Custom chat not showing Usernames?

[asdfadrian]

Hello there I have a custom chat that functions properly; however, it doesnt properly display the usernames. Can someone help me with this?

Online Demo (http://hordestudio.com/community/wc3_nightelf/chat.htm)
Notice how when you type, it doesnt show the username. such as below
[02:38:05] This is the message
When it should display as:
[02:38:05] Username: This is the message


<?php
// Start a session and get/generate a random user_id
// We'll use this user_id to create pseudo-uniquely colored chat lines later
// Close the session (a session can only be accessed by one process at a time)
error_reporting(0);
session_start();
header('Cache-control: private'); // IE6 fix
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
//if (!isset($_SESSION['USER_ID'])) $_SESSION['USER_ID'] = rand(1, 24);
//$USER_ID = $_SESSION['USER_ID'];

$con = mysql_connect ("xxxxxxx","xxxxxxx", "xxxxxxx");
mysql_select_db ("xxxxxxx");

$userid = intval($_COOKIE[bbuserid]);
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$USER_ID");

while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$username = $row['username'];
}

session_write_close();
ob_flush();
flush();

// Path to the text files holding the chat window content
$fn = 'chat.txt';

// Did the browser request the chat content?
// If so, it provided this script with its last known line number
$read = &$_GET['r'];
if (isset($read)) {
// Create the chat file if neccessary
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
if ($read == 0) chat_write('<E>');
// The script will not exit on its own on user disconnect
// this way we can later add a "user left chat" message
ignore_user_abort(true);
$i = 0;
while (true) {
// Open the chat file and get the current line number
$f = fopen($fn, 'r');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
$offset = trim(fgets($f));
// Break the loop if the browser is not up to date
if ($offset > $read) break;
// If the browser is up to date, wait
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
@set_time_limit(0);
// By default we wait 3 seconds between each check
// However, after one minute of complete silence in the chat we step
// back to 10 second periods to save server resources
if ($i > 20) sleep(10);
else sleep(3);
// To check for user disconnection we have to output at least one byte
// We'll echo a line break since this does no harm to our JavaScript
echo "\n";
ob_flush();
flush();
if (connection_status() != 0) {
// This is where a user disconnection is detected
// You could add stuff to display "user left chat" messages here
chat_write('<L>');
exit();
}
$i++;
}
// If the loop was exited, we end up here
// Now, echo all missing lines
while ($s = fgets($f)) {
echo utf8_encode($s);
if ($offset <= ++$read) break;
}
// Close the file, exit
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
exit();
}

// This function writes one line into the chat file
// For easiest accessibility newer lines are on top!
function chat_write($write) {
global $USER_ID, $fn;
// Maximum line count
$maxlines = 35;
if (trim($write) == '') return;
// Create the chat file if neccessary
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
// Open the chat file and get the current line number
$f = fopen($fn, 'r+');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
fscanf($f, "%s\n", $offset);
// Increase by one as we're adding a new line now
$offset++;
$i = 0;
$chat = '';
// First we have to read the whole file
// Lines are being read one by one until we're at the end or until we reach $maxlines
while (($i < $maxlines) && ($s = fgets($f))) {
$chat .= $s;
$i++;
}
// This is the actual line we're adding
// You see: The chat file contains JavaScript calls
// This way no parsing of the lines is neccessary
// We'll just need to eval() them in our JavaScript
$time = date('H:i:s');
$js = "cs($offset,$USER_ID,'$time','$username','$write',' ');\n";
// Go to the top
fseek($f, 0);
// Empty the file
ftruncate($f, 0);
// Write the new offset
fwrite($f, "$offset\n");
// Write the new line
fwrite($f, $js);
// And then the rest
fwrite($f, $chat);
// Close the file
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
// We'll return the last added line to the calling
return $js;
}

function chat_delete($delete) {
global $fn;
if ($delete == '') exit();
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
$f = fopen($fn, 'r+');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
fscanf($f, "%s\n", $offset);
$chat = '';
$i = 0;
while ($s = fgets($f)) {
$s = str_replace("'$delete'", "''", $s);
$chat .= $s;
$i++;
}
fseek($f, 0);
ftruncate($f, 0);
fwrite($f, "$offset\n");
fwrite($f, $chat);
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
}

// Did the browser send a new chat line?
$write = &$_POST['w'];
if (isset($write)) {
if ($write == '') exit();
// Remove the slashes that were added to the form contents by PHP automatically
$write = stripslashes($write);
// Transform characters like < and > into their HTML representations
$write = htmlspecialchars($write, ENT_QUOTES);
$write = addslashes($write);
if (strpos($write, '/del ') === 0) {
$delete = str_replace('/del ', '', $write);
chat_delete($delete);
exit();
}
// Wordwrap after 100 characters and add the new lines to the chat file
$lines = wordwrap($write, 100, "\n", true);
$lines = explode("\n", $lines);
foreach ($lines as &$line) {
// The function returns the added line
// We'll output this so the users can read their own texts without delay right after sending
echo utf8_encode(chat_write($line));
}
exit();
}
?>
var lines = 35;
var title = '';
var offset = 0;
var messages = new Array();
var message = document.getElementById('message');
var chat = document.getElementById('chat');
var tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 300);

function request_write(url, post) {
r = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
r = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
r = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
try {
r = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
}
}
}
if (!r) return false;
r.onreadystatechange = alert_write;
if (post == null) {
r.open('GET', url, true);
r.send(null);
} else {
r.open('POST', url, true);
r.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
r.send(post);
}
}

function alert_write() {
try {
if ((r.readyState == 4) && (r.status == 200)) parse(r.responseText);
} catch(e) {
}
}

function request_read(url, post) {
r2 = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
r2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
r2 = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
try {
r2 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
}
}
}
if (!r2) return false;
r2.abort();
r2.onreadystatechange = alert_read;
if (post == null) {
r2.open('GET', url, true);
r2.send(null);
} else {
r2.open('POST', url, true);
r2.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
r2.send(post);
}
}

function alert_read() {
clearTimeout(tmrRead);
try {
if ((r2.readyState == 4) && (r2.status == 200)) {
parse(r2.responseText);
tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 30);
}
} catch(e) {
tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 3000);
}
}

function chat_read() {
clearTimeout(tmrRead);
request_read('chat.php?r='+offset, null);
}

function keyup(e) {
if (window.event) k = window.event.keyCode;
else if (e) k = e.which;
else return true;
if (k == 13) chat_write();
}

function chat_display() {
html = '';
i = 0;
while ((i < lines) && (i < offset)) {
h = offset-i;
if (messages[h]) html = messages[h] + html;
i++;
}
chat.innerHTML = html;
if (title != '') {
title = title.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');
title = title.replace(/&quot;/g, '"');
title = title.replace(/'/g, '\'');
title = title.replace(/&lt;/g, '<');
title = title.replace(/&gt;/g, '>');
document.title = title;
}
}

function chat_write() {
request_write('chat.php', 'w='+escape(message.value));
message.value = '';
}

function cs(o, i, t, u, m, c) {
if (m == '<E>') {
if (u != '') messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] * '+u+' has entered the chat *</span><br />';
} else if (m == '<L>') {
if (u != '') messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] * '+u+' has left the chat *</span><br />';
} else {
if (u != '') {
u += ':';
spaces = 5 - u.length;
for (j = 0; j < spaces; j++) u += "&nbsp;";
u += ' ';
}
if (title == '') title = m;
m = m.replace(/ /g, '&nbsp;');
messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] '+u+'<b>'+m+'</b></span><br />';
}
if (o > offset) {
offset = o;
window.focus();
message.focus();
}
}

function parse(s) {
if (s != '') {
s = unescape(s);
eval(s);
chat_display();
}
}

[asdfadrian]

Here is a screenshot of the issue.

The conding header for the non-boxed area of the screenshot is shown below:

error_reporting(0);
session_start();
header('Cache-control: private'); // IE6 fix
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
if (!isset($_SESSION['USER_ID'])) $_SESSION['USER_ID'] = rand(1, 24);
$USER_ID = $_SESSION['USER_ID'];

session_write_close();
ob_flush();
flush();


Whereas the red boxed portion has the header:

error_reporting(0);
session_start();
header('Cache-control: private'); // IE6 fix
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");

$con = mysql_connect ("xxxxxx","xxxxxx", "xxxxxx");
mysql_select_db ("aaronxxxxxx_vbulletin");

$userid = intval($_COOKIE[bbuserid]);
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$USER_ID");

while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$username = $row['username'];
}

session_write_close();
ob_flush();
flush();

[Lynne]

You have this:
$userid = intval($_COOKIE[bbuserid]);
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$USER_ID");

Don't you mean $userid instead of $USER_ID?

And why are you doing a while loop when you are only expecting one row returned?

[asdfadrian]

I am not entirely sure whether its $userid or $USER_ID but when I changed it to $userid, the chat doesnt work no more. It doesnt connect the user. So it must be $USER_ID.

As for the while loop, I did that because I will code the rest where I will add
$icon = $row['icon'];
$color = $row['color'];

So each user will have a custom icon, if none then they will have a generic icon set for their particularity usergroup. The color is for the text color of each usergroup's username. So "User 1" as an Admin will be Blue, where as "User2" a regular member, will just be white.

[kh99]

I am not entirely sure whether its $userid or $USER_ID but when I changed it to $userid, the chat doesnt work no more. It doesnt connect the user. So it must be $USER_ID.

I understand what you're saying, but it doesn't make sense for it use $USER_ID since it's never set (the code is commented out). My guess would be that when you use $userid it's finding the user name, but then you're getting a js error in code that wasn't executed when the user name was blank.

Or not.

[asdfadrian]

Well I have modified the top of the code a bit so that the code would work if the $user_id was blank. I tried both the $userid and $USER_ID and still nothing.

So I can ensure that its not an error with there being no userid or username.. Unless my code is wrong?
Here is the modified original code:

global $vbulletin;
require_once('./global.php');

$con = mysql_connect ("xxxxxxx","xxxxxxx", "xxxxxxx");
mysql_select_db ("xxxxxxx");

$userid = intval($_COOKIE[bbuserid]);
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");

while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$name = $row['username'];
$icon = $row['icon'];
$color = $row['color'];
}

if($color == 0)
{
$color = "#989579";
}

if ($icon == '')
{
$icon = 'http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/images_all/chat_ranks/new/user.png';
}


if ($userid == ''){

$username = 'Guest';
}

I have also attempted to see if maybe another approach would work. Yet nothing. Again, unless I did something wrong?

global $vbulletin;
require_once('./global.php');


//if (!isset($_SESSION['userid'])) $_SESSION['userid'] = rand(1, 24);
//$userid = $_SESSION['userid'];
$userid = $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
$username = $vbulletin->userinfo['username'];

if ($userid == ''){

$username = 'Guest';
}

[kh99]

Is your php file included (or "required") in another file, or is it supposed to be "stand-alone". I'm not sure if you're showing all the code in what you posted above, but if that file isn't being included in another vbulletin file, then you need to define some things before including global.php. If it is being included, then you probably don't need to include global.php.

Your original code had "error_reporting(0);" and some '@'s at the beginning of some function calls. You might want to remove those, at least temporarily, so you can see any PHP errors that you might be getting.

[asdfadrian]

Well theres 3 files involved. chat.php, chat.txt and chat.htm Everything I have showed you is the complete code. Chat.txt as you can imagine, is just the file it writes to and displays.

Below is the chat.htm:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css" />
<title>Hordechat 2.0</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {color:black; background:white; font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px;}
#C1 {color:#000;}
#C2 {color:#008;}
#C3 {color:#004;}
#C4 {color:#080;}
#C5 {color:#088;}
#C6 {color:#084;}
#C7 {color:#040;}
#C8 {color:#048;}
#C9 {color:#044;}
#C10 {color:#800;}
#C11 {color:#808;}
#C12 {color:#804;}
#C13 {color:#880;}
#C14 {color:#888;}
#C15 {color:#884;}
#C16 {color:#840;}
#C17 {color:#848;}
#C18 {color:#844;}
#C19 {color:#400;}
#C20 {color:#408;}
#C21 {color:#404;}
#C22 {color:#480;}
#C23 {color:#4CC;}
#C24 {color:#440;}
#chat {height:561px; width:830px; font-family:courier new,monospace; font-size:11px; line-height:16px; border:1px solid #CCC; background:#EEE;}
#message {font-family:courier new,monospace; font-size:12px; color:#00F;}
a.copyright {font-size: 10px; color:#888;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chat">Connected!<br />
<br />
If chat does not refresh, being by typing below and submitting a message.
</div>
&nbsp;<input id="message" type="text" size="100" onkeyup="keyup(event);" />
<input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="chat_write();" /><br />
<a class="copyright" href="http://hordestudio.com" target="_blank">Hordestudio.com Chatscript by Atmosferic</a>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="chat.php"></script>
</body>
</html>


Alright I will enable the error_reporting back to (1). As for the @ you mean completely remove the call? Alright, done. I hope the above file helps. Its not a vb_template, so no need to define or eval anything. It makes things more easier.

[Lynne]

This will not do anything:
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");

while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$name = $row['username'];
$icon = $row['icon'];
$color = $row['color'];
}
You have a select statement that selects the username. That is all. There is no such thing as $row['color'] or $row['icon']. And, before you go think you can just add icon and color to the select statement, take a look at your user table - do you see those fields there? Nope. So, what are you trying to grab?

[kh99]

Alright I will enable the error_reporting back to (1).

I think you want error_reporting(-1) to turn on all errors.


As for the @ you mean completely remove the call? Alright, done. I hope the above file helps. Its not a vb_template, so no need to define or eval anything. It makes things more easier.

No, just the '@', which says to ignore errors from that call.

[asdfadrian]

This will not do anything:
$sql = @mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");

while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$name = $row['username'];
$icon = $row['icon'];
$color = $row['color'];
}
You have a select statement that selects the username. That is all. There is no such thing as $row['color'] or $row['icon']. And, before you go think you can just add icon and color to the select statement, take a look at your user table - do you see those fields there? Nope. So, what are you trying to grab?
Well I cannot see the table but I know those table values do exist. We have another chat that uses the same calls and it has an icon and color table value. The old chat works, but its very buggy and Im trying to make a new chat from scratch.

I didnt make the first chat, my friend did. His chat uses those table values and the chat works, so I wouldnt see why this one would not. If you would like to see a demo of that chat you can do so Here (http://hordestudio.com/community/chat.php). But you must register (and click on Remember me upon login) before proceeding. You will notice that the users and icons/ colors work accordingly.

I think you want error_reporting(-1) to turn on all errors.

No, just the '@', which says to ignore errors from that call.
After removing the @ and changing the value to (-1) I received this error.
[22-May-2011 15:06:39] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/xxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/chat.php on line 7
[22-May-2011 15:06:39] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/xxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/chat.php on line 7

[kh99]

What does line 7 of chat.php look like?

[asdfadrian]

Line 7 would be:
session_start();


To be more specific on the current chat.php I have shown you the coding below:

<?php

// Start a session and get/generate a random user_id
// We'll use this user_id to create pseudo-uniquely colored chat lines later
// Close the session (a session can only be accessed by one process at a time)
error_reporting(-1)
session_start();
header('Cache-control: private'); // IE6 fix
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");

require_once('./global.php');

//if (!isset($_SESSION['USER_ID'])) $_SESSION['USER_ID'] = rand(1, 24);
//$USER_ID = $_SESSION['USER_ID'];

$con = mysql_connect ("localhost","xxxxxx", "xxxxxxx");
mysql_select_db ("xxxxxx");

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$name = $row['username'];
$icon = $row['icon'];
$color = $row['color'];
}
if($color == 0)
{
$color = "#989579";
}

if ($icon == '')
{
$icon = 'http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/images_all/chat_ranks/new/user.png';
}


if ($userid == ''){

$username = 'Guest';
}

session_write_close();
ob_flush();
flush();

// Path to the text files holding the chat window content
$fn = 'chat.txt';

// Did the browser request the chat content?
// If so, it provided this script with its last known line number
$read = &$_GET['r'];
if (isset($read)) {
// Create the chat file if neccessary
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
if ($read == 0) chat_write('<E>');
// The script will not exit on its own on user disconnect
// this way we can later add a "user left chat" message
ignore_user_abort(true);
$i = 0;
while (true) {
// Open the chat file and get the current line number
$f = fopen($fn, 'r');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
$offset = trim(fgets($f));
// Break the loop if the browser is not up to date
if ($offset > $read) break;
// If the browser is up to date, wait
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
@set_time_limit(0);
// By default we wait 3 seconds between each check
// However, after one minute of complete silence in the chat we step
// back to 10 second periods to save server resources
if ($i > 20) sleep(10);
else sleep(3);
// To check for user disconnection we have to output at least one byte
// We'll echo a line break since this does no harm to our JavaScript
echo "\n";
ob_flush();
flush();
if (connection_status() != 0) {
// This is where a user disconnection is detected
// You could add stuff to display "user left chat" messages here
chat_write('<L>');
exit();
}
$i++;
}
// If the loop was exited, we end up here
// Now, echo all missing lines
while ($s = fgets($f)) {
echo utf8_encode($s);
if ($offset <= ++$read) break;
}
// Close the file, exit
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
exit();
}

// This function writes one line into the chat file
// For easiest accessibility newer lines are on top!
function chat_write($write) {
global $USER_ID, $fn;
// Maximum line count
$maxlines = 35;
if (trim($write) == '') return;
// Create the chat file if neccessary
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
// Open the chat file and get the current line number
$f = fopen($fn, 'r+');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
fscanf($f, "%s\n", $offset);
// Increase by one as we're adding a new line now
$offset++;
$i = 0;
$chat = '';
// First we have to read the whole file
// Lines are being read one by one until we're at the end or until we reach $maxlines
while (($i < $maxlines) && ($s = fgets($f))) {
$chat .= $s;
$i++;
}
// This is the actual line we're adding
// You see: The chat file contains JavaScript calls
// This way no parsing of the lines is neccessary
// We'll just need to eval() them in our JavaScript
$time = date('H:i:s');
$js = "cs($offset,$USER_ID,'$time','User','$write','');\n";
// Go to the top
fseek($f, 0);
// Empty the file
ftruncate($f, 0);
// Write the new offset
fwrite($f, "$offset\n");
// Write the new line
fwrite($f, $js);
// And then the rest
fwrite($f, $chat);
// Close the file
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
// We'll return the last added line to the calling
return $js;
}

function chat_delete($delete) {
global $fn;
if ($delete == '') exit();
if (!file_exists($fn)) {
touch($fn);
chmod($fn, 0644);
}
$f = fopen($fn, 'r+');
flock($f, 2);
$offset = 0;
fscanf($f, "%s\n", $offset);
$chat = '';
$i = 0;
while ($s = fgets($f)) {
$s = str_replace("'$delete'", "''", $s);
$chat .= $s;
$i++;
}
fseek($f, 0);
ftruncate($f, 0);
fwrite($f, "$offset\n");
fwrite($f, $chat);
flock($f, 3);
fclose($f);
}

// Did the browser send a new chat line?
$write = &$_POST['w'];
if (isset($write)) {
if ($write == '') exit();
// Remove the slashes that were added to the form contents by PHP automatically
$write = stripslashes($write);
// Transform characters like < and > into their HTML representations
$write = htmlspecialchars($write, ENT_QUOTES);
$write = addslashes($write);
if (strpos($write, '/del ') === 0) {
$delete = str_replace('/del ', '', $write);
chat_delete($delete);
exit();
}
// Wordwrap after 100 characters and add the new lines to the chat file
$lines = wordwrap($write, 100, "\n", true);
$lines = explode("\n", $lines);
foreach ($lines as &$line) {
// The function returns the added line
// We'll output this so the users can read their own texts without delay right after sending
echo utf8_encode(chat_write($line));
}
exit();
}
?>
var lines = 35;
var title = '';
var offset = 0;
var messages = new Array();
var message = document.getElementById('message');
var chat = document.getElementById('chat');
var tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 300);

function request_write(url, post) {
r = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
r = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
r = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
try {
r = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
}
}
}
if (!r) return false;
r.onreadystatechange = alert_write;
if (post == null) {
r.open('GET', url, true);
r.send(null);
} else {
r.open('POST', url, true);
r.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
r.send(post);
}
}

function alert_write() {
try {
if ((r.readyState == 4) && (r.status == 200)) parse(r.responseText);
} catch(e) {
}
}

function request_read(url, post) {
r2 = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
r2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
r2 = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
try {
r2 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
}
}
}
if (!r2) return false;
r2.abort();
r2.onreadystatechange = alert_read;
if (post == null) {
r2.open('GET', url, true);
r2.send(null);
} else {
r2.open('POST', url, true);
r2.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
r2.send(post);
}
}

function alert_read() {
clearTimeout(tmrRead);
try {
if ((r2.readyState == 4) && (r2.status == 200)) {
parse(r2.responseText);
tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 30);
}
} catch(e) {
tmrRead = setTimeout('chat_read();', 3000);
}
}

function chat_read() {
clearTimeout(tmrRead);
request_read('chat.php?r='+offset, null);
}

function keyup(e) {
if (window.event) k = window.event.keyCode;
else if (e) k = e.which;
else return true;
if (k == 13) chat_write();
}

function chat_display() {
html = '';
i = 0;
while ((i < lines) && (i < offset)) {
h = offset-i;
if (messages[h]) html = messages[h] + html;
i++;
}
chat.innerHTML = html;
if (title != '') {
title = title.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');
title = title.replace(/&quot;/g, '"');
title = title.replace(/'/g, '\'');
title = title.replace(/&lt;/g, '<');
title = title.replace(/&gt;/g, '>');
document.title = title;
}
}

function chat_write() {
request_write('chat.php', 'w='+escape(message.value));
message.value = '';
}

function cs(o, i, t, u, m, c) {
if (m == '<E>') {
if (u != '') messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] <b>* '+u+' has entered the chat *</b></span><br />';
} else if (m == '<L>') {
if (u != '') messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] <b>* '+u+' has left the chat *</b></span><br />';
} else {
if (u != '') {
u += ':';
spaces = 5 - u.length;
for (j = 0; j < spaces; j++) u += "&nbsp;";
u += ' ';
}
title = m;
m = m.replace(/ /g, '&nbsp;');
messages[o] = '<span id="C'+i+'">['+t+'] '+u+''+m+'</span><br />';
}
if (o > offset) {
offset = o;
window.focus();
message.focus();
}
}

function parse(s) {
if (s != '') {
s = unescape(s);
eval(s);
chat_display();
}
}

[asdfadrian]

Can anyone further investigate with this issue? What other information should I supply so that others can fully analyze the problem?

[kh99]

My fault, I should have asked for the lines around line 7 (and I didn't notice that you posted more later). Anyway, you're missing a ';' at the end of the error_reporting() line.

[asdfadrian]

Sorry, that was actually my fault for the minor error. Here is the generated error log:

[26-May-2011 20:58:29] PHP Warning: require_once(./global.php) [<a href='function.require-once'>function.require-once</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/chat.php on line 11
[26-May-2011 20:58:29] PHP Fatal error: require_once() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/chat.php on line 11

So we can obviously state that my include code was incorrect.

I changed the include from:
require_once('/global.php');
to
require_once(DIR . '/global.php');
Yet I did not work.

[kh99]

Is chat.php in the same directory with global.php?

[asdfadrian]

No which is why I am trying to set it to the Root of the directory. I though DIR would function as root.

Global is in community/global.php
chat is in community/wc3nightelf/chat.php

require_once('community/global.php');
require_once(DIR . 'community/global.php');
still does not work either

[kh99]

I don't think DIR is defined until after global.php is included. Have you tried ../global.php ?

[asdfadrian]

That worked, now it properly generates the REAL errors:

Edit. Nvm it didnt work.
[26-May-2011 22:39:13] PHP Warning: require_once(/home/xxxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/includes/init.php) [<a href='function.require-once'>function.require-once</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/community/global.php on line 20
[26-May-2011 22:39:13] PHP Fatal error: require_once() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required '/home/xxxxxx/public_html/community/wc3_nightelf/includes/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/community/global.php on line 20


Its the init.php now

[kh99]

OK, try this:

chdir ( '..' );
require_once('global.php');
chdir ('wc3nightelf');

[asdfadrian]

Changes applied. Strange enough, there are no errors outputted. Yet the chat continues to be broken..

[asdfadrian]

So with no errors, with the chat still not working, where do you think the issue begins with now?