Version Check URL

[RobDog888]

When creating products there is the node "versioncheckurl". Is this only for products and hacks published on vb.org?

If not how can one implement it from their own server?

Thanks

[Marco van Herwaarden]

When you create a product you can set any URL you like.

[RobDog888]

Yea but how does it check the version? What is needed on the server side?

[Floris]

You can release the product on vBulletin.org, and use it's URL to do the version check.
The version check is done via the admincp > products > dropdown: version check.

You can also host your own version check php file, this is what I use on my server for a particular product (and also makes it vbulletin_audit complaint.

PHP Code:

<?php #config product_version.php (don't include in your vborg .zip release)
$product_version_latest = "1.0"; // change this if you publish a new release on vBulletin.org
#clean = used by wtn_vbulletin_audit.php product made by Floris
#else = what you normaly should get
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == "clean") {
    $product_version = $product_version_latest;
} else {
    $product_version = "<version productid=\"wtn_report_user\">$product_version_latest </version>";
}
echo $product_version;
?>

[RobDog888]

Thanks for the replies guys but in the code posted I am supossed to have a product_version.php file on my server?

What parts are needing to be changed to work for any particular product? What are all the file requirements?

Is the code posted for the "product_version.php" file?

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Darn it may help if instead of searching vb.org I check the help file haha

For the version check to function properly, data returned from the specified URL should be in the format of:
<version productid="x">1.2.3</version>x should be replaced with the ID of the product that the version applies to. 1.2.3 should be replaced with the latest version of the product.

Note: A POST request will be made to the server. Some configurations deny this for static files so you may need to use PHP to serve the data

Your code example makes more sense to me now

Edit: So what does "clean' mean and I assume its specific to your product so I wouldnt use it?

Thanks

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Would I be able to have one product_version.php file for all my products?

PHP Code:

<?php 
$product_version = "<version productid=\"myproduct1\">1.1.0</version>";
$product_version .= "<version productid=\"myproduct2\">1.0.0</version>";
$product_version .= "<version productid=\"myproduct3\">2.0.0</version>";
echo $product_version;
?>

Edit: Tested, looks like it works.