DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION - issues discovered after release, use 4.8.7 instead.

Textpattern CMS maintenance release including improvements for PHP 8.0, bug fixes and minor tweaks.

Headlines

• Fixed regression in override form usage in lists (thanks, Christian Rapp).
• Fixed undefined $article warning when accessing non-existent articles.
• Fixed error with <txp:output_form /> tag on empty forms (thanks, Adi).
• Fixed low-privilege users can save immediately after duplicating articles.
• Latest text translations. Thank you to all our translators.
• Option to create database during setup.
• Permission (grants) verification during setup.

Tag modifications

• Articles can be filtered by keywords more easily.
• Added: id attribute to <txp:if_different /> tag.
• Added: db option to the global escape attribute.
• <txp:variable trim> trims its own output (thanks, cara-tm).
• <txp:link_to_next/prev> can return URL or container.
• <txp:page_url> and <txp:if_request> tags are more flexible.
• Boost power of txp:article(_custom) grouping by date.
• Deprecate <txp:search_result_date />. Use <txp:posted /> instead.
• Remove deprecated break attribute from search_result_excerpt tag.

Back-end tweaks

• 'Assign sections' from Themes panel only selects its own sections.
• No Edit options in Write panel without appropriate privileges.
• No disabled update buttons on Languages panel (thanks, phiw13).
• Search improved when handling numbers. Comparators can also be used for numeric searches.

Developer goodies

• Permit step=false to hook into explicit empty step callbacks and step=null to indicate 'any step'.
• Permit $pre to be any text. Opens up arbitrary callback grouping.
• New articles>multi_edit.$method callback on Articles list panel.
• User panel callbacks:
  user>fields and user>from to manipulate the query
  user>controls to affect the button area
  user_ui>list.row (pluggable_ui) for adding table data
  user>steps for plugins to register custom panel-level functionality
• Diagnostics panel callbacks diag>steps and diag_ui>level for custom plugin steps and functionality.