Modifying reportpost_newthread phrase to show moderator User IDs

[tambo]

Hi there,

Is it possible to change the "reportpost_newthread" phrase in a way that will show the assigned moderator's User IDs?

Currently, the phrase is:

[url=$reportinfo[reporterlink]]$reportinfo[rusername][/url] has reported a post.

Reason:[quote]$reportinfo[reason][/quote]
Post: [url=$reportinfo[postlink]]$reportinfo[prefix_plain]$reportinfo[threadtitle][/url]
Forum: $reportinfo[forumtitle]
Assigned Moderators: $reportinfo[modlist]

Posted by: [url=$reportinfo[posterlink]]$reportinfo[pusername][/url]
Original Content: [quote]$reportinfo[pagetext][/quote]

Can the Assigned Moderators: $reportinfo[modlist] part be modified to either link to the specific moderators profile, or simply display their User ID?

So the reported post would read:

Assigned Moderators: Mod1 (1234), Mod2 (5678), Mod3 (9101)

or

Assigned Moderators: Mod1, Mod2, Mod3

Any ideas?

[kh99]

There's no way to simply edit the phrase, you'd need a plugin. If you look at file includes/class_reportitem.php around line 194 you can see how the list is built, and at the same time an array called $mods is built with all the moderator info. So you could write a plugin using hook location report_do_report (which is called just after the array is built) which rebuilds $reportinfo['modlist'] using the info in the $mods array to include the moderator id.

The code could be something like:

if (!empty($mods))
{
    $reportinfo['modlist'] = '';
    foreach ($mods AS $moderator)
    {
        $reportinfo['modlist'] .= (!empty($reportinfo['modlist']) ? ', ' : '') . unhtmlspecialchars($moderator['username']) . ' (' . $moderator['userid'] . ')';
    }
}

[tambo]

Thank you for your response. It's much appreciated, as is the clarity.

I suspected that it wouldn't be as easy as I'd hoped and that it would require some sort of 'under the hood' tweaking.

That's fine. Honestly, it's probably a little beyond my current technical skill and understanding, but it does give me a discrete project on which to build and improve those skills, along with some guidance of how the end product might work.

That's valuable information for any learner, so thanks again.

[kh99]

Well, you could just try to add a new plugin using hook location report_do_report and the code from above. I haven't actually tried it but with a little luck it should work.

If you're not familiar with creating a plugin, you can search for "Adding or Editing a Plugin" in the vbulletin manual: https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/ (it's really not very difficult).

[tambo]

It works!

Excellent. Now I just need to understand what the hell I (you) just did. Haha!

My PHP skills really are abysmal, but you've got to start somewhere.

Many, many thanks. :up: