Attachment Editor

This one gives users a way to edit their attached text (.txt) files inside the forum system, without the hassle of downloading-editing-updating the file every time.
(needless to say only mods and the poster can see the link / access the editor)

I thought of it while updating a hack of mine, because I had to do it numerous times and it really got on my nerves.

If you want to see a demo, either attach a small file here and see how it works, or just look below in the next post for a screen shot.
(the image is also in the zip file)

Anyhow, here are the instructions to install the hack.
First download the attached zip archive so you can have the files you need in front of you.
A text version of this post is available in the zip as well.

• In functions.php, add this:
  

  [high]	$editattach='';[/high]

  right before this:
  

  	if ($post[attachmentid]!=0 and $post[attachmentvisible]) {

• And add this:
  

  [high]			if (($bbuserinfo['usergroupid']==5 or $bbuserinfo['usergroupid']==6 or $bbuserinfo['usergroupid']==7 or $bbuserinfo['userid']==$post['userid']) and $post['attachmentextension']=='txt') {
  				$editattach=' (<a href="misc.php?s=&action=editattach&postid='.$post['postid'].'">edit</a>)';
  			}[/high]

  right before this:
  

  			eval("\$post[attachment] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_attachment")."\";");
  		}
  	} else {
  		$post[attachment]="";
  	}

• Save functions.php and upload.
• In misc.php, add the contents of add-to-misc.txt (in attached zip file) right before ?> (end of file).
• Save misc.php and upload.
• In the postbit_attachment template add this:
  

  [high]$editattach[/high]

  right after this:
  

  $post[filename]</a>

• Create a new template editattach with the contents of editattach.txt (in attached zip file).
• Add a new template error_attacheditorinvalidext:
  

  [high]You are trying to edit a file with an invalid extension. We currently only support editing text files.[/high]

• Add a new template error_attacheditortoobig:
  

  [high]The data you are trying to save is too big! The maximum allowed size is $maxattachsize bytes.[/high]

• Add a new template redirect_attachupdated:
  

  [high]The attachment has been updated! You will now be taken back to your post.[/high]

Have fun! :china:

[Boofo]

I had the attachment editor working great. I just installed the attachments as files hack and now the attachment editor comes up ok, but the file is empty in editing mode. In view mode, the whole file is there. I doubled checked everything and I have found 2 instances of the code where I need to add the usergroupid code. I tried taking one of them out and that just makes it worse. Has anyone else run into this problem? Can someone please help me on this?

[Admin]

This hack won't work with attachments as files.

[Boofo]

I guess we know which one is going to have to go then, huh? I'm keeping the attachment editor. Thanks Chen.

[Admin]

Really? I would expect you to keep the other hack, it seems more important to users that really need it.

[Boofo]

It's really not as important to me as the flexibility of an editor, to tell you the truth. The option of being able to edit something on the fly instead of having to reupload it is much more important to me. And I have always gone by the philosophy that if I install a hack that causes problems with another one, that hack has got to go. I think the files in the db are more secure than having them on your server, anyway, aren't they? I'm sticking with what works.

Originally posted by FireFly
Really? I would expect you to keep the other hack, it seems more important to users that really need it.

[Mone']

Originally posted by Boofo
............I think the files in the db are more secure than having them on your server, anyway, aren't they? .........

Boofo the attachment on the server are very secure if you can place the directory above your www

there is no way that anyone could get them from they're browser

I think having the attachment as file is great especially down the track when you want to back up the db and you have 1000's of attachment
immagine the file size of that !

anyhow go with what you like ;D

Just my 2 cents

Mone'

[Boofo]

You could be right about the security. I'm too new at all of this to know for sure.

As far as down the road on backing up goes, I don't have that much yet and I'm sure when it gets to the point that I would ever need it, someone will come up with a hack to extract attachments form the db for backing up purposes and then make it so they can re-insert them once the db is re-installed (unless they already have something like that and I missed it).

The editor is something I will use more now. And also, this is the very first hack I have ever installed that caused another one to stop working completely. Can't be havin' that now, can we?

Originally posted by Mone'



Boofo the attachment on the server are very secure if you can place the directory above your www

there is no way that anyone could get them from they're browser

I think having the attachment as file is great especially down the track when you want to back up the db and you have 1000's of attachment
immagine the file size of that !

anyhow go with what you like ;D

Just my 2 cents

Mone'

[Tarion]

hghjg

[Boofo]

Chen,

Instead of having to clean the cache when we make an update to the file, is there any way to be able to look into the cache directory for that file and erase it first before we download (view) the updated one? Wouldn't that handle the cache problem?

[Admin]

You can't look into the browser's computer with PHP.