• KeyDog
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Topic: Is it possible to autoupdate an official extension without interaction

I'm wondering if it's possible to set/code auto-update for extensions (well just an added .csv file in the extension).

Like that if a user is using URL checker (either standalone or as part of stopforumspam) the list of bad urls will be updated whenever there is a newer version.

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Re: Is it possible to autoupdate an official extension without interaction

Everything's possible big_smile But I'm thinking whether "silent updates" shouldn't be added into PunBB core as well (of course, with option to disable it, for people who change their forum's source code).

You know, fixing security bugs is important, but people are lazy to update. I don't know how about PunBB (developers could help here - how many % of queries to http://punbb.informer.com/update/ are from older versions?) but with browsers it's common, that there's a lot of not updated installations...

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Re: Is it possible to autoupdate an official extension without interaction

Grez wrote:

I'm thinking whether "silent updates" shouldn't be added into PunBB core as well

I'd make it optional, but have it in core yes.

Grez wrote:

Everything's possible

What resources, articles, info do you have on subject?