Miscellaneous Hacks - Gift Subscriptions

Looks like there was a huge need for a gift subscription hack, so I created one, attached. It allows users to extend or purchase board subscriptions for other users.

This has been implemented and tested on our boards, but it is in EARLY ALPHA! Please provide me with feedback/questions after you implement it.

Should take about 15 minutes to complete.

1. Create 1 plugin
2. Modify 2 templates
3. modify 1 script (payments.php) -- PLEASE backup and save your old script for upgrade purposes.

Let me know how it goes!
~ Jennifer

[MoMan]

You should use $vbulletin->db->escape_string instead of htmlspecialchars and it'll work like a charm!

[Hornstar]

For anyone using this.
What happens if User_A buys it for User_B and than User_A reverses the money? Will paypal know which user to remove the subscription from correctly?
Also will I be able to find out which user paid the money and to whom?

I think this line may need to change:

<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="$_POST[giftname]" />

So it includes both the user who bought it and who got the gift.

Maybe:

<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="$userinfo[username] for $_POST[giftname]" />

Would that work?

[MikeJDance]

Originally Posted by jamoss

So users can purchase subscriptions for other users (not just themselves).

Thank you x