Remove multiple !!! or ??? from thread titles

[Kier]

This is a really simple little hack that was requested on vBulletin.com, but some people might find it useful, especially those of you who run support-type forums.

Basically, it prevents people typing HELP ME!!!!!!!!! or WHAT'S WRONG?????????!!?!?!?! (or other equally annoying things with multiple ? and ! characters) as thread titles.

It couldn't be simpler really - edit newthread.php and find this: $username = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];
$password = $HTTP_POST_VARS['password'];and right after it, add the following code:$subject = preg_replace("/([\?\!]+)/e", "substr('\\1',0,1)", $subject);I think this code is PHP 4 only, but who in their right mind runs PHP 3 anymore? ;)

Have fun.
Kier

[edited for ridiculous mistake ;)]

[eva2000]

:cool:

[eva2000]

problem it removed !!!!!! from message and not title :(

wrong variable $message ?

is it $subject ??????

[Martin CX]

Wow, I've been waiting for this! :)

When the problems are resolved I'll have it installed in a flash.

[SaintDog]

Neither of the below are working for me:

$subject
$message

I have tried adding ", removing spaces (I am not a PHP guru by far).

I am not sure what the problem is, although it would be a nice hack to have if it worked.

[Kier]

LOL oops :o

Edited the code in the original post so that it works now... that'll teach me to not test it in the actual vBulletin code eh? ;)

[eva2000]

Originally posted by Kier
LOL oops :o

Edited the code in the original post so that it works now... that'll teach me to not test it in the actual vBulletin code eh? ;) my confidence in kier has been shaken j/k off to add the hack :D

[eva2000]

works fine kier :D

[SaintDog]

Thanks Kier, working great now.

[Admin]

Will this also stop things like "?!?!?!?!?!?!"?

[Kier]

Originally posted by FireFly
Will this also stop things like "?!?!?!?!?!?!"? Of course :cool:

It will replace ?!?!?!!!!?!?! with ? and !!!?!?!?!!?!?! with ! (taking the first character of the string) :)

[Admin]

Ok, cool. :)
I had no idea since I'm bad with regexes... :eek:

[Streicher]

Thanks. This hack helps me a lot :)

[Lesane]

Great, Thanks.

[nafae]

very useful... I installed it and like it ah loht! :)

[FWC]

Very nice, Kier! :)

[Shenlong]

Awesome! THANK god for this hack, I hated seeing on my board

SOMETHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

now all i see is SOMETHING!, great hack kier, thanx

works great

[Joshua Clinard]

Great Hack. Works Great!

[Mark Hensler]

Originally posted by Kier
I think this code is PHP 4 only, but who in their right mind runs PHP 3 anymore? ;)vBulletin only runs on PHP4... :D

[saibal]

hi,
it works with 2.2.6 release?

[Chris M]

It works with all versions, or should do:)

Nice addon:)

Satan

[saibal]

thanks :)

[inetd]

good addon
thx!

[DrkFusion]

Nice work Kier

Thanks man
Drk

[Boofo]

Excellent, Kier! Great job! :) Thank you.

[tobias_t]

If anybody still reads this, I could totally use the version of this that works in 3.6.5. Here is hope...

Thanks, Tobias

[Dismounted]

It's been created. Check my profile. :)