User-Selectable Optional Language Replacement Censor

User-Selectable Optional Language Replacement Censor by 006

What this hack does:

This will give your users the option whether or not they want to have certain words censored or not. Also instead of the standard *** for censored words, this lets you substitute different words that will be used to replace words.

For example, if the user has language filter turned on, and the word "dog" is censored, and you have chosen to have the word "cat" be used as a replacement, then this user will see the word "cat" in every post where the word "dog" is used. If the user does not choose to enable censoring, they will see the word "dog."

(No use censoring that word lol, it's just for the example)

Benefits of this hack:

People will no longer try to cheat to get their words in by typing "[b][/b]" in the middle of certain censored words to fool the word filter. If they want to see all words, they choose to not use the censor and are happy. If they are offended by certain words, they can use the censor and be happy. Everybody wins. irate:

User-Selectable Optional Language Replacement Censor

by 006

INSTALLATION TIME:

About 20 - 30 minutes. (6 steps, 4 file edits, 3 template edits, and 1 query)

It has been tested and works fine in 2.2.9

Any questions? Feel free to ask in this thread.

If you use this hack, please click "INSTALL." Thanks



Updated install file to .php so it doesn't parse replacements.

[Chris M]

Well surely you would just have:

// User-Selectable Optional Language Replacement Censor by 006
if ($bbuserinfo[usecensor]!=0 or $bbuserinfo[userid]==0) {
$bbcode=eregi_replace("wordtocensor","replacewith", $bbcode); 
$bbcode=eregi_replace("wordtocensor","replacewith", $bbcode);
}
// User-Selectable Optional Language Replacement Censor by 006

I have a few suggestions for the next version if I may?

• List of censored words
• User can add their own words

OR

• List of censored words
• User can suggest words to be censored

Satan

[007]

Fixed. I also noticed that vb.org was parsing the replacement values, so I changed the install file to .php.

To answer your question before. The else isn't really necessary... (edited. I took it out. My bad!)

[Chris M]

Ok, but IMO having an }else{ statement for nothing seems wasted

Luckily, in the .txt file I downloaded, the replacements were OK, it was just because I copied them from the .txt file into my post

Satan

[007]

I took it out now. I originally had something in there but decided it wasn't needed. I see what you meant. lol

*Wonders what he was thinking*

[007]

Today at 02:17 PM hellsatan said this in Post #11
I have a few suggestions for the next version if I may?...

As much as I hate to hardcode variables it was my only choice because I don't know any other way to do it. If you want to do that feel free and PM me and I will update the install file.

You'd get credit of course.

[Chris M]

Not to be a pest, but you made another typo

in registeradult:

<normalfont><b>se language filter?</b></normalfont>

=

<normalfont><b>Use language filter?</b></normalfont>

Satan

[Chris M]

Today at 08:28 PM 006 said this in Post #15
As much as I hate to hardcode variables it was my only choice because I don't know any other way to do it. If you want to do that feel free and PM me and I will update the install file.

You'd get credit of course.

Ok sure I'll have a tamper around and see what I can come up with

Satan

[007]

Fixed the typo.. lol

You're killing me man.. j/k lol

Thanks!

[Chris M]

It works very well

Maybe thread titles could do with it as well

And i'm working on the list thing

Satan

[007]

Today at 02:49 PM hellsatan said this in Post #19
Maybe thread titles could do with it as well
Satan

I see what you mean.. Which file are thread titles censored? I' sure there is a way to make this also work with the standard censoring feature to, but for now you just have to turn it off...

I will look into that. Good idea.