HELP - Error with usergroup.php (related to shoutbox hack)

[crankinstein]

I installed the shoutbox and everything seemed to be working fine.... Then this morning I went to create a new usergroup and I got this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/hardmcom/public_html/forums/admincp/usergroup.php on line 1399

On what I believe to be line 1399 (I don't have a proper editor and use notepad, so I pasted it in word and figured out which was line 1399) this is what I see:

16=> $vbphrase['reputation'],

Which goes with this part of the code:

$promotionarray = array(

17=> $vbphrase['posts'],

18=> $vbphrase['join_date'],

16=> $vbphrase['reputation'],

0 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy1'],

1 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy2'],

2 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy3'],

3 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy4'],

4 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy5'],

5 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy6'],

6 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy7'],

7 => $vbphrase['promotion_strategy8'],

);

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I removed this piece of code:
print_table_header($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_title']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canview'], 'usergroup[shoutview]', $ug_bitfield['shoutview']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canshout'], 'usergroup[shoutpost]', $ug_bitfield['shoutpost']); print_input_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_maxdaily'], 'usergroup[shoutmaxdaily]', $usergroup[shoutmaxdaily]); if ($usergroupid != 1) { // Allow guests to shout but do nothing else... print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canedit'], 'usergroup[shoutedit]', $ug_bitfield['shoutedit']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_candelete'], 'usergroup[shoutdelete]', $ug_bitfield['shoutdelete']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canhdelete'], 'usergroup[shouthdelete]', $ug_bitfield['shouthdelete']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_caneditothers'], 'usergroup[shouteditothers]', $ug_bitfield['shouteditothers']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_candeleteothers'], 'usergroup[shoutdeleteothers]', $ug_bitfield['shoutdeleteothers']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canhdeleteothers'], 'usergroup[shouthdeleteothers]', $ug_bitfield['shouthdeleteothers']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_canip'], 'usergroup[shoutip]', $ug_bitfield['shoutip']); print_yes_no_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_coventry'], 'usergroup[shoutcoventry]', $ug_bitfield['shoutcoventry']); if ($vboptions['shoutbox_enablehierarchy'] == 1) { print_input_row($vbphrase['shoutbox_cpusergroup_hierarchy'], 'usergroup[shouthierarchy]', $usergroup['shouthierarchy']); } } print_table_break(); print_column_style_code(array('width: 70%', 'width: 30%'));

Then I was able to use my usergroup manager without an error, but obviously the shoutbox stopped working..... So I put it back.... Now I am back to the point where I get an error when I click on usergroup manager.... AND I can't see the shoutbox because it says my usergroup doesn't have permission to view it.....

Can anyone help me???

[Marco van Herwaarden]

First you should post in teh support thread for the hack you have a problem with, the fastest way to get support from people who wrote or use a hack.

I think your problems come because of the fact you edited with notepad. Notepad is not a suitable editor for editing your forum files.Best would be to get a decent editor before trying to modify your files.