I tried converting one of your old posts into a install.hack.php

this was the guest unable to view threads/ edit showthread.php

but it did not seem to be able to edit the files, did i do this right?

it fails and will only edit one occurance of the variable

Any ideas?

or did i just do this all wrong?

I was testing it with a simple example, just to se how it worked.

Thanks

Take it from just another mainframe OS guy, burned out on assembler code, and years of maintenance application to operating systems(not unlike application of hacks, either).

This is a GREAT step towards easy application/regression of code!!

Most errors I have is from blinky eyed application, late at night!! Or that oft time when I convinced myself "I know it'll work, it's an EASY one!", and didnt take a backup (ok, rare, but I have my lapses)!!

Not that I will EVER stop reading code, either!! Now, with hackmaker and VBhacker I can really be FREE !!! :lick:

You folks do MORE than good a job !

If I used a custom directory below the admin folder, do you think it should be enough simply to add a '../' just before any file path reference within vbhacker.php ? :eek:
Of course, that dir itself should be moded to 777, shouldn it ?

Thank you very much.

Bye

I have a wish list for the next version. Not that it needs anything because it's already great, but if you were looking for new features anyway :)

• put the .hack.php files in thier own dir (we'll leave them there instead of deleteing)
• have the script save your new hack as a .hack.php file in that same dir
• create a log of which hacks were installed and when
• put an unistall link next to each item in the log. the uninstall would run the install script backwards removing each component.
• add a comments field to the hack maker. this would be displayed to the user when they were installing the hack
• maybe add a discussion thread url field
• give the script an option to CHMOD 777 files before and CHMOD 644 after the hack install

I can't think of anything else. Definatly most important hack ever! Thanks again

vbHackmaker totally stuffed up my hack (put slashes all through it) causing errors. (see nuke hack thread)

How does this hack work with php3 extensions? All the references I see show php.

Chris

It doesn't, Chris.

bummer.

Chris

Do people still use PHP3? Wakey wakey. ;)

No wakey wakey. Sleepy, sleepy. :)

I do because that is what I started with and my forum is now listed with google. If I change it to php, I loose all my google hits.

Correct? Or is there some hocus pokcus I can do to fix that?

Chris