.conf
- [link7] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/config/csp.conf
- [link8] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/config/permissions_policy.conf
- [link9] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/config/router.conf
- [link10] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Org/Tools/Composer
- [link11] https://codeberg.org/WackoWiki/wackowiki/src/branch/master/src/setup/database/sqlite.php
- [link12] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Release/R6.2/Database
- [link13] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/NewFeatures/ExtendTableSyntax
- [link14] https://github.com/Bad-Behaviour/badbehaviour
- [link15] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Components/Lib/Captcha
- [link16] https://hashids.org/php/
- [link17] https://github.com/ivanakimov/hashids.php/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- [link18] https://github.com/JBlond/php-diff
- [link19] https://github.com/JBlond/php-diff/blob/master/changelog.md
- [link20] https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- [link21] https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/changelog.md
- [link22] https://github.com/PHPThumb/PHPThumb
- [link23] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Projects/SafeHTML
- [link24] https://simplepie.org/
- [link25] https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- [link26] https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer
- [link27] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Projects/WikiEdit
- [link28] https://wackowiki.org/doc/Dev/Release/R6.2/Dependencies
- [link29] https://wackowiki.org/bugs/changelog_page.php