Basics of a Hack??

[pgowder]

Can someone explain the structure of a hack.

I have a php file that calls some functions and queries in a different db. I want to be able to display this on my main forum page.

What are the needed statements in the other php?

How do you intergrate it into templates?

Thanks

[pgowder]

Can anyone help???

Thanks!

[Shpookdefied]

Well, in all technicality, a hack for vB is just a modification of code from the default, I guess you could say.

You should specify on what your asking, because your questions seem a bit vague.

[pgowder]

Ok, here's what I'm trying to do.

I use osCommerce as my shopping cart.

I have a php script that pulls a random picture of a product and displays it with a link to "Buy Now".

I use this on the front page of my site. But I would also like to include this on the main page of vBulletin.

How do I include a PHP file?

[pgowder]

Did that make sense?

Can you help?

[pgowder]

Anyone?

[pgowder]

Anyone??? Please help!

[Logician]

adding

PHP Code:

 include 'http://www.rul.com/yourscript.php'; 


to phpinclude template might help..

[pgowder]

Thanks!

That does print out my php file. But it just includes at the top. How can I specify the include file and have it placed in a certain template?

[pgowder]

I tried this:

PHP Code:

//ob_start();
//require("/home/virtual/powwows.com/var/www/html/ssi/shop.php");
//$file4 = ob_get_contents();
//ob_end_clean(); 


But I get this error:

Database error in vBulletin 2.2.8:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM usergroup WHERE usergroupid=6
mysql error:

mysql error number:

Date: Tuesday 18th of February 2003 08:35:55 AM
Script: http://www.powwows.com/gathering/gathering/index.php?
Referer: http://www.powwows.com/gathering/adm...hp?action=head