Forum stats on signature image

[high]Remember the forum rules here at vB.org and don't exceed the signature dimensions: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=50062 . Signatures in violation of the rules will be suspended. --filburt1[/high]

Hi all,

What this hack does:
Calls up your Forum statistics (like No. of Members, Threads and Posts) and creates a new image on your server using GD which you can use as a signature image, where ever you like - have a look at my signature and you'll see what I mean. This is only my 2nd hack - so be kind to me

In order to have the image created, say every 15 minutes you will need to set up a cronjob. Infos are provided in the instructions.txt, and alternatives for those who do not have access to crontab on their server.

Support:
Because I'm pretty busy, I will provide only limited support. Will look in here once a week or so.

Credits:
to kars10 for kicking me in the ass and getting me to code this - thanks karsten

greets
tina

Update 23.06.2003
- global.php no longer required, thus when signature image is being created it no longer shows up in "who is onlne"
- quality of image output improved
- debug modus with email notification integrated
- tested with gd2

[gmarik]

Thanks. Really great.

[Intex]

I can't seem to get this to work. I just receive an error. Could this be because I'm running PHP 4.1.2?

[msimplay]

i get this error when i use the cron

Failed loading /usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so:
/usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.1
Set-Cookie: ;
path=/Vbulletin/
Set-Cookie: bblastvisit=1054137601; expires=Thu, 27-May-04 16:00:01
GMT; path=/Vbulletin/
Content-Type: image/png

[Steve W.]

Everytime I uipload signature.php I get this:

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

Any ideas?!

[Minots]

@ msimplay

I?m using a simple bash-script to do the "cron-part" without trouble. (look in my attachment )

little instructions:
* login to your server via ssh/telnet
* upload "cron_signature.sh" /root
* chmod it to 700
* add a line into your "/etc/crontab"-file like:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /root/cron_signature.sh

-------------- SNIPP --------------
About your error-message:
It looks like a mistaken 'ZendOptimizer'-installation. So there are 2 possible solutions.:

N?1.: reinstall of 'ZendOptimizer' by using the install.sh from it

N?2: uncomment or delete the 'ZendOptimizer'-lines in your php.ini (looks like:

[Zend]
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so

)

After that, just restart your webserver.

[eXtremeTim]

I just rewrote a bunch of this so that when i use the link to the php file as my sig image it doesn't go thro vb anymore as to keep it from messing with whos online. Plus i went ahead and made a count for total online. I also made it use a png template instead of a jpg template.

[MentaL]

ive uploaded and did the cron job but my http://forum.ragezone.com/images/signatur/sig.jpg is not updating...

[MentaL]

nm fixed it

[msimplay]

06-02-03 at 08:26 PM Minots said this in Post #165
@ msimplay

I?m using a simple bash-script to do the "cron-part" without trouble. (look in my attachment )

little instructions:
* login to your server via ssh/telnet
* upload "cron_signature.sh" /root
* chmod it to 700
* add a line into your "/etc/crontab"-file like:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /root/cron_signature.sh

-------------- SNIPP --------------
About your error-message:
It looks like a mistaken 'ZendOptimizer'-installation. So there are 2 possible solutions.:

N?1.: reinstall of 'ZendOptimizer' by using the install.sh from it

N?2: uncomment or delete the 'ZendOptimizer'-lines in your php.ini (looks like:

[Zend]
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so

)

After that, just restart your webserver.

lol Ez web is my host they sed it was normal
and its working so am not complaining :P

[Minots]

lol Ez web is my host they sed it was normal
and its working so am not complaining :P

Muhhhahahahaha! :laugh:
Can?t believe that! LooooooL!