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#10 07-11-2000, 05:00 AM

Integrating phpMyChat into vBulletin is actually pretty easy. There are a couple of tricks to do with phpMyChat. You don't want to allow anyone to register (they are going to get in through vBulletin) and you want them to return to vBulletin when they exit phpMyChat.

Here's the vBulletin hack for index.php:

Quote:

//BEGIN CHAT HACK
if ($bbusername) {
$chatbulb = 'images/off.gif';
$numchattersa = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(username) AS username FROM c_users");
$numchatters = $numchattersa[username];
if ($numchatters == 0)
{
$chatbulb = 'images/off.gif';
$chatmessage = 'Chat room is currently empty';
} else {
$chatbulb = 'images/on.gif';
$chatmessage = "There are $numchatters people in the chat room";
}
eval("\$chatinfo .= \"".gettemplate("chatloggedin")."\";");
} else {
eval("\$chatinfo .= \"".gettemplate("chatloggedout")."\";");
}
//END CHAT HACK

You have to create two new templates (chatloggedin and chatloggedout) that are used just like the personal message hack templates. You will notice that the c_users table in the select statement is actually a phpMyChat table. The on light will display whenever anyone is in the chat room. If they are not logged on to vBulletin, they won't be permitted into the chat room.

Here is the chatloggedin template:

Quote:

<tr bgcolor="#C3C3EB">
<td><img src="$chatbulb"></td>
<td colspan=5>
<a href="/phpMyChat/index.php3?U=$username&PASSWORD=&N=20&D=10">Join The Chat</a>
 $chatmessage</td>
</tr>

Notice that we are linking into phpMyChat with the vBulletin username and no password. This makes them a non-registered user of phpMyChat. This works but it isn't great security wise. When I get a chance I will clean this up to secure it better.

Here is the chatloggedout template:

Quote:

<tr bgcolor="#C3C3EB">
<td colspan=6>
<smallfont>You must login to join the chat!</smallfont></td>
</tr>

Here's the hack for index.php3 of phpMyChat. At the very end, replace the login screen html with a redirection back to the vBulletin board. This will also prevent anyone from logging into phpMyChat any way except through the vBulletin board.

Quote:

<html>
<head>
<title>vBulletin Redirect</title>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=/forum/index.php">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" id=all>
Thank you for participating in our chat. You are are now being returned to the <a href="/forum/index.php">VBulletin forum</a>.
</body>
</html>

This works, it was easy to code, but I'm sure it isn't the best way to do it. It certainly isn't the most secure.

[Edited by Tom on 07-11-2000 at 02:08 AM]

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