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Phorum: History & Overview

Phorum is an open-source message board system written in PHP.

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Phorum topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Phorum.

Related topics
5
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
7
Extracted relationships
63
Concept neighborhoods
4
Bridge connections
7

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 3 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer
Phorum Development Team
License
Phorum Licence 2 (BSD like)
Original author
Brian Moon
Release
April 1998; 28 years ago (1998-04)
Repository
github.com/Phorum/Core
Stable release
6.0.6 / 16 August 2026; 8 days ago (16 August 2026)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Phorum connects Entity context

The extracted context around Phorum shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Phorum → Castagnetto, Chris, December, Deepak, Harish, ISBN, Jesus, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Phorum Case Study, Professional PHP Programming, Programmer, Rawat, Sascha, Schumann, Scollo, Security, Veliah, Wikisource-logo Another extracted example is Phorum → As Dealmac, Bar-None Drinks, Brian Moon, BSD, Dealmac, Dealmac's, GPL, However, In April, Initially, It, Jason Birch, July, Moon, MySQL, PHP, PostgresSQL, The, WebThreads, With. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Phorum

Top relations

related to Further reading · 21
Phorum → Castagnetto, Chris, December, Deepak, Harish, ISBN, Jesus, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Phorum Case Study, Professional PHP Programming, Programmer, Rawat, Sascha, Schumann, Scollo, Security, Veliah, Wikisource-logo
related to history · 20
Phorum → As Dealmac, Bar-None Drinks, Brian Moon, BSD, Dealmac, Dealmac's, GPL, However, In April, Initially, It, Jason Birch, July, Moon, MySQL, PHP, PostgresSQL, The, WebThreads, With
related to Latest release · 6
Phorum → API, As, January, June, Key, XHTML
related to Adoption · 4
Phorum → Mathematics, MySQL, School, Sheffield Hallam
related to External links · 2
Phorum → GitHub, Official
Developer · 1
Phorum → Phorum Development Team
License · 1
Phorum → Phorum Licence 2 (BSD like)
Original author · 1
Phorum → Brian Moon
Release · 1
Phorum → April 1998; 28 years ago (1998-04)
Repository · 1
Phorum → github.com/Phorum/Core

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

release php moon forum code source needed system better version team software written open-source would dealmac based use message board

Phorum relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 63 structured relationships around Phorum. Examples in this analysis include Phorum → Developer → Phorum Development Team and Phorum → License → Phorum Licence 2 (BSD like). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PhorumDeveloperPhorum Development Team1.00infobox
PhorumLicensePhorum Licence 2 (BSD like)1.00infobox
PhorumOriginal authorBrian Moon1.00infobox
PhorumReleaseApril 1998; 28 years ago (1998-04)1.00infobox
PhorumRepositorygithub.com/Phorum/Core1.00infobox
PhorumStable release6.0.6 / 16 August 2026; 8 days ago (16 August 2026)1.00infobox
PhorumTypeForum software1.00infobox
PhorumWebsitephorum.org1.00infobox
PhorumWritten inPHP1.00infobox
Phorumis aopen-source message board system written in PHP0.90text
Phorumrelated to AdoptionMySQL0.60section
Phorumrelated to AdoptionSheffield Hallam0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Phorum bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Needed, Better and System. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Phorum
    • Needed
    • Better
    • System
    • Moon
    • Php
    • Release
    • Source
    • Team
    • Would
    • Forum
    • Bsd
    • Developed
  • phorum
    • Needed
    • Better
    • System
    • Moon
    • Php
    • Release
    • Source
    • Team
    • Would
    • Forum
    • Bsd
    • Developed
  • message board
    • System
    • Board
    • Message
    • Open-source
    • Written
    • Team
    • Use
    • Better
    • Code
    • Needed
    • Php
    • Source
  • open-source
    • Board
    • Github
    • Message
    • Website
    • Written
    • Software
    • Forum
    • System
    • Php
    • Phorum

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Phorum, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Phorum with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
PhorumHistory · splits 4 ⟂ 4
PhorumOverview · splits 5 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Phorum

Nodes8
Edges7
Triples63
Avg. degree1.75
Density0.25
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Phorum to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Phorum · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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