Extra SSI Functions

Started by topleya, June 12, 2009, 09:00:17 AM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages1 2 3 ... 5
User actions

topleya

June 12, 2009, 09:00:17 AM Last Edit: September 10, 2009, 08:12:17 AM by topleya
Do you Have SMF? Do you want to personalize your homepage a bit to make it seem it is part of your forum? Well I can tell you how. First you need to go to http://{yoursite}/{forumdirectory}/ssi_examples.php then near the top it will say "To use SSI.php in your page add at the very top of your page before the <html> tag on line 1:" and under it is a PHP Require Code. Of course put it on any page where your going to use these codes. Now of course they give you some codes already, Like Recent posts, and Forum news, you know all that good stuff. I use that most of the time but there are some codes you may not know about. And I will show them t you and tell you what they do.

1) Only Allow admins
Code:

Code Select
<?php
if (in_array(1, $user_info['groups']))
{
echo "{PUT YOUR HTML OR WHATEVER HERE}";
}
?>

This PHP Code above Only allows Forum administrators to view that Page. You code through in an else staement like this:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
if (in_array(1, $user_info['groups']))
{
echo "{PUT YOUR HTML OR WHATEVER HERE}";
}
else 
{
echo" Hey only admins can view this!";
}
?>

These Admin Codes are great if you have some kind of code that you wouldnt want anyone else but admins to access.

Now if you used include('whatever'); above on those Administrators only pages and want extra protection then on that page your including just add:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
if (in_array(1, $user_info['groups']))
{
echo "THE CODE(S)";
}
?>

to the page with the code where it says THE CODE. Now there is no back door to accessing that file. Even if they Directly accessed the file it wouldnt work. Even if you were a forum admin it wouldnt work because you dont have the REQUIRE statement on that file your including. Sorry Im probably being really confusing right now.

2)Registered Users only Pages
Maybe there is some information you dont want unregistered users to get to? Or maybe hide tings from Search bots?
Well Simply put this code on the page you want to protect(lets through in an else statement too):
Code:

Code Select
<?php if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
{
echo"YOUR HTML HERE";
}
else
{
echo"Only registered users may view this page!";
}
?>

Now for crazy reason if you only want a page viewable by guests just change 'is_logged' to 'is_guest'

Now since you have pages only accessable by registered users you may want the links to those pages only viewable by registered users too... Now of course quite simple but I will just show you just incase :wink:
Code:

Code Select
<?php if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
{
echo "<a href='LINK'>LINK NAME</a>";
}
?>

You never knew you could do these kind of things with SMF's SSI did you? Its neat, useful, and just plain Cool :lol:

3) Some Random Codes
This Code will say the Users forum name:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($context['user']['name']); ?>

What if the person is a guest? Easy:
Code:

Code Select
<?php if (($context['user']['name']) = null))
{
echo "Guest";
}
else 
{
echo ($context['user']['name']);
}
?>


Want to output how many posts a user has? Use this code then:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($user_info['posts']); ?>

We can also block a page so they have to have a certain amount of posts to access it.
Code:

Code Select
<?php 
if(($user_info['posts']) >= {Posts they Need})
{
echo"HTML Code";
}
else
{
$togo = {Posts they Need} - $user_info['posts'];

echo "<p align=center>Sorry you need {Posts they Need} posts to access this page and you have ". $user_info['posts'] ." posts and you have " . $togo ." posts(s) to go.</p>";
}
?>

Just fill in the amount of posts you want them to have before they can access the page. If they dont have enough posts it will say You need {amount of posts} you have {Posts they Have} you have {number of posts to go}

You can output what membergroup someone is in with this:
Code:

Code Select
<?php if (($user_info['groups']['0']) == 1)
{ 
echo "Administrator";
}
elseif(($user_info['groups']['0']) == 2)
{
echo "Global Moderator";
}
elseif(($user_info['groups']['0']) == 0)
{
echo "Regular Member";
}
?>


Output how many total messages a user has:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $context['user']['messages']; ?>


Output how many new messages a user has:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $context['user']['unread_messages']; ?>


Show the users avatar:
Code:

Code Select
<?php if(($context['user']['avatar']['href']) == null)
{
echo "<img src='URL to A Default Avatar' align='left'>";
}
else
{
echo "<img src='", ($context['user']['avatar']['href']), "' align='left'>";
}
?>

You will need to specify a URL to an avatar if the user doesnt have one set :wink:

Echo the forum name:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $mbname; ?>


Echo the board URL:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $boardurl; ?>


The forum webmaster email:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $webmaster_email; ?>


SMF Version:
Code:
Code Select

<?php echo ($modSettings['smfVersion']); ?>


Forum news(One at the top of the forum):
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($modSettings['news']); ?>


Most online ever:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($modSettings['mostOnline']); ?>


Most online today:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']); ?>


Newest member:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($modSettings['latestRealName']); ?>


Output user email:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($context['user']['email']); ?>


Total forum posts:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($common_stats['total_posts']); ?>


Total Topics:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($common_stats['total_topics']); ?>


Total Members:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($common_stats['total_members']); ?>


Users IP:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo ($user_info['ip']); ?>


Cookie Name:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $cookiename; ?>


Attachment Size allowed:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modsettings['attachmentSizeLimit']; ?>


Attachment Directory:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['attachmentUploadDir']; ?>


Attachment Extensions allowed:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['attachmentExtensions']; ?>


SMTP Host:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['smtp_host']; ?>


SMTP Port:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['smtp_port']; ?>


SMTP Username:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['smtp_username']; ?>


SMTP Password:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['smtp_password']; ?>


Time Offset:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $modSettings['time_offset']; ?>


Members ID:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $context['user']['id']; ?>


Members Session ID:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $sc; ?>


Current Time:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $current_time; ?>


A users Time Offset:
Code:

Code Select
<?php echo $user_info['time_offset']; ?>


Here are a few functions that you may find very useful!

Parse BBCode:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
parse_bbc($msg);
?>

Replace $msg with a variable or a string, this will parse any type of BBCode that an SMF forum would (EG: This one) it also parses smileys :)
NOTE: Doesn't turn code into HTML Entities...


Censor Text:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
censorText($str);
?>

It obviously censors anything that you to have censored that you have set in the Admin CP.
NOTE: You have to do this function by itself, you cant have another function working on it at the same time! (EG: function(censorText($str)); won't work!)

SMF's MySQL Query:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
db_query("QUERY",__FILE__,__LINE__);
?>

This acts like mysql_query() only, it counts queries, and logs errors (hence the __FILE__ and __LINE__) other then that treat it as you would mysql_query(); ;)

Shorten Subject Function:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
$str = shorten_subject(STRING, LENGTH);
?>

Replace STRING with a you guessed it, STRING! and LENGTH with how long it should be ;) also, you then need to have it saved to a variable like $str or like echo shorten_subject(STRING, LENGTH);

Writing to online log:
Code:

Code Select
<?php writeLog(true); ?>

This forces the update of information stored in the log_online table for the Whos Online (NOTE: I have personally used this function)

Time Format:
Code:
Code Select

<?php
$time = timeformat(TIME);
?>

This is a great function, and I use it all the time. Simply put in a Unix time stamp (like using PHP's time (http://php.net/time) function) and outputs a formated time like this: January 01, 1970, 09:00:11 AM :D
(Bet you never knew SMF has a [time] BBCode now did you? :P)

URL Exists:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
$exist = url_exists(URL);
?>

This function checks to see if the URL actually exists (checks for a HTTP 200 Status) much like the PHP file_extists function, only for addresses :P fsockopen() must be enabled on your account for this to work ;)

Caching:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
cache_put_data(NAME, ARRAY/NULL, TTL);
?>

This function is SMF 2.x ONLY. Replace NAME with the name of the data being stored (to get it back later), ARRAY/NULL, if you do ' ', NULL, or nothing, it will erase the information, or have an array in it and it will store that data in the array :) TTL, Time to Live, just like DNS TTL, if you enter 60, the data will expire in 60 seconds (1 minute) the default is 120 seconds (or 2 minutes)

Now getting it out:
Code:

Code Select
<?php
$cache = cache_get_data(NAME, TTL);
?>

NAME is the NAME you put the information in with, also, TTL is where you can reset how long it stays stored. Also, the return is either the array you put in OR returns NULL, either that it is their, just no data is stored OR that the cache of what you are wanting no longer exists :) ALSO SMF 2.x only ;) of course...

Hope these are of help to you, I've been using many on my site - http://www.tropico3.co.uk

Dzonny

#1
June 13, 2009, 05:33:16 AM
great text, thank for this... :P
Think that this should go to tips and tricks section.... :)

npereira

#2
July 07, 2009, 03:57:58 PM
Im running 2.0RC1-1,
How can I output members of a group.

Arantor

#3
July 07, 2009, 04:19:16 PM
Quote from: npereira on July 07, 2009, 03:57:58 PM
Im running 2.0RC1-1,
How can I output members of a group.

Inside the forum or outside it?

npereira

#4
July 09, 2009, 11:16:20 AM
inside the forum, like in a sidepanel... I use SimplePortal

jollyrogue

#5
August 16, 2009, 06:26:59 PM
hey, does anyone know how i can use this to display a specific users name?

I would want to show

Username: <?php echo ($context['user']['name']); ?>
Posts: <?php echo ($user_info['posts']); ?>

but not the username and posts of the user looking at the page but of a specific member. Is this possible?

This page is awesome, it could seriously help me a lot on my site.

Arantor

#6
August 16, 2009, 06:54:37 PM
Do you know the id of that member?

jollyrogue

#7
August 16, 2009, 07:25:31 PM
yeah i will know the id of the member

for the sake of argument, lets say i want to show user id 2

Arantor

#8
August 16, 2009, 09:21:44 PM
Then your best bet will be to call loadMemberData(2);

It'll populate a ton of stuff into $user_profile[2] for you.

aw06

#9
October 01, 2009, 12:56:36 PM
i'm trying to call in this to get total members ...

Code Select
<?php echo ($common_stats['total_members']); ?>

But i'm not seeing anything
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

IchBin™

#10
October 01, 2009, 04:12:09 PM
I believe you are actually looking for $context['total_members']
IchBin™        TinyPortal

aw06

#11
October 01, 2009, 06:07:07 PM
Quote from: IchBin™ on October 01, 2009, 04:12:09 PM
I believe you are actually looking for $context['total_members']

OK, will check

is it also possible to show who many guest and users are online, but not show they usernames ??
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

aw06

#12
October 01, 2009, 07:03:22 PM
Tried it and it doesn't work ::)
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

Arantor

#13
October 01, 2009, 08:30:13 PM
You may be able to use $modSettings['totalMembers'].

IchBin™

#14
October 01, 2009, 08:51:51 PM
It'll work if you're including SSI I just tested it.
IchBin™        TinyPortal

aw06

#15
October 01, 2009, 09:10:28 PM
Quote from: Arantor on October 01, 2009, 08:30:13 PM
You may be able to use $modSettings['totalMembers'].

brilliant, that works, once again to the rescue  8)
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

aw06

#16
October 01, 2009, 09:32:46 PM
ooo boyyy  >:(

these dont work  ::)

<?php echo ($common_stats['total_posts']); ?>

<?php echo ($modSettings['totalPosts']); ?>

<?php echo ($context['total_posts']); ?>
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

Arantor

#17
October 01, 2009, 09:33:57 PM
You didn't tell me you wanted that :P

Try $modSettings['totalMessages']

Oh, and $modSettings['totalTopics'] for the set.

aw06

#18
October 01, 2009, 09:37:28 PM
Quote from: Arantor on October 01, 2009, 09:33:57 PM
You didn't tell me you wanted that :P

Try $modSettings['totalMessages']

Oh, and $modSettings['totalTopics'] for the set.

Bingo .... had gotton the totalTopics ....

How comes the ones posted dont work ?? or they work in older versions of smf
:: ShopinJA.com Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | Ig-Oh Theme by Koni | 70 Rock Solid Error Free Mods | Many Custom Edits & Tweaks ::
- Host Unlimited Websites - Free Website Builder & Templates - Unlimited Disk Space & Bandwidth

king kratos

#19
October 01, 2009, 09:46:54 PM
My php send mail function doesn't work- mail(). I have been trying to code smtp for a page outside of my forum with no luck.

I tried using the smtp host, port, username, and password that was included in this topic. I cannot seem to get it to work either.

My question, when i call all four smtp codes into my page, do i use mail() still? This is how I've been trying to do it, but it doesn't work. As I am still learning how to code with php, some of these functions seem more difficult than they turn out to be.

Please help.

Thank you,
Kratos
Print
Go Up Pages1 2 3 ... 5
User actions
Advertisement: