[Paul]

The addition of the following code to postings.php will allow you to use the search-engine friendly URLs to merge threads:

Below:

PHP Code:

  // get other threadid
  $getthreadid=intval(substr($mergethreadurl,strpos($mergethreadurl,"threadid=")+9)); 


Insert:

PHP Code:

  // Hack: Work with search-engine friendly links
  $getsearchfriendlythreadid=intval(substr($mergethreadurl,strpos($mergethreadurl,"/t")+2));
  if ($getthreadid==0) {
    $getthreadid=$getsearchfriendlythreadid;
  }
  // End hack: Work with search-engine friendly links 


This will only work if your new url's contain "/t<threadnumber>". If you are using a different prefix, you'll need to alter the script accordingly, where the "2" equals the number of characters within the quotes. Also, if your forum resides in a directory that starts with the letter "t" this will not work for you. You'll need to modify it.