Your Users Post As Random Users

Hi, this is my first time posting a "hack", so please tell me if I've done something horribly wrong.

This is a hack I made mainly for as an April fools joke for my board. You select certain users, and whenever anyone posts, the post is listed as if it was posted by one of those users, chosen at random. On my boards, we chose the users Somebody, Nobody and Anybody.

The code goes in the PHP_INCLUDE_START template. Selecting which users you want it to pick from is easy, you just add and remove array entries. For example, if I wanted it to pick from the users "Joe" and "Bob", who have userids 3 and 4, I would enter ...

PHP Code:

        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => 3,
            'username' => "Joe");

        $randomuserchoice[2] = array(
            'userid' => 4,
            'username' => "Bob"); 


... where the users are chosen. The full code, with the above example users used, is as follows:

PHP Code:

// vvvvvvvvvvvvv The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack vvvvvvvvvvvvv

    if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply')))
    {
        $bodies = array();

        // Chose Users To Select From
         // The userid will determine who the post appears to be from in the thread,
         // The username will determine who the post appears to be from when you're looking at a list a threads (search, browsing forums, forumhome)
        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => 3,
            'username' => "Joe");

        $randomuserchoice[2] = array(
            'userid' => 4,
            'username' => "Bob");

        $randomuser = rand(1,count($randomuserchoice));
        $bbuserinfo['userid'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['userid'];
        $bbuserinfo['username'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['username'];
    }
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


If you want to add conditions to when this will apply, such as only applying it to certain users, or only in a given forum, you'd (obviously) just create an if statement and wrap it around all of the code.

You don't need to use real userids and usernames. When I wanted things to be really crazy, I used ...

PHP Code:

        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => rand(1, 208),
            'username' => "Someone"); 


... 208 being the number of users my board had at the time, so each post would be given to a random user, but would appear as "Someone" while browsing threads.

My members got a kick out of this, I hope you and yours do to.

-The Computer Mutt

[GamerzWorld]

// vvvvvvvvvvvvv The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack vvvvvvvvvvvvv

if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply')))
{

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1 || $bbuserinfo['userid'] != 2){ //Put the exempt IDs in here
$bodies = array(171);

$randomuserchoice[1] = array(
'userid' => 1272,
'username' => "Dawolf");

$randomuserchoice[2] = array(
'userid' => 1273,
'username' => "Wayne");

$randomuserchoice[3] = array(
'userid' => 783,
'username' => "Joyfull");

$randomuserchoice[4] = array(
'userid' => 794,
'username' => "Cbc");

$randomuserchoice[5] = array(
'userid' => 797,
'username' => "OpelisGay");

$randomuser = rand(1,count($randomuserchoice));
$bbuserinfo['userid'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['userid'];
$bbuserinfo['username'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['username'];
}
}
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[fly]

I am at a loss for why it doesn't work then. I have turned it off on my board, so I can't test anything.

If you just take out one of the IDs, does it work? The $bbuserinfo stuff HAS to be cached by the time it gets to the php_include (I think, LOL).

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1){ //Put the exempt IDs in here 


And I suck at coding, what does the $bodies = array(171); do?

[TCM]

Originally Posted by flypaper

For quick reply to work, make the IF statement say:

PHP Code:

if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply'))) 


Why does it have to check the button at all though?

I'm not certain, I think it's required to make sure the user can't access anything else of the randomly selected user's. I'll update with the quick-reply change.

@ Flypaper: Isn't you code saying if the user isn't user one OR isn't user two, so it would allow it for all users?

PHP Code:

if (($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1) AND ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 2)){ 


This is how I would do it. I'm steal fairly new at this, but I think it's correct.

[fly]

Since we're checking to see if its not equal to, either AND or OR would work. I think... LOL

Do I fail at basic logic?

[TCM]

Originally Posted by flypaper

Since we're checking to see if its not equal to, either AND or OR would work. I think... LOL

Do I fail at basic logic?

I'm user 1.

Am I not user one? No.
Am I not user two? Yes.

If there are any yeses, it will be executed. So it will run for every member.

Yes, you fail at basic logic.

[fly]

Well that explains why it didn't work. LOL

[rnmcd]

Has there been anything similar to this mod that works with 3.6.8?

[fly]

Originally Posted by rnmcd

Has there been anything similar to this mod that works with 3.6.8?

Should be pretty simple to do, I'd think...

[rnmcd]

Originally Posted by flypaper

Should be pretty simple to do, I'd think...

How could it be pretty simple when you couldn't even get it to work in the original version?

[fly]

Originally Posted by rnmcd

How could it be pretty simple when you couldn't even get it to work in the original version?

ZING!

I've learned a little since then (or maybe anyway). I had the code at work, but didnt have a chance to test it before I left.