Limit Attachment Downloads based off Posts!!! Help Please

[blackhatspace]

Does anyone know how to limit downloading of forum attachments based off post count?

[TigerC10]

You can modify the template attachmentbit.


<!-- code corrected, see post #5 below -->
<if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['postcount'] >= 50">
<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_attach]/$attachment[attachmentextension].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$attachment[attachmentextension]">$vbphrase[file_type_x]</phrase>" width="16" height="16" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle" />&nbsp;<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]&amp;d=$attachment[dateline]" target="_blank">$attachment[filename]</a>
</td>
<td class="$bgclass">
$attachment[filesize]
</td>
<td class="$bgclass" align="center">
$attachment[counter]
</td>
</tr>
<else />
<tr>
<td class="$bgclass" colspan="3" align="center">You do not have enough posts to download attachments.</td>
</tr>
</if>



Change the 50 to whatever post count you want it to be. If you want to make it more advanced than that, you should post a mod request.

[blackhatspace]

Thank you sir!

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hey does this work with vb 3.8 because it does not seem to be working for me???? please help

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It's still allowing downloads & i copied your code word for word!

[Lynne]

Templates should use $bbuserinfo instead of $vbulletin->userinfo. Also, postcount may be the post number at the location - maybe spit it out and see (like this is post #4)

[TigerC10]

Ah, I just kinda wrote it without thinking. Yeah, I agree $bbuserinfo is a much better way to go about it. I think it would then be...


<if condition="$bbuserinfo['posts'] >= 10">
<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_attach]/$attachment[attachmentextension].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$attachment[attachmentextension]">$vbphrase[file_type_x]</phrase>" width="16" height="16" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle" />&nbsp;<a href="attachment.php?$session[sessionurl]attachmentid=$attachment[attachmentid]&amp;d=$attachment[dateline]" target="_blank">$attachment[filename]</a>
</td>
<td class="$bgclass">
$attachment[filesize]
</td>
<td class="$bgclass" align="center">
$attachment[counter]
</td>
</tr>
<else />
<tr>
<td class="$bgclass" colspan="3" align="center">You do not have enough posts to download attachments.</td>
</tr>
</if>

[blackhatspace]

Templates should use $bbuserinfo instead of $vbulletin->userinfo. Also, postcount may be the post number at the location - maybe spit it out and see (like this is post #4)

hmmm that doesn't seem to work either, it seems like vbulletin is ignoring the if statements and still letting them download.

[TigerC10]

Keep in mind that there is such a thing as browser caching, and post caching. When testing this, make sure you're clearing your brower's cache.

How to clear the cache for the page you're viewing
For Firefox: hold SHIFT and click the refresh button on the toolbar
For Internet Explorer: hold CTRL and click the refresh button on the toolbar

[Lynne]

I am pretty sure ['posts] won't work if a user has more than 1,000 posts because of the comma. That variable $post['posts'] gets formatted prior to use in the postbit templates. I think you need to write a plugin to get the 'real' unformatted posts to use in a condition.

[blackhatspace]

Ok. I've tried your updated code, Cleared my browsers chache & cookies and It's still not working on the forum. I think Lynne may be right that some of the variables are incorrect.

Thanks.

[Lynne]

It's not that the variable is wrong, it's just that you can't use it in a condition since it's formatted. You need to write a plugin, maybe using postbit_display_start?, to grab the posts number *before* it gets formatted.

[blackhatspace]

It's not that the variable is wrong, it's just that you can't use it in a condition since it's formatted. You need to write a plugin, maybe using postbit_display_start?, to grab the posts number *before* it gets formatted.

That makes sense. Too bad i can't program... (HINT: TigerC10 )

[TigerC10]

Is that so? I was under the impression that PHP operated like Perl in that it would convert the string to a number for comparison - but perhaps the number is converted to a string for comparison instead...

If that's the case... Then yes... We'd have to collect the post count before the template runs. I... Don't really know if I want to take this mod on. You should post a mod request (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=112).