[Logician]

Originally posted by Boofo
What code would I need to warn someone with a PM telling them that they will be banned if it happens again?

You can play with this code:

PHP Code:

$greeter="enter senders id";
$receiver="enter receivers id";
$title2="PM title";
eval("\$warning_pm = \"".gettemplate("warning_pm",1,0)."\";");
                    $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO privatemessage (privatemessageid,userid,touserid,fromuserid,title,message,dateline,showsignature,iconid,messageread,folderid) VALUES (NULL,$receiver,$receiver,$greeter,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title2))."','".addslashes($warning_pm)."',".time().",1,1,0,0)"); 


However one important warning here:
bbcodeparse and bbcodeparse2 functions are called from many parts of vb code, not only when someone posts a message. Therefore if you apply a hack there you have to make sure, the conditional the hack depends will not be TRUE when the function is called from somewhere else in vb code.

Let's discuss on an example:
If you apply send PM hack above in this function and make sure it runs when a post has more than 1000 smilies, the poster who will snd a post with 1000 smilies will receive your PM. But if you don't clear all existing posts with 1000 smilies, someone who accidently visited such a post will also receive this PM because the same function will be called and the condition will prove TRUE in showthread.php too.

Bottom line is: Before applying such hacks into this function, make sure you cleared all existing posts/PMs from your database in the first place. Then you can be sure the hack will only apply to new posters only as it should..

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 And can I do it for a particular user if he does it more than once? 


no easy way. You have to form a structure that will track warning of the users..