Joomla Version 1.5.15 is now a Release Candidate on joomlacode.org - what is new and what to expect from this version?

Here are the changes at this point in 1.5.15 :


* several regular expression fixes (eregi replaced with preg_match)

eregi is DEPRECATED as of php v 5.3.0 and will be removed in php 6.0. Using this function in php 5.3 and later will cause a E_DEPRECATED exception

* several replaces of ereg_replace with str_replace

eregi is DEPRECATED as of php v 5.3.0 and will be removed in php 6.0. Using this function in php 5.3 and later will cause a E_DEPRECATED exception

* memory leak in com_menu

small memory leak - object not unset

* some language strings added

minor language strings additions

* upgrade of Simplepie library

Simplepie RSS parsing library upgraded to newer version. If your website relies heavily on RSS feeds then this will be good news for you

* upgrade of TinyMCE library (2.4.1 --> 2.6)

WYSIWYG editor upgraded from version 3.2.4.1 to 3.2.6 (latest version is 3.2.7, but that is quite a nice upgrade)