Most, if not all changes in the parser affect its speed. Generally speaking, more features means lower speed, but optimizing other parts of the parser can compensate this. In this second article about the new parser in Textpattern CMS 4.0.7, I’ll discuss the various changes to the parser, the impact they have on parsing speed and how you can optimize templates for speed.

For those that just went… “Tag what?!”, the tag parser is the part of Textpattern that interprets the txp tags in your carefully crafted forms and pages. This is the first of two articles discussing the parser changes in the upcoming TXP 4.0.7 version (no, not next week/month).

After quite a while and lots of work from many, many people it’s finally here. We have fixed no less than six security issues. Because half of those can be used from the public side, updating is strongly recommended.

The final, official 4.0.6 release is scheduled for next week, unless unexpected problems or errors arise.