[release v2] my stars hack (adm/smod/mod/user)

ok, this is the hack i use.
it makes difference on per user/mod/super mod/admin basis.
You can customize it as you like.

If the user has below than X msgs, he get an empty star.
If the user reach X msgs, he will get a special star which means he reach the max )

You'll need six images,so.
[star.*.gif]
star.no.gif // the empty one
star.user.gif
star.mod.gif
star.supermod.gif
star.admin.gif
star.max.gif //the special one

<?php
  // very basic stars hack by freddie
  $sh = 12; //height of the stars
  $sw = 11; //width of the stars
  $starposts = 20; // Number of posts to give a new star
  $maxstars = 10; // Maximum stars per line
  $maxtotalstars = 20; // Maximum stars to give
  $maxmsgs = $starposts*$maxtotalstars;
  
  unset($stars);

   // Everyone else
  if ($post[usergroupid]==6)
    //admins
       $starsgif = '<img src="images/star.admin.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
  elseif ($post[usergroupid]==5)
    //supermods
       $starsgif = '<img src="images/star.supermod.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
  elseif ($post[usergroupid]==7)
    //mods
       $starsgif = '<img src="images/star.mod.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
  else
    //normalusers
       $starsgif = '<img src="images/star.user.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';

  $starsmaxgif = '<img src="images/star.max.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This user has more than '.$maxmsgs.')">';

  $numstars = intval($post[posts] / $starposts);
  $starcount = 0;
  for ($x=0; $numstars>0 && $x<$numstars ;$x++) {
      if ($x == $maxtotalstars-1) {
       $stars .= $starsmaxgif;
       break;
      }
     $stars .= $starsgif;
     $starcount++;
     if ($starcount == $maxstars) {
       $stars .='<br>';
       $starcount = 0;
     }
  }

  if (!$stars) {
    $stars = '<img src="images/star.no.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This user has just arrived.">';
  }

?>

to use it, include the code where you want, in the postbit template.

finally, here are my stars.

hope this is useful

it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

Originally posted by marl
it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

i have over 500 posts myself and i get a blank... i am also an admin... several of my other users are in the hundreds and still no stars either... how many posts are needed??? i thought it was only like 20...

you can customize these values:

$sh = 12; //height of the stars
$sw = 11; //width of the stars
$starposts = 20; // Number of posts to give a new star
$maxstars = 10; // Maximum stars per line
$maxtotalstars = 20; // Maximum stars to give
$maxmsgs = $starposts*$maxtotalstars;

i've messed w/them some and i still only get one blank star... as if the "if - ifelse - else" statment is not working right...

either that or the "for" loop maybe?

the right place to fit is:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {
  //stars hack
  include('stars.php');