[Zero Tolerance]

Originally Posted by sv1cec

Zero,

I did some mods to play a sound, when a new member enters the chat room. Basically, the mod is adding a parameter, $playsound in vBChat.php, which is then checked with an if conditional in chat_row_bot.

Here is the code I used in vBChat.php:

I first changed the bot message code, to accept a new parameter:

PHP Code:

    function BotMessage($msg = "",$room = 0,$foruser){
    global $DB_site;

    $DB_site->query("insert into ".TABLE_PREFIX."vbchat_store (s_postby,s_message,s_postime,s_foruser,s_forroom) values (-1,'".trim(addslashes($msg))."',".time().",{$foruser},'{$room}')");
    } 


Then, when a new user gets in, I set the $foruser to -1.

PHP Code:

    unset($Rooms); // Free some memory

    // Did You Just Join This Room?
    if(!$_GET['nojoin'] && $bbuserinfo['userid'] != ""){

    BotMessage("{$bbuserinfo['username']} joined {$InRoom}",$bbuserinfo['vbchat_pref_in_room'], -1);
    header("Location: vBChat.php?{$session['sessionurl']}&do=main&nojoin=1");
    } 


Then, when the bot message is created, I check if the s_foruser is -1, in which case the $playsound is set to 1, and then the s_foruser is reset to 0. In that way, only the first time the bot message is show, the sound will be played.

PHP Code:

                $playsound=0;
                if($ThisMSG['s_postby'] == -1)
                {
                    if ($ThisMSG['s_foruser']=='-1')
                    {
                        $playsound=1;
                        $DB_site->query("update ".TABLE_PREFIX."vbchat_store set s_foruser=0 where sid=$ThisMSG[sid]");
                    }
                $BotMsg = $ThisMSG['s_message'];
                eval('$chat_page .= "' . fetch_template('chat_row_bot') . '";');
                $playsound=0;
                } 


The s_foruser is set to -1, whenever a new user enters, and then it is restored to 0, so that the sound does not play again and again, every time the bot message appears on the screen.

Here is my chat_row_bot template:

<tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" colspan='2'><font size='2' color='blue'><if condition="$playsound==1"><embed src="sounds/Sound1.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></if><b><center>>>> {$BotMsg} at {$ThisMSG['time']} <<<</center></b>
</td>
</tr>

My problem is that :

a) the sound is not played consistently
b) when it is played, I hear it as if it is played twice

Any help on that issue? The same code works OK for me, in other areas of the forum, where a sound is played.

As you understand, this is a feature suggestion for next release, LoL

UPDATE

As a matter of fact, it looks as if it works! I have probably done the last edits in the php file, while the twins were around, and never got the chance to upload it. As for the double sound, it comes from the two browsers I had open for testing (Firefox & IE). Crazy things happen.

IF others would like that addition, and if you think the code is OK, you may of course include it in your next release.


Rgds and tnx

Well i have a certain emulation of MSN Messenger planned for v2.4, where if your "not" on the window, then it will flash like it does on windows, and play a minor sound when someone "replies".

Glad to see you got it working though

- Zero Tolerance