Who's online on non-vB page (with usernames)

LAST UPDATED: 3.24.01 10:40 PM Eastern

Hack version: 0.0.2

Changes since last version: New option to display either usernames or a total number of registered members.

For version: 2.0.0 beta 3 (possibly beta 1 and beta 2 also, but it's untested on those versions).

Files needed: online.php (see zip file attached below).

Files to edit: Possibly online.php (see instructions below).

Possible file locations: Anywhere, as long as the relative path to config.php is correct (see instructions below).

Instructions
1] Download the zip file online002.zip below. It has online.php in it; unzip this file to a location on your hard drive.
2] Open online.php in Notepad (Windows) or Simpletext (Mac) or another ASCII text editor (EditPlus, UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and other HTML editors are not ASCII text editors and will in all likelyhood screw the file up.)
3] Check the path to config.php in the $path variable (in the CONFIG section). Figure out where you're gonna put the file online.php, and then edit the path accordingly. For example, if you put it in your document root (e.g. yoursite.com/) and your board files are in a directory called forum, your path is "forum/admin" (no quotes, no trailing slash).
4] If you want usernames of registered members displayed, then leave the $usernames option alone. If you want a number instead of a list of names, set this to "off" (no quotes).
5] Edit the second-to-last line (the "echo" line). Change it to say what you want. The list of registered members is $regmemberson and the number of guests is $guestson - you can use these anywhere in that line.
6] Save the file and upload it your server.
7] You can include it on another page one of two basic ways:
First, by a PHP include:

<? include("online.php"); ?>

The file that you are going to be including online.php in must then have a .php, .php3, .phtml or other extension that makes your web server recognize it as a file to be parsed as PHP.
Secondly, by an SSI include:

<!--#include file="online.php"-->

The file that you are going to be including online.php in must then have a .shtml, .shtm or other extension that makes your web server recognize it as a file to be server-parsed.

Instructions are also included in the zip file (online002.txt) and brief notes are in the online.php file itself.

FEEDBACK WANTED! Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted!

[Joshs]

When I include this in a .shtml file I get this when viewing it...

$datecut AND invisible='0' ORDER BY username ASC") or die("oops2"); while($regmember = mysql_fetch_array($regmembers)): ++$regmembercomma; if ($regmember[invisible] == 0) { $regmemberson .= $regmember[username]; } else { ++$regmembercomma; } if ($regmembercomma < mysql_num_rows($regmembers)): $regmemberson .= ", "; endif; endwhile; $guests = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(userid) AS guestsonline FROM session WHERE userid=0 AND session.lastactivity>$datecut") or die("oops3"); while($guest = mysql_fetch_array($guests)): $guestson = number_format($guest[guestsonline]); endwhile; echo("Member(s) on: $regmemberson. Guest(s) on: $guestson."); ?>

[jarvis]

Joshs,

Are you using WinNT/2k and IIS?

[Joshs]

Yes!

[jarvis]

Well, you and I are out of luck. Apparently IIS does not know how to handle multiple layers of translation.

Trying to include a .PHP document in IIS confuses it and IIS does not apply the filter.

Sorry to be the bearer if bad news.

[Joshs]

Oh s***! I was planning on integrating some of this stuff with my site!!!! So there is no way to get this working?!

[jarvis]

I've heard mixed reports with .asp pages, but I really don't have time to learn ASP.

I'm browsing through MS again to see if there are any white papers on this.

[Grover]

Great 'hack', this Tubedogg. Just what I was looking for.

Is it possible that you could include some of the suggestions of us - the VERY satisfied users of your work- in a future release of this hack?

I would LOVE to see some extenions on this, for example the suggestion of Mitrofan to include just the number of registered members, regardless of their online status.
Instead of including the suggestions of Mitrofan or doing the adaptions ourselves, it would be nice to include it in a future release?

Thank you very much, again. (none of my bussiness really, but do you actually get PAID for all the great support you do on Vb? Ofcourse, it must be....nevertheless I'm willing to start a Poll to get you a raise

Grover.

(PS: I guess this hack works on 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 as well? 'cause it says ' v2 beta 3 in the subjectline)

[VirtueTech]

nevermind

nice hack

[Cygnus]

Originally posted by tubedogg
LAST UPDATED: 3.24.01 10:40 PM Eastern

Hack version: 0.0.2

Will there be an upgrade to this soon? With vB 2.0.3 out, the sessions.php file has changed. Further, I have always seen two or three entries for some people. I have read the thread and understand the problem, but I am sure that there must be a fix. As I only picked up a PHP book yesterday, I am not quite qualified to do it and hope that some coder here (maybe even tubedogg himself) to fix up what could be the most useful hack for a board.

Thanks in advance!
Cygnus

[Cygnus]

bump.

Tubedogg? You out there? Anyone else?

Cygnus