Spell Checker: PungoSpell for vBulletin3 Standard and WYSIWYG modes

There's also a vB 3.5 version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=83258

PungoSpell for vBulletin3 WYSIWYG and Standard mode

Intro: PungoSpell supports WYSIWYG mode disply using DHTML on the spell check popup window. It uses PHP's buitin PSPELL module. Many have this already compiled in, but if not, it's easy to add.

What this hack does This hack modifies the PungoSpell software package from PungoSpell to allow spell checking on vBulletin for both modes, WYSIWYG and standard mode.

Change Log:

v1.6 December 25, 2005: Security fix for cases where you allow HTML posts and they contain malicious code (Credit goes to Brendan Donahue for finding the issue and alerting TechGuy, and to TechGuy for alerting me to it)

v1.5. Minor bug fixes

v1.4
1. Fixed scrolling, so the spelling window will scroll to the next mis-spelled word.
2. Changed config defaults to allow the most common configuration. The "Learn" function is turned of by default. Make sure you test it before tunrning it on.
3. Re-worded comments on config options, hopefully they will now make sense.

v1.3
1. Created a new config file (pungo-spell-config.php) to avoid the need to edit checkspelling.php, which is a bit tricky with end of line characters.
2. Added an option to disable the learn feature. This may be needed if your aspell setup does not allow, or not properly setup, for personal wordlists.
3. The language is now defined in the config file as well.

v1.1:
1. Added a "Learn" button. This allows users to add words into the dictionary.
2. Restricted access to members only, with allowed usergroups definable in config file
3. Restrict user groups allowed to use the "Learn" feature. Configurable option.
3. Options to ignore quote blocks, code bloacks, and PHP blocks
4. Added buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.
5. Added Quit and Done buttons. One to quite without saving, and one to save without going through the whole post for suggestions.
6. Fixed extra lines added for WYSIWYG paragraphs
7. Made it skip vBCode tags, so it won't spell check URL's

v1.0:
Initial version, . Identical to PungoSpell functionality, but adapted to handle vBulletins's WYSIWYG and standard mode.


Note: There's another hack for spell checker for vBulletin3 using PHPSpell. You might want to compare both to decide which one you like best.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=65723

PHPSpell has a "learn" button, to allow adding new words to the dictionary, PungoSpell does not. PungoSpell has a better WYSIWYG display, while PHPSpell does not hide HTML and vBCode tags. So each one has it's advantages and disadvantages.

In a future release, I'll try to add a "learn" functionality to PungoSpell. (done)

Credit PungoSpell Is a free software using the MIT license. By default, it will work fine in standard mode. This hack will allow it to work for both standard and WYSIWYG.

Requirements: You will need to have PSPELL compiled into your PHP setup. Many have this by default. To find out if you already have it, check your PHP info from the vBulletin Admin Panel: Import & Maintenance > View PHP Info. Search for "pspell". If it's there, you're fine. If not, you can recompile PHP with the "--with-pspell" paramater.

From the readme file:

What does it require?
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PHP 4.3.1 (http://www.php.net) or greater with Pspell support enabled.
If your system doesn't have pspell/aspell installed, see the pspell source page at
http://pspell.sourceforge.net to download it.

What browsers does it work with?
-------------------------------

Only "modern" browsers that support DOM level 2 (http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/) are supported. MSIE 5.5+, Opera 7.2+, NS 6+ should work fine for you. Your milage may vary.

Demo: http://frigate.clemson.edu/local/pun...l/example.html

Bugs: Scrolling down to the misspelled word is not yet working.

Instructions

1. Download the attached file, and unpack into your main forum directory. Make sure the file "custom.pws" is writable by apache, otherwise the "Learn" function will not work.

2. It has English setup by default. If you want it to use any other language, it's easy. Just edit the config file "pungo-spell-config.php".

Change this line:

$my_lang = "en";

"en" stands for English. Change it to the code of the language you want. Like "fr" for French, for example. Make sure your system has the required dictionary. You see the dictionary config by typing "aspell config" at the command line, to see which dictionaries you have.

Also, in the file custom.pws, the first line reads something like:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

You will need to change en to the language you use, like fr

3. Edit the config section in checkspelling.php to suit your needs:
[code]
// Config section
$my_lang = "en"; // set the language you want, make sure you have the correct aspell dictionary on your system

// Access restriction options
$allow_guests = 0; // Change to 1 if you allow guests to post and use the spell checker
$restrict_groups = 0; // Change to 1 to enable access restriction by group id
$allowd_groups = array (2, 5, 6); // usergroups who can access the spell checker

// Learn function options
$customwordlist = "custom.pws"; // make sure this file is readable by your apache user
$learn_enabled = 0; // set to 1 to enable the learn feature. Make sure you test first, to ensure your server setup allows this.
$restrict_learn_function = 0; // set to 1 if you want to restrict which usergroup id may add words to your dictionary.
$word_list_maintainers = array (2, 5, 6); // usergroups that are allowed to use the "Learn" feature
//

// Ignore options
$ignore_quotes = 1; // 1 means ignore the [QUOTE] block, 0 means spell check within quotes
$ignore_code = 1; // Same but for the

 tag
 $ignore_php = 1; 				// Same, but for the [PHP] tag 
 
 // end config section

4. Edit each template where you'd like to have the spell checker. For example:

newreply template

A. Find

</head>

Add above

<script src="spellcheck.js"></script>

B. Add somewhere the followin (below $navbar for example)g:

   <form name="spell_form" id="spell_form" method="POST" target="spellWindow"
                    action="checkspelling.php">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_formname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spell_fieldname" value="">
                <input type="hidden" name="spellstring" value="">
             </form>

C. Find the submit and preview buttons:

		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[submit_reply]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
 		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

           <if condition="DOTOOLBAR!=2">
           <input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="1" />
           <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck( 'vbform',  'message', '1');">
           <else />
           <input type="hidden" name="toolbar" value="2" />
           <input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck( 'vbform',  'WYSIWYG_HTML', '2');">
           </if>

And repeat the same steps for other templates like newthread etc.

Optional: Other Templates that contain edit boxes are:
USERCP_SHELL just add the first change (A) here in above the </head section. Required for pm_newpm and modifysignature.
editpost
Calendar Templates: calendar_edit
New Posting Templates: newreply, newthread
Modify User Options Templates: modifysignature (add the the first change (A) in USERCP_SHELL) and the rest (B and C) here.


Quick reply

1. Show Thread Templates: Put change (A) in showthread, and the rest (B and C) in showthread_quickreply

2. Contributed by Boofo:

change:

<if condition="DOTOOLBAR!=2">

to:

<if condition="$WYSIWYG!=2">

I may have missed a few templates, so let me know.


Private Messages

To install in Private Messaging, check Chris's post here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=84

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Trouble shooting:

1. If you get a spell check window that says "This is a test". This is most likely due to end of line characters caused by an editor. To resolve this, re-upload the original files with FTP in binary mode. When editing the config file, make sure you use an editor that does not add any end of line characters, such as "vi" or others.

2. Learn doesn't work: Try this: Change the first line from custom.pws:

personal_ws-1.1 en 0

To:

personal_ws-1.1 english 0

en worked fine for me on Fedora and Gentoo, but I had to change to english on RHE.

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Enjoy

P.S. The two screenshots below show the spell check popup menu. One for standard mode, and one for WYSIWYG mode.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by paul41598

How do I "recompile PHP with the "--with-pspell" paramater" My site is hosted by ace-host.net do they have to install aspell or do I. I can't figure this out.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

It really depends on the hosting setup. Some hosts give you root access and let you do your own thing, some are anal and require they do things their way. If you have a dedicated server, you should be able to install whatever you want, if it's a shared server, they will probably have to install it.

[m0h2]

just installed it & I'm getting this error

An error occured, please notify your administrator.

[m0h2]

I get this error when checking a PM every thing else is working fine!

[Jing]

Originally Posted by SteveK

I get this error when attempting to spell check:


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: pspell_new() in /home/profit/public_html/forums/checkspelling.php on line 26

Line 26 is:

PHP Code:

    $pspell_link = pspell_new ("$my_lang", "", "", "", PSPELL_FAST|PSPELL_RUN_TOGETHER); 


Tried changing custom.pws from "en" to "english", no luck
I do have pspell installed, but unsure of dictionary location the aspell.conf file. How do I edit the aspell.conf file using SSH so that it points to the right dictionary file?

Thanks

I had got the same error. After some checkings, I noticed that PSpell was not compiled correctly with php. I did a re-compilation, and it got rid of the error after that. I compiled it initially with --enable-pspell, while it should have been --with-pspell instead. Check if you compiled it wrongly too.

I couldn't fix this problem here though, which was mentioned by Chris on Page 8 I think. The spellcheck ignores all the spacings and just inserts the text as a long paragraph when spellchecking, then outputs them as one long paragraph too. I tried re-uploading in Binary, or even saving it with VI, it just doesn't work. I am quite sure that it has to do with the codes of pulling the text from the text area.

[Jing]

no one is going reply?

[Arsenik]

It doesnt change the text when wysiwyg is used... =/ it does work for the standard/basic editor. Any idea on how to make it work correctly with the wysiwyg? (vb 3.0.3)

[docvader]

I noticed that PSpell was not compiled correctly with php. I did a re-compilation, and it got rid of the error after that. I compiled it initially with --enable-pspell, while it should have been --with-pspell instead. Check if you compiled it wrongly too.

I've "installed" aspell and pspell, as directed, but it's not showing up on my PHP page. I didn't compile it, I don't think. Don't know how, lol.

Can anyone just write down some directions to compile pspell with php? I have root access, on an OS X server, running PHP 4.34

Thanks!
rich

[peterska2]

Little help please.

<br />
<b>Warning</b>: PSPELL couldn't open the dictionary. reason: I'm sorry I can't find any suitable word lists for the language-tag "en". in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>32</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>85</b><br />
<br />

<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>88</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>90</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>85</b><br />

<br />
<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>88</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>90</b><br />
<br />

<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>85</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: 0 is not a PSPELL result index in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>88</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/checkspelling.php</b> on line <b>90</b><br />

this is taken from the source of my spell window when it opens.

I've tried renaming 'en' to 'english' in custom.pws and that has had no effect. pspell is enabled. PHP version 4.3.3

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by peterska2

Little help please.



this is taken from the source of my spell window when it opens.

I've tried renaming 'en' to 'english' in custom.pws and that has had no effect. pspell is enabled. PHP version 4.3.3

It appears that the dictionary is screwed up.

I can't help with this, as I'm encountering the same problem. I've upgraded my PHP and aspell/pspell packages. Only to find out PHP no longer supports newer versions of aspell/pspell. So Instead of downgrading my PHP version and recompiling, I've switched to PHPSpell.

If I do find a way to make it work, I'll post the details, but for now, it's in the hands of pspell developers, as their name changes caused the PHP folks to not support newer version, from what I've read.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by tamarian

It appears that the dictionary is screwed up.

I can't help with this, as I'm encountering the same problem. I've upgraded my PHP and aspell/pspell packages. Only to find out PHP no longer supports newer versions of aspell/pspell. So Instead of downgrading my PHP version and recompiling, I've switched to PHPSpell.

If I do find a way to make it work, I'll post the details, but for now, it's in the hands of pspell developers, as their name changes caused the PHP folks to not support newer version, from what I've read.

I'm using PHP v4.3.9 and it works fine for me.