Moodle 3.0.1 release notes
Releases > Moodle 3.0.1 release notes
Release date: 21 December 2015
Here is the full list of fixed issues in 3.0.1.
Highlights
Moodle 3.0.1 is a special release outside of the normal release schedule. The main highlight is support of PHP 7.0. This is the new major version of the programming language Moodle is written in; it has significantly better performance but at the same time lots of changes in the engine. Please note that Moodle 2.9 will show errors if run on PHP 7.
Before upgrading to PHP 7 version on production servers, you are recommended to test all plugins thoroughly. See Moodle and PHP7 for developer documentation.
PHP 7 was released on 3 December 2015 and is still very young. Not all libraries and/or drivers are available yet for PHP 7. For example, there are no drivers for SQL*Server. Other drivers required by your plugins may also be missing.
It is expected that PHP 7 will immediately become very popular because of its performance improvements, we also know that many institutions have not even upgraded to Moodle 3.0 yet, it will still be supported for a long time and users can really benefit from this bundle.
PHP 7 compatibility makes Moodle faster
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| 20% faster when logging in | 59% faster when loading the course page |
PHP 7 compatibility significantly reduces memory used
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| 42% less memory used when logging in | 38% less memory used when viewing a course |
Test results obtained on a test Moodle instance with one course in topics format with over 100 activities and resources.
Other fixes and improvements
- MDL-44330 - When using assignment grading in several tabs the links to individual students grades work correctly.
- MDL-37834 - Excel can be used to edit the assignment Offline grading worksheet
- MDL-42571 - Edit PDF: Fixed bug with viewing the second PDF on assignment grading page
- MDL-43069 - Assignment grading: "Submission comments" fail to expand if you hide the "file submissions" column
- MDL-37308 - Uploaded PNG images preserve transparency during resize
- MDL-49490 - Fixed export to portfolio link in assignment with additional files
- MDL-52194 - Fixed Flowplayer not working with insecure configuration of request_order
For developers
- MDL-51582 - Switch to grunt to compile LESS as recess is no longer maintained
Security issues
There are no security issues in this release. Security issues will be included in Moodle 3.0.2 which is due for release in January 2016.
