Users Only Allowed to Send PMs to Staff (staff excluded)

Requested here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59131

What does this hack do?

It restricts the user's usage of private messages, so that they can only send/receive private messages from administrators, supermoderators or moderators.

You are also able to turn this on or off at will, in the settings area of the admincp.

Instructions

Run the following query:[sql]INSERT INTO `setting` ( `settingid` , `settinggroupid` , `title` , `varname` , `value` , `description` , `optioncode` , `displayorder` ) VALUES ('', '19', 'Only allow staff to send PMs/users to send PMs to staff?', 'staffsendspms', '0', 'Do you want to only allow staff (moderators, supermoderators and administrators) to be allowed to send PMs, and only allow users to send PMs to staff?', 'yesno', '25');[/sql]

Open private.php and find

PHP Code:

  $signature=iif($signature=="yes",1,0); 


Above, add

PHP Code:

    // [Gary W] only allow staff to send / only allow users to send to staff
    if ($staffsendspms and ($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7) and ($touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7))
    {
        eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_canonlypmstaff")."\");");
        exit;
    } 


Create a new template named error_canonlypmstaff with the following content

You can only send PMs to a member of the forum staff (administrator, supermoderator or moderator!)

Enjoy!

[firas]

?????

Up

[Gary King]

Nope, none are available right now. And I don't have the time to make it yet.

[firas]

Thanks Gary for your reply and please consider this if you have any time in the future. this is very imoprtant for me.

[firas]

hi again. i just wanna ask if you by any chance had time to make one vor v3?

[Meje]

Is there anything like this for 3.6.8?