Prevent Users With Low Post Counts Posting/PM'ing URLS

Title: Prevent members with low post count posting/pm'ing urls.
Author: NTLDR
Version: 1.0.1
vB Compatibility: vB3 Gamma, RC1, RC2

Description: I created this hack a while ago for use on my board to prevent people signing up and just posting a URL. This hack will prevent users with less than X posts from PM'ing or posting URLs.

File edits:

In includes/functions_newpost.php find:

PHP Code:

        eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('toomanyimages', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
    } 


Add after:

PHP Code:

$errors = array_merge($errors, verify_message_urls($post['message'])); 


Find:

PHP Code:

    return sizeof($errors);
} 


Add after (making sure you change REPLACE_NUMBER_OF_POSTS_HERE to the number of posts a user must have before being able to post/pm URLS):

PHP Code:

function verify_message_urls($pagetext) {

    global $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo;

    $errors = array();

    if ($bbuserinfo['posts'] < REPLACE_NUMBER_OF_POSTS_HERE) {
        if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'newthread' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'newreply' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'editpost') {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['post'];
        } elseif (THIS_SCRIPT == 'private') {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['private_message'];
        } else {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['message'];
        }

        if (preg_match('/\[url/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        $pagetext = strip_bbcode($pagetext);

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/h(\s*)t(\s*)t(\s*)p/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/w(\s*)w(\s*)w/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/(\w*)(\s*)(\.|dot)(\s*)(c(\s*)o(\s*)m|c(\s*)o(\s*)(\.|dot)(\s*)u(\s*)k|n(\s*)e(\s*)t|o(\s*)r(\s*)g)/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }
    }

    return $errors;
} 


If you want this to apply to posts only you don't need to do the following edit which is for PM's:

In private.php find:

PHP Code:

        // process errors if there are any
        if (!empty($errors)) 


Add BEFORE:

PHP Code:

$errors = array_merge($errors, verify_message_urls($pm['message'])); 


Phrases to add:

In Front-End Error Messages add:
Varname: x_contains_urls
Text:

Your $typephrase contains one or more URLs, please remove them before submitting your message again.

[bigdaddy04]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

Erwin released and alternative version for vB2.

Whats it called?

[NTLDR]

Check his profile, you'll see it listed there

[bigdaddy04]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

Check his profile, you'll see it listed there

i think im going blind, i don't see it..

[cirisme]

Originally Posted by bigdaddy04

i think im going blind, i don't see it..

here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=44694

[bigdaddy04]

Originally Posted by cirisme

here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=44694

does that also disable urls in the signatures/pms?

[Boofo]

Is there any way to add a message to the error that comes up that says they need to have so many posts before they can use links in their messages? I haven't installed this yet. Does it already do that? If not, they may wonder how many posts they DO need to have before that can use links.

[NTLDR]

I kind of find that doing that would be like telling them how many messages they need to spam before they can spam there URL However you can just edit the Phrase you add to change the text to something along the lines of you need X posts before you can post URLs

[cirisme]

Originally Posted by bigdaddy04

does that also disable urls in the signatures/pms?

No idea... since it's a different hack it would be better to ask in that thread

[AshAbed]

i only want this to apply to pm's, not posts because my competition always advertises through pms can you please tell me how i would go about doing that? do i just add everything after
"If you want this to apply to posts only you don't need to do the following edit which is for PM's:"
or...?

[NTLDR]

Just don't add:

PHP Code:

$errors = array_merge($errors, verify_message_urls($post['message'])); 


To includes/functions_newpost.php