How do I extract all posts from a thread

[chrisjacob]

Need to extract all the posts allocated to a thread and store this information in an array.

I can use the following to fetch thread info for 1 thread:

PHP Code:


$threadinfo = fetch_threadinfo($threadid); 


$threadinfo stores an array with the following details (and more):
threadid : 29
title : Extract this thread
firstpostid : 39
lastpostid : 43
lastpost : 1211157483 -- I don't know what this number is for?
forumid : 3
...

And I can use the following to fetch post info for 1 post:

PHP Code:

$postinfo = fetch_postinfo($postid); 


$postinfo stores an array with the following details (and more):
postid : 41
threadid : 29
parentid : 40
username : test
userid : 2
title : 3rd post from Test User
dateline : 1211155226
pagetext : This is a 3rd post
...

Q1. The trouble I'm having is fetching ALL posts that belong to a thread.

Q2. Can I do this using vB Data Managers (is there an existing DM for this?) or do I need to query the database via the vBulletin DB Class (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ht=fetch_field
)

Q3 - Heres my proposed solution. Please pick it to bits - security, speed, stupidity, etc..
Currently I'm thing of using Data Managers and looping through posts as follows:
1) fetch the thread_info 1st and find out it's LAST post ID and FIRST Post ID
2) fetch the post_info for the LAST post and save it's details to an array ($allposts)
3) use the LAST post's "parentid" to find the next post to look for.
4) repeat this process until the Post's "postid" == the Thread's "firstpostid"

--------------- Added [DATE]1211242198[/DATE] at [TIME]1211242198[/TIME] ---------------

This seems to work well:

PHP Code:

        chdir('/var/www/vhosts/example.net.au/subdomains/abc/httpdocs/forum');
        require_once('./global.php');

        $tThreadId = 29;
        
        echo "<h2>Thread Posts for Thread ID: $tThreadId</h2>";
        $result_set = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE threadid = $tThreadId");  
        while ($result = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($result_set))
        {
            echo "<h3>Post ID: ".$result['postid']."</h3>";
            reset($result);
            while (list($key, $value) = each ($result))
            {
                echo "$key : $value <br />";
            }
        }
        $vbulletin->db->free_result($result_set);