PHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system

Content management system

A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

 based on PHP

PHP

PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...

 and MySQL

MySQL

MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...

 originally authored by Franscisco Burzi. The system is controlled using a web-based user interface. PHP-Nuke was originally a fork of the Thatware news portal system.

PHP-Nuke was originally released under the GNU General Public License

GNU General Public License

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 as free software

Free software

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. Versions after 7.5 require a license fee. This is permitted under the GNU GPL (providing the source code

Source code

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 is included), and the purchaser of the software has the right to freely distribute the source code of the product. Burzi no longer owns the PHP-Nuke site.

As of version 5.6, the display of a copyright

Copyright

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 message on webpages is required in accordance with the GPL section 2(c).

PHP-Nuke requires a web server

Web server

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 which supports the PHP

PHP

PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...

 extension (such as the Apache HTTP Server

Apache HTTP Server

The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...

), as well as an SQL

SQL

SQL is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems ....

 database (such as MySQL

MySQL

MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...

, mSQL

MSQL

mSQL or Mini SQL is a historically important lightweight database management system from Hughes Technologies.-History:In 1993-94 David Hughes developed a network monitoring and management system called "Minerva". The design of this system required a database management system to store its...

, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

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, ODBC, ADABAS

Adabas

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, Sybase

Sybase

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 or InterBase

InterBase

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).

Features of

PHP-Nuke is a content management system allowing webmasters to create community-based portals (websites), allowing users and editors to post news items (user-submitted news items are selected by editors) or other types of articles. Registered users can then comment on these articles.

Modules can be added to the PHP-Nuke system allowing additional features such as an Internet forum

Internet forum

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, Calendar, News Feed, FAQ

FAQ

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's , Private Messaging and others. The site is maintained through an administration interface.

PHP-Nuke includes the following standard modules:

• Advertising—Manages ads on the page layout (theme). Supports images/links, javascript
  JavaScript
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  /HTML
  HTML
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  , and Flash
  Adobe Flash
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• Avantgo—Provides mobile versions of the last 10 news articles
• Content—Manages the main content "pages"
• Downloads—Manages file downloads. There are no uploads—it stores links to files on other servers
• Encyclopedia—Manages phrases/words and definitions
• FAQ—Manages Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Feedback—Communicate to the webmaster. It is an online form, but provides feedback via email.
• Forums—Manages discussion forums for the site. It is based on bb2nuke, which is a PHP-Nuke port of the popular open-source phpBB discussion board.
• Journal—Maintain public and/or private notes
• Members List—Displays site members
• News—Manages news stories, including future-dated news to be released at a specific date and time. Each article can be assigned to a single category.
• Private Messages—Allows members to send private messages to others on the site. Members can prevent messages from other members.
• Recommend Us—Send an email message recommending the site to others.
• Search—Allows users to search your site.
• Statistics—Displays summary and detailed site statistics, including page views.
• Stories (News) Archives—Provides access to older news articles.
• Submit News—Allow visitors to submit news. Email notification is sent, but the submission is stored in the administrator control panel. Administrator can delete, edit, and/or post the article without rekeying.
• Surveys (Polls)—Create visitor surveys
• Top—Displays the most-visited articles, downloads, etc.
• Topics—Displays news by topic. The administrator defines the topics and assigns topics to content.
• Web Links—Manages a hierarchical directory of links to selected websites
• Your Account—Manages members "profile" information, including their preferred theme, the number of news articles to display on their home page, etc.

PHP-Nuke supports many languages and its look and feel can be customized using the Themes system, but major changes requires knowledge of PHP, HTML and CSS.

Issues

Currently as it stands there are numerous vulnerabilities that affect all versions of PHP-Nuke, including the latest release 8.1.35. Until a new release is made it is strongly recommended to avoid this software.

• Several security holes have been discovered in PHP-Nuke, including SQL injection
  SQL injection
  A SQL injection is often used to attack the security of a website by inputting SQL statements in a web form to get a badly designed website in order to dump the database content to the attacker. SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability in a website's software...
  
   via unchecked PHP code.

• PHP-Nuke may have issues with some search engine indexes. PHP-Nuke does not use simple URLs or unique titles for pages.

...

Forks

Notable fork

Fork (software development)

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s include:

• Dragonfly CMS — based on PHP-Nuke 6.5 with Coppermine Photo Gallery
  Coppermine Photo Gallery
  Coppermine Photo Gallery is a photo-gallery web application with multimedia capabilities. It requires PHP, MySQL, and ImageMagick or the GD Graphics Library, and works with most web server software such as Apache....
  
   included
• LGNuke — 7.6 and web 2.0 with AJAX
  Ajax
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   included.
• Nuke-Evolution — Many security fixes, custom modifications, and modifications pre-installed
• Clean Nuke based on PHP-Nuke 7.6/WL Nuke 1.1 is a special version for simple content website.
• RavenNuke CMS
  Ravennuke
  RavenNuke is a content management system platform for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language...
  
   — 7.6, with many security fixes, custom modifications, add-ons, and XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliance
• phpWebSite
  PhpWebSite
  phpWebSite is a Content Management System provided by Electronic Student Services at Appalachian State University. It is considered Free and Open Source Software and is released under the LGPL.-Background of phpWebSite:...
  
   —
• Postnuke — 5.0
• PragmaMx
• XOOPS
  XOOPS
  XOOPS is a free open source content management systems , written in PHP. It uses a modular architecture allowing users to customize, update and theme their websites. XOOPS is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is free to use, modify and redistribute.-Overview:XOOPS is...
  
   — PHP-Nuke and myPHPNuke
• PNC — PHP-Nuke with vWar and SQuery included. Customized for gaming and clan community
• Mega-Nuke — 7.4, with many security fixes, custom modifications and add-ons
• NPDS One of the most advanced Community Management System - Actually REvolution 2011 release

License

PHP-Nuke is distributed for free and licensed under the GNU/GPL license, however current versions must be purchased and can then be distributed for free.