Who's in chat on forumhome.. (No eggdrop)

I don't know if any of you will find this useful but its something that I've wanted for a while. For me, the problem with all of the other "who's in chat" hacks is that most of them require something crazy to work (I have no idea what an eggdrop is). Anyway, this one is php/mysql based and should be easy to install.

Description: This will add a new section to your "What's going on?" block which will display a list of users who are currently chatting or viewing the included chat.php page (see screenshot). The list of current chatters is updated every 60 seconds by an auto-refreshing (hidden) iframe in the chat page.

This hack should work with any embedded (web based) IRC chat.

Installation overview:
*Files to edit: (1) -index.php
*Files to upload: (2) -chat.php & icon_chat.gif
*Templates to edit: (1) -FORUMHOME
*Templates to add: (3) -chat_main, chat_chatters, & chat_chatbit
*Queries to run: (1) Adds the chatters table.

After that you simply add the html code to embed your chat applet in the chat_chatbit template. You can then view your chatroom by going to yoursite.com/forums/chat.php.

Note: The list of chatters is updated every 60 seconds, so usernames will still be listed in the "who's in chat" box for up to a minute after they leave the chat page.

Credits: The idea for refreshing the iframe to update the chattime came from John's "extend session" feature in his V3Arcade hack. So thanks John.

[moonclamp]

My apologies ... it did work I was just being my usual impatient self

Many thanks for that

[EvilLS1]

n/p. Glad it worked for ya.

[94DROPTOPZ]

Will this work with PHP Mychat??

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by 94DROPTOPZ

Will this work with PHP Mychat??

I don't see why not. As long as your phpmychat is included in the chat.php from the hack it should work.

[94DROPTOPZ]

Originally Posted by EvilLS1

I don't see why not. As long as your phpmychat is included in the chat.php from the hack it should work.

Uh thank you very much! I'm not the "sharpest" knife in the drawer but I might try this one out...

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by 94DROPTOPZ

Uh thank you very much! I'm not the "sharpest" knife in the drawer but I might try this one out...

Shouldn't be too difficult. Check the file called phpmychat.php in your main chat directory where you have phpmychat installed. It shows how to include phpmychat in another page.

[RetroDreams]

I just upgraded my forums to vb3 from 2.2.8. Can anyone tell me the new code to make the chat.php only for certain usergroups?

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

I just upgraded my forums to vb3 from 2.2.8. Can anyone tell me the new code to make the chat.php only for certain usergroups?

In chat.php find this:

if (!$bbuserinfo['userid'])
{
	print_no_permission();
}

Replace it with this:

if(!in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(X,X,X)))
{
	print_no_permission();
}

In the code above where it says array(X,X,X) replace those Xs with the usergroup IDs for those that you want to allow access to chat. Members of all other usergroups will recieve a no permission message when viewing the page.

[RetroDreams]

Thanks for bringing me up to speed!

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

Thanks for bringing me up to speed!

You're welcome.