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#10 03-21-2001, 11:38 AM

I've just cobbled this together for forums/index.php.

1) Open index.php and under the line that starts $templatesused='error_nopermission you need to add this:

Code:

$templateused.=',calendar_birthday';

then, straight after require('./global.php'); add this:

Code:

$today = vbdate("m-d",time());
$birthdays = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE birthday LIKE('%-$today')");
while ($birthday = $DB_site->fetch_array($birthdays)) {
	$bd_user = $birthday[username];
	$bd_userid = $birthday[userid];
	$datebits = explode("-", $birthday[birthday]);
	$bdage = date("Y") - $datebits[0];
	if ($bdage > 0) $age = "($bdage)";
	else $age = "";
	eval ("\$todaybirthdays .= \"".gettemplate("calendar_birthday")."\";");
	}

When you have done that, edit your forumhome template and add $todaybirthdays wherever you want the birthdays to appear.

Using this hack will add one extra query to the main forums page (as you can see).

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