Post Icons Permission

[ZomgStuff]

I have this in posting.php in the "start do open / close thread" section.

PHP Code:

//Change threadicon to "locked"
    if ($action == $vbphrase['closed']) {
        $threadman =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD, 'threadpost');
        $threadman->set_existing($threadinfo);
        $threadman->set('iconid', '65');
        $threadman->save();
    } else if ($action == $vbphrase['opened']){
        $threadman =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD, 'threadpost');
        $threadman->set_existing($threadinfo);
        $threadman->set('iconid', '31');
        $threadman->save();
    } 


I force thread/post icons, and I have two different sets, one set for normal users, and another set for admins and mods. I have a "locked" thread/posticon that only admins and mods can select.

When I try to open any thread the icon changes just fine to the appropriate one (icon #31). But when I try to close a thread, it will set the thread icon to locked only if the thread starter was an admin or mod (who are the only ones allowed to select it when creating a thread), and for the others who aren't mods the threadicon is just blank and in the database it becomes "0" as opposed to 65, which is the locked icon id.


Any idea where this permission checking is coming from, and how I can get around it?

Thanks!