The guys over at phpLinkDirectory have released an updated free version of the popular phpLD script. The release is now at V2.10 and more information can be found on the phpLD forums.

Updates:
- [UPDATE] Smarty template engine upgraded to latest stable version (2.6.14)
- [UPDATE] SmartyValidate library upgraded to latest stable version (2.8)
- [UPDATE] AdoDB database library upgraded to latest stable version (4.92)
- [UPDATE] PHPMailer class upgraded to latest stable version (1.73)
- [UPDATE] New installer, works with PHP 5.x and PHP in CGI mode

Removed:
- Reciprocal link ID validation and anything related to it

Changes:
- Language file support
- Password is now encrypted using either SHA1 or MD5 hash
- Improved notification system
- Link ID problem fixed, HTML id element is not longer just a numeric value, it was changed to “id_{xyz}” or “id{xyz}” where {xyz} is the numeric link ID
- RSS feeds show only limited (links per page value) amount of links preventing timeouts
- Main page (index.php) PHP code reduced
- Main page (index.php) links count code changed to much faster and safer SQL command
- Most SQL commands are now correct and safe for DB input/output
- Valid XHTML markup and valid CSS
- Emails are sent with admin sender name and address
- Inactive categories are not shown anymore on submit page
- Allow multiple submit fixed
- Validation of reciprocal links improved
- Unencoded character problem fixed
- Symbolic links are now working with Mod Rewrite
- Subcategories preview sorted in alphabetical order
- Same title in multiple categories is now allowed
- Easy to read fonts for image verification
- Added folders and template files protection via htaccess and an additional default index.html file

I have recently started up a new paid for PR4 directory over at Itrcc.net which uses the new V2.10 script. I must say, it works really well!

I have made changes to my category scripts for the Category Project, and so I will be releasing phpLD V2.10 categories very soon.

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