The "Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:" problem...

[Axe]

Does anybody know if there's a hack out there that prevents adding on all the extra "Re: " strings at the beginning of replies to replies?

So that all replies, and responses to replies are "Re: Original Thread" instead of "Re: Re: Re: Re: Original Thread"?

[Graphics]

Lol, I'd like to know this too. As if you've got a huge thread the topic name will end up bigger than the actual post.

[WetWired]

I've never actually seen this problem. Most users in forums I visit don't use quote, and so don't ususally have a topic for non-thread-starting posts. This should be a simple matter of finding the bit of code where the "Re: " is added, and seeing if the 1st 4 chars are "Re: " first.

[NTLDR]

In newreply.php

Replace:

PHP Code:

    if ($postinfo[title]!="") {
      $title="Re: ".unhtmlspecialchars($postinfo[title]);
    } 


With:

PHP Code:

    if (strpos($postinfo[title], "Re:") {
        $title=unhtmlspecialchars($postinfo[title]);
    } elseif ($postinfo[title]!="") {
      $title="Re: ".unhtmlspecialchars($postinfo[title]);
    } 


Untested but it should work.

[Axe]

Yup, should work quite well except under rare circumstances (like the topic of this thread)

I'll modify it a lil and actually check for the position of "Re: " in the string, and set it to only add one if strpos>0.

Thanks very much.

[Xenon]

i'd use this:

PHP Code:

if ($postinfo[title]!="") {
      $title="Re: ".unhtmlspecialchars($postinfo[title]);
    }
$title = str_replace("Re: Re: ", "Re: ", $title); 


[Boofo]

How would you do the same thing for private messages?

[Xenon]

in private.php after this:

PHP Code:

$subject="Re: $message[title]"; 


add this:

PHP Code:

$subject=str_replace("Re: Re: ", "Re: ", $subject); 


[Boofo]

Thank you, sir.