BB Code Enhancements - Validate matching quote BBCode tags.

Quotes Validation

I created this modification to help alleviate the need to edit posts that have invalid/mismatched QUOTE tags. For a busy forum, correcting bad QUOTE tags can become a big problem for your moderators.

Messages (new or edited) rejected by this mod will return the member to the post submission form with the phrase: "One or more of [quote] tags are missing or mismatched. All posts are required to have proper matching quotes."

I have been running it on my board for a month or so without problems. It may run on versions older then 3.8, but I have not tested that.

I have created a number of mods for my board, this is the first one I have released!

--RayJ

NOTE: Plugin works on vBulletin version 4

Description
Check new and edited posts for valid/matching open and close [quote] BBCode tags.
*Should* work with any number of nested or included quote tags.

Details
1 Product XML with 3 Plugins, 2 Phrases, 5 Settings, and 0 Queries
1 File/Class
No template modifications.

Files
class_verifyquotes.php
install.txt
license.txt
license-vqbc_rayj2009.txt
v1.3 = product-vqbc_rayj2009_1-3.xml
v1.2 = product-vqbc_rayj2009_1-2.xml
v1.1 = product-vqbc_rayj2009_1-1.xml
v1.0 = product-vqbc_rayj2009.xml

Upgrading
v1.0-v1.1 :
Upload class_verifyquotes.php file to the /includes/ directory
import product-vqbc_rayj2009_v1-1.xml (Allow Overwrite)
v1.(0/1)-v1.2 :
Upload class_verifyquotes.php file to the /includes/ directory
import product-vqbc_rayj2009_v1-2.xml (Allow Overwrite)
v1.(0/1/2)-v1.3 :
Upload class_verifyquotes.php file to the /includes/ directory
import product-vqbc_rayj2009_v1-3.xml (Allow Overwrite)

History
1.0

Initial Version

1.1
Added plugin: newpost_preview
Added setting: Auto Preview Mode.

If active, the system will automatically put you in preview mode, and display the error message in the post area, when QUOTE mismatches are found.

Added phrase: To display CSS around "in post" error message.
Bug Fix: versions v1.0 and v1.1 (Note: fix already applied to all versions)

Memory leak causes download dialog for all browsers (for large posts). Download quotes_validation_bugfix.zip (contains: class_verifyquotes.php) and upload it. Fixes all previously installed versions.

1.2
Added Option: Style (CSS) for error message
Added Option: Bad Quotes Error Message

This will let you edit the Error Message and CSS that controls the output without having to edit the phrase directly. I left the original phrase code in place so that it will not get wiped out when you upgrade. You will have to search for the phrase (vqbc_bad_quotes_error) and copy it to the new setting.

Changed the phrase that displays the "in post" error message to work with the new options.
1.3
Bug Fix: Removed recursion and complex regular expressions. These were causing issues with large posts.
Added Option: Ignored Tags (allows you to add tags to be ignored during validation, note: noparse is always ignored)

Notes
PHP 5.0+ required.

If you are still using PHP 4 (you should upgrade). Or you can edit the class_verifyquotes.php file and remove all public and private keywords (before each function). Then edit the product-vqbc_rayj2009_v1-1.xml file and remove the PHP 5.0 dependency line.

[Black Tiger]

Great mod, going to install this one, thank you!

[Mark.B]

Works great...

I do find on Quick reply it just takes you to a preview of the post if there's a mismatch, I think it could do with an error message here like on the full reply so people know what's wrong.

[raywjohnson]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

Works great...

I do find on Quick reply it just takes you to a preview of the post if there's a mismatch, I think it could do with an error message here like on the full reply so people know what's wrong.

I tried to do this. But after several attempts, I could not get an acceptable system in place. The Quick reply is AJAX based and I need to take the time to learn how it works in vB. I may try to get the done at some point.

--RayJ

[TCB]

sounds handy. Thanks

[lm3a.net]

good mod

thanks,

[raywjohnson]

Greetings All!

You are most welcome!

A number of users on my forum requested that this modification automatically put you in the Preview mode when it finds mismatched quotes. After a bit of effort, I found a way to make it work.

I decided that some might like the original functionality, so I made this change an option in the AdminCP.

Enjoy!

--RayJ

[Wseries]

I had this installed on vBulletin 3.8 and it was great. Does anyone know if it will work with vBulletin 4?

[raywjohnson]

It may. I am not sure. I will do some testing and let you know. If it does not work, I will update it so that it will.

--RayJ

[raywjohnson]

Alrighty then!

I installed it on vB v4.0.8 and it worked as expected.



--RayJ

[BirdOPrey5]

Looks cool... has the bug-fix been put into version 1.1 yet or we still need to download both?

Thanks :up: