Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Read PMs (PM Management Suite Lite)

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This hack can only be used by Super Administrators.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]hr[/hr]
This version is a major update (a virtual re-write, there is very little original code left) of Dream's Read PMs hack v0.7. Permission for me to release this hack is shown here, and blessings are given by Dream here.

This hack will allow you as a Super Administrator to read your member's private messages.

Please, lets not get into a discussion in this support thread about the suitability of this hack and invading privacy etc, (I have seen this happen in other threads, so, I am pre-empting people before it starts). If you have a moral objection to this hack, please don't comment on it, just don't install it, it is as simple as that. This hack is here for people who want to use it, I have no opinion about it one way or the other.

Original Features by Dream:

• List PMs separated by sent/received given a username or id
• List all users with PMs
• Search PMs by exact text, all words and at least one of the words
• List the latest X PMs sent

Fixed in this version:

• BBCode in PMs is now parsed correctly !!!!
• To and BCC fields when reading a single PM now display correctly
• If a PM is displayed in Latest X PMs that has been deleted by all parties (from, to, cc, bcc) and it has not yet been deleted permanently by the hourly cron job, it will display a proper error message when clicking on the link for it, instead of displaying a database error
• Any PMs that a user sent to others that included the themselves in the To or BCC now show up in Received PMs (they did not before)
• High server load when clicking List Users with PMs, especially if there are 1000s of users that have PMs (now split into categories acording to how many PMs a user has)

Added in this version:

• Now completely phrased (uses a language file that has 75 custom phrases that take the form $rpmphrase['phrase_name']), so can be translated into other languages very easily by creating a separate phrase file for each language
• Now available in 7 languages:
  • English
  • Italian
  • German
  • Brazilian/Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
  • French
• Read Single PM - read a single PM by typing in pmtextid
• Minimum length for each search term, and the ability to disable it
• userids now displayed next to user (From, To and BCC)
• userids are now click-able and linked to their admincp user profile, so user can be edited (ie prune all PMs from a spammer)
• A more complete message is displayed if admin user is not super administrator, it has a link to vBulletin manual
• To column to Lastest X PMs
• To column to the recieved section of Read A User's PMs
• To and From columns to Search for PMs
• A lot of the formatting has been changed to make it look better (that is just my opinion)
• Extra links to various functions for each user
• Other things I can not think of right now

Frequently Asked Questions

Question:

How do I hide the Read PMs link?

Answer:

The only way to do so, is to not upload cpnav_rpm.xml and to use a shortcut/bookmark to http://<your-forum-path-here>/admincp/read_pms.php? instead.

Question:

How do I fix the following error when I upgrade to PHP 5.3.x and above?

PHP Code:

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in xxxxxx 


Answer:

The fix is available here - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=235

vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]hr[/hr]
This hack can be used with vBulletin versions 3.6.0 - 3.8.8. This may even work for v3.5.x (but has not been tested).

The version of this hack that is compatible with vBulletin v4.0.0 or later versions is available here.


Hack Support[hr]hr[/hr]
IMPORTANT: This hack is no longer supported.


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There is a small unobtrusive block of copyright branding text at the bottom of each page generated by this hack, which is there to promote my work and allow you to use this hack for free.

You are NOT allowed to remove my copyright branding from this hack.


Install/Uninstall Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]
IMPORTANT: THERE ARE NO FILES TO IMPORT INTO THE ADMINCP

The readme.txt instructions file is included in attached .zip file. The upgrade instructions are exactly the same as the install instructions.


Translations[hr]hr[/hr]
Official Language Files (included in the zip file):

• read_pms_eng.php - English by Mosh
• read_pms_ita.php - Italian by anonymous
• read_pms_deu.php - German by Speedy1505
• read_pms_bra.php - Brazilian/Portuguese by Setokaiba (SW)
• read_pms_esp.php - Spanish by cloferba
• read_pms_tur.php - Turkish by Adem GEN?
• read_pms_fre.php - French by Dadoo

Version History[hr]hr[/hr]
v3.8.17 - Saturday 15th January 2011
-- Altered: updated 3 phrases in the Turkish language file "read_pms_tur.php"

v3.8.16 - Sunday 9th January 2011
-- Added: French language file "read_pms_fre.php" - thanks to Dadoo
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions

v3.8.15 - Saturday 8th January 2011
-- Added: Turkish language file "read_pms_tur.php" - thanks to Adem GEN?
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions

v3.8.014 - Sunday 23rd August 2009
-- Added: Spanish language file "read_pms_esp.php" - thanks to cloferba
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions

v3.8.013 - Friday 14th August 2009
-- Added: Brazilian (Portuguese) language file "read_pms_bra.php" - thanks to Setokaiba (SW)
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions

v3.8.012 - Thursday 13th August 2009
-- Added: German language file "read_pms_deu.php" - thanks to Speedy1505
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions

v3.8.011 - Wednesday 12th August 2009
-- Added: Italian language file "read_pms_ita.php" - author wishes to remain anonymous
-- Updated: "readpms.php" to accommodate the new language
-- Updated: Instructions on how to change language files

v3.8.010 - Saturday 25th July 2009
-- Fixed: Typo on line 63 of 'readpms.php' - thanks to Andrea (Silvio)
-- Fixed: Typo on line 171 of 'readpms.php' - thanks to macc
-- Fixed: Typo on line 476 of 'readpms.php'
-- Fixed: Typo on line 483 of 'readpms.php'

v3.8.009 - Monday 6th July 2009
-- Fixed: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() error a very small percentage of people were experiencing
-- Added: 1 phrase

v3.8.008 - Saturday 4rd July 2009
-- Fixed: Several missing </div>s
-- Fixed: Uncached BBCode templates (save up-to 4 queries when viewing a PM)
-- Added: New English language phrase file - 74 new phrases
-- Added: 'To' column to 'Lastest X PMs'
-- Added: 'To' column to the recieved section of 'Read A User's PMs'
-- Added: 'To' and 'From' columns to 'Search for PMs'
-- Updated: A virtual re-write of the base code to remove all the hard-coded phrases

v3.8.007 - Thursday 2nd July 2009
-- Fixed: Now correctly parses BBCode Tags !!!
-- Added: Correct header when viewing single PMs
-- Updated: Screenshots

v3.8.006 - Tuesday 31st March 2009
-- Fixed: High server load when finding PMs for single user id or username
-- Fixed: Problems with hacks that have custom BBCode being called by the "bbcode_fetch_tags" file hook

v3.8.005 - Saturday 28th March 2009
-- Added: Read Single PM - read a single PM by typing in pmtextid
-- Added: Ability to disable the limit minimum length a key search word can be

v3.8.004 - Friday 27th March 2009
-- Changed: Layout of PM lists, individual PMs, sent/received PMs, Search Results
-- Fixed: High server load when clicking List Users with PMs, especially if there are 1000s of users that have PMs (now split into categories acording to how many PMs a user has)
-- Removed: From info for individual users sent PMs
-- Added: Constant to limit minimum length a key search word can be, to limit higher server loads when trying to search for a keyword with a length of 1 (ie. "a"). This minimum is currently set at 4, but can be altered by editing read_pms.php)
-- Added: Various links (depending what function you are using) to view all a users PMs, go to the users pmstats page, edit the user and send the user a PM

v3.8.003 - Thursday 26th March 2009
-- Fixed: The Plain Text BBcode parser version of the PM message body was stretching the screen too wide, now word wraps

v3.8.002 - Thursday 26th March 2009
-- Fixed: The unparsed version of the PM message body was stretching the screen too wide, now instead of just leaving unparsed, I have used the Plain Text BBcode parser instead.

v3.8.001 - Tuesday 24th March 2009
-- Initial Release


Thanks[hr]hr[/hr]
A big thanks goes out to Dream, whose original hack and permission to re-use his code enabled me to release this hack.


Show Your Appreciation [hr]hr[/hr]
Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by ahmed-samara

Hey Mosh ..

It's not your mood you i will report vBulletin team for that happned it's too bad to take something not your's .

this mood created in .:: 21-08-2006, 08:45

powered by MGHOOL from 2006

Originally Posted by ahmed-samara

http://www.s w a l i f.n e t /sots/s w a l i f 58/softs168572/

You are right, this is my take on Dream's Read PMs hack.

Saying that Dream's hack is Re-usable Code and I am allowed to use it to create my own version of his hack, which I have done and released here.

It is commendable that you are trying to protect a hack author, but in this case I think you are trying to protect the wrong hack author, as the hack that you linked to probably got their version of the hack from here, translated it in Arabic and released it as their own hack, because Dream created his hack in 2005 and my version of hack version is based on the version he released here on 6th August 2006, and the hack you linked to was dated 15 days later, and at that time it was not marked as Re-usable Code and they would therefore have been breaching copyright themselves (see here for when the hack was made Re-usable Code).

I am sure if the staff here think I stole the code, it will soon be moved to the graveyard.

Originally Posted by 1st Post

This is an update to Dream's Read PMs hack v0.7. Permission for me to release this hack is shown here.

[pedroenf]

Thanks. That did the trick

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Thanks. That did the trick

Then please click Mark as Installed, to indicate that you are using the hack on your site.

[mrtroybaker]

Originally Posted by DobieGillis?

nothing personal, but I feel reading my users PM's is a violation of their rights. I could and would never think to do so.

This is a quote from the top of this page....
"Please, lets not get into a discussion in this support thread about the suitability of this hack and invading privacy etc, (I have seen this happen in other threads, so, I am pre-empting people before it starts). If you have a moral objection to this hack, please don't comment on it, just don't install it, it is as simple as that. This hack is here for people who want to use it, I have no opinion about it one way or the other"

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by Mosh

Then please click Mark as Installed, to indicate that you are using the hack on your site.

Ups. Sorry for that.

But i have another issue that probably will leave me to uninstall this hack (keeping the v0.7). Selecting "latest PMs" everything works fine but selecting "Read PMs", "Search for PMs" or "List Users with PMs" my server load its the top, keeps raising and raising untill crashes the whole system. This didn't happen with the previous mod. Did anyone tested this? Or could it be just some of mine mysql or apache confs?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Ups. Sorry for that.

But i have another issue that probably will leave me to uninstall this hack (keeping the v0.7). Selecting "latest PMs" everything works fine but selecting "Read PMs", "Search for PMs" or "List Users with PMs" my server load its the top, keeps raising and raising untill crashes the whole system. This didn't happen with the previous mod. Did anyone tested this? Or could it be just some of mine mysql or apache confs?

The queries for Read PMs, Search for PMs and List Users with PMs have not been changed between this version and Dream's version, they are the same queries.

The only query I have changed is in the function rpm_get_pms, where I joined the pm and pmtext tables, so all received PMs for a user will be displayed (in Dream's version, any PMs that sent directly to a user, as in the first recipient in the To field, or by BCC were not displayed when showing an individuals sent and received PMs).

This would not affect the functions that you said were causing issues, because if this hack does that, then so would Dream's version.

So, if you are experiencing high server loads, it is probably something at your end.

[Mosh]

Update v3.8.002 - Thursday 26th March 2009
-- Fixed: The unparsed version of the PM message body was stretching the screen too wide, now instead of just leaving unparsed, I have used the Plain Text BBcode parser instead.

[pedroenf]

Thats odd!! If you did not change any querys (in the options i metioned) why does Dream's version works fine with all options and yours do not?

[pedroenf]

Originally Posted by Mosh

Update v3.8.002 - Thursday 26th March 2009
-- Fixed: The unparsed version of the PM message body was stretching the screen too wide, now instead of just leaving unparsed, I have used the Plain Text BBcode parser instead.

Well i still have the screen stretched

[Mosh]

Update: v3.8.003 - Thursday 26th March 2009
-- Fixed: The Plain Text BBcode parser version of the PM message body was stretching the screen too wide, now word wraps (see screenshot2.png)