Make a user's ranks update? Plugin help.

[drew010]

if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 38)
{
$splitvotes = explode('|||', $pollinfo['votes']);
if ($splitvotes[0] >= 1)
{
$user = $db->query_first("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE `userid`=".$db->sql_prepare($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']));
if ($user['membergroupids'] == '')
{
$membergroupids = $user['usergroupid'];
} else {
$membergroupids .= "," . $user['usergroupid'];
}
$groups = explode(",", $membergroupids);
if (!in_array(9, $groups))
{
if ($user['usergroupid'] == 4)
{
$user['usergroupid'] = 9;
} else {
if ($user['membergroupids'] == '')
{
$user['membergroupids'] = "9";
} else {
$user['membergroupids'] .= ",9";
}
}
}
$db->query("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET `usergroupid`=".$db->sql_prepare($user['usergroupid']).", `membergroupids`=".$db->sql_prepare($user['membergroupids']));
}
}

My problem? That updates the MySQL table, but each usergroup has a rank image, and it doesn't update the rank images until I save the user in the AdminCP..I know there are various update_counter functions and whatnot, is there anything to update a user's ranks?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you are using vB3.5 or above, you really should consider using the DataManagers instead of directly altering the user table.

You can find some documentation on how to use them in our Tutorial section.

[drew010]

I've done so - I still have the same problem.

Here's my updated code:

if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 38)
{
$thread = $db->query_first("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE `pollid`=".$pollinfo['pollid']);
if ($thread['postuserid'])
{
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$userdm =& datamanager_init('User', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$user = $db->query_first("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE `userid`=".$db->sql_prepare($thread['postuserid']));
$userdm->set_existing($user);
$splitvotes = explode('|||', $pollinfo['votes']);
if ($vbulletin->GPC['optionnumber'] == 1)
{
$splitvotes[0] += 1;
}
if ($splitvotes[0]>= 1)
{
if ((!in_array('9', explode(',', $user['membergroupids']))) && ($user['usergroupid'] != '9'))
{
$membergroups = explode(',', $user['membergroupids']);
if ($user['usergroupid'] != '4')
{
$membergroups[] = $user['usergroupid'];
}
$user['usergroupid'] = '9';
$user['displaygroupid'] = '9';
$user['membergroupids'] = implode(',', $membergroups);
$userdm->set('usergroupid', $user['usergroupid']);
$userdm->set('membergroupids', $user['membergroupids']);
$userdm->save();
}
}
}
}

[drew010]

Can NO-ONE help?