Number of online users in header / footer!

I already posted this hack here, but not fully:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=32610

Anyway, you can use this hack to show the number of online:

• guests
• members
• all users (guests + members)

in either your header or footer templates.

Very easy to install, only to edit one file - global.php (in the forums folder, not admin nor mod folders!).
Instructions attached to this post.

For a demo... look at the header of this.

Have fun!

[Lucky]

So did you get it going.

Still no over here.

[TECK]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lucky
Firefly,
If I may, I would ask what you did on this board here so that the online #'s show up. The link works, but the variable to show the amount of users is not....

[James Cridland]

As an addition to this hack...

If you add this into the php_include code

PHP Code:

$headertotal=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid)) AS count FROM user WHERE lastactivity > " . mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d"),date("Y")) . " ORDER BY username");
$headertotal=$headertotal[count]; 


...you now have a total for how many users you've had so far today.

Use it in your header template like:

$headeronline users online now
$headertotal so far today

Idea from https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=34014 which is rather OTT for what I wanted.

[Lucky]

Still don't work.

I add the php include and then add the headeronline to the p_themeheader and it still doesn't work.

I am at a standstill with this and this is just about my favorite hack. Any help would be great.
Thanks.

[Admin]

Where is the p_themeheader template eval()ed? It must be called after the phpinclude template so it can use the info from there.

[Lucky]

Thanks for taking the time buddy,

I have attached what both of my templates (p_themeheader, php include) look like.

I am not sure where it is eval()ed.

I believe it would be called upon by my root/index.php (not forums/index.php or forums/admin/index.php either)

I would really love to include this to my site.

If you need anything else, just let me know.

Thanks.

[Admin]

And is the code in the phpinclude you showed me before or after my code for this hack? Also what's with vbp_includes.php?

[KuraFire]

I just like to say that if you use a script like PluhNews, that works a bit like vBPortal but is far less complex and more easy to use, you can simply add $headeronline on such pages as well, without any additional hacking.

www.kurafire.com - look below the second line of buttons. :up:

[Lucky]

I added your phpinclude stuff before instead of after this:
--------------------------------------------------------
if (!isset($mainfile)){
include("../vbp_includes.php");
}
--------------------------------------------------------
then I added $headeronlineusers in my p_themeheader.

Now it works in my forum perfectly. Thanks.

Now I just need it to work on my non vb index.php page.
Any ideas?

[Destee]

another nice one FireFly ... thanks