If you want to (automatically) send a PM to a user, you can use the Class vB_Datamanager_PM.
This class makes sure that all values are correct, handles quota for the recipients, notification eMails, etc.
Example
PHP Code:
// create the DM to do error checking and insert the new PM
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', 1234);
$pmdm->set('fromusername', 'Welcome-Bot');
$pmdm->set('title', 'Welcom to our Forums');
$pmdm->set('message', "Hello\nI am a Bot and would like to give you a warm welcome :)");
$pmdm->set_recipients('newuser', $botpermissions);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
If anything goes wrong you can check for errors using
PHP Code:
$pmdm->errors
This is an erray containing the errors.
If everything is OK
PHP Code:
$pmdm->save();
This will send a PM to user newuser telling him
Quote:
Hello.
I am a Bot and would like to give you a warm welcome
The message will appear to be coming from User Welcom-Bot (Userid 1234).
$botpermissions must be the permissions for the sending user, but can just be empty.
If you want to send PMs no matter if the PM box of the recipient is full or not:
PHP Code:
$botpermissions['adminpermissions'] = 2;
If you want, you can set other options as well ($pmdm->set_info(...)):
forward = 1/0 if this is a forwarded PM, Default=0
savecopy = 1/0 to keep a copy if the PM in outbox, Default=0
receipt = 1/0 to request a read-receipt, Default=0
parentpmid = ID of the PM you are responding to (if applicable)
Furthermore you can specify ($pmdm->set(...)):
iconid = ID of the message icon the PM should carry, Default=0
showsignature = 0/1 Whether the signature should be shown or not, Default=0
showsmilie = 0/1 Wheter smilies should be parsed or not, Default=1
For multiple receipients just use user1;user2;useer3.
This How-To is (C) 2005 by KirbyDE and you are not allowed to redistribute it in any way without my explicit consent.
Wow! Lots of good stuff here. I'm so excited about this new release. Thank you so much for the tutorial, as it really does teach you something useful. Thanks!
Is there anyway we can get this info for the other classes?
If I have time tommorrow I will post up one for the new reply class. Since I had a good deal of time working with it today. I now have my talkerbot hack fully using the new reply datamanager.
// Who are we sending this PM to?
if (isset($user[0]['userid'])) {
// Sending to multiple.
foreach ($user as $omguser) {
$toarray[] = $omguser['username'];
}
$to = implode(";", $toarray);
} else {
// Sending to one.
$to = $user['username'];
}
// create the DM to do error checking and insert the new PM
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', $from['userid']);
$pmdm->set('fromusername', $from['username']);
$pmdm->set('title', $title);
$pmdm->set('message', $text);
$pmdm->set_recipients($to, $from['permissions']);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
// If no errors, save.
if ($pmdm->errors) {
return $pmdm->errors;
}
$pmdm->save();
}
I have since went back to using my old function which got the job done. I'll probably try fixing the version of the function that uses the data manager, but for now...
06-09-2005, 10:00 PM
06-13-2005, 06:17 AM
