Your Users Post As Random Users

Hi, this is my first time posting a "hack", so please tell me if I've done something horribly wrong.

This is a hack I made mainly for as an April fools joke for my board. You select certain users, and whenever anyone posts, the post is listed as if it was posted by one of those users, chosen at random. On my boards, we chose the users Somebody, Nobody and Anybody.

The code goes in the PHP_INCLUDE_START template. Selecting which users you want it to pick from is easy, you just add and remove array entries. For example, if I wanted it to pick from the users "Joe" and "Bob", who have userids 3 and 4, I would enter ...

PHP Code:

        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => 3,
            'username' => "Joe");

        $randomuserchoice[2] = array(
            'userid' => 4,
            'username' => "Bob"); 


... where the users are chosen. The full code, with the above example users used, is as follows:

PHP Code:

// vvvvvvvvvvvvv The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack vvvvvvvvvvvvv

    if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply')))
    {
        $bodies = array();

        // Chose Users To Select From
         // The userid will determine who the post appears to be from in the thread,
         // The username will determine who the post appears to be from when you're looking at a list a threads (search, browsing forums, forumhome)
        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => 3,
            'username' => "Joe");

        $randomuserchoice[2] = array(
            'userid' => 4,
            'username' => "Bob");

        $randomuser = rand(1,count($randomuserchoice));
        $bbuserinfo['userid'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['userid'];
        $bbuserinfo['username'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['username'];
    }
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


If you want to add conditions to when this will apply, such as only applying it to certain users, or only in a given forum, you'd (obviously) just create an if statement and wrap it around all of the code.

You don't need to use real userids and usernames. When I wanted things to be really crazy, I used ...

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        $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
            'userid' => rand(1, 208),
            'username' => "Someone"); 


... 208 being the number of users my board had at the time, so each post would be given to a random user, but would appear as "Someone" while browsing threads.

My members got a kick out of this, I hope you and yours do to.

-The Computer Mutt

[fly]

Originally Posted by nexialys

so this is a completely useless hack...

reason: your users register with a username... this hack make permanent change so ALL the posts made on the forum are made with random names...

who would use this on a board anyway... logically ?!

nononononono

The POSTS made while this hack are on cant be reversed, but once you remove the code, posts return to normal.

btw, it doesn't seem to work with quick reply

[fly]

For quick reply to work, make the IF statement say:

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if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply'))) 


Why does it have to check the button at all though?

[GamerzWorld]

How do i exempt user ids?

[GamerzWorld]

Hmm its only working for some usergroups lol

[fly]

Originally Posted by GamerzWorld

How do i exempt user ids?

This should work:

PHP Code:

// vvvvvvvvvvvvv The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack vvvvvvvvvvvvv

    if ((($_POST['do'] == 'postthread') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit New Thread'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Submit Reply'))
    or (($_POST['do'] == 'postreply') and ($_POST['sbutton'] == 'Post Quick Reply')))
    {

        if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1 || $bbuserinfo['userid'] != 2){ //Put the exempt IDs in here
            $bodies = array();

            $randomuserchoice[1] = array(
                'userid' => 93,
                'username' => "DigitalMocking");

             $randomuserchoice[2] = array(
                 'userid' => 175,
                 'username' => "jaxxor");

            $randomuser = rand(1,count($randomuserchoice));
            $bbuserinfo['userid'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['userid'];
            $bbuserinfo['username'] = $randomuserchoice[$randomuser]['username'];
        }
    }
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Computer Mutt's Post As Random User Hack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


Add the IDs to the 2nd IF statement I put in there (See the comment I put in there...). If you need to add more IDs, just put 2 pipes || between the IDs.

EDIT: That code also adds quick reply to the switch...

[GamerzWorld]

Why are some users still posting in there user name

[GamerzWorld]

Also

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1 || $bbuserinfo['userid'] != 2){ //Put the exempt IDs in here
$bodies = array(171);

Didnt work :/

[fly]

Originally Posted by GamerzWorld

Why are some users still posting in there user name

They are probably using quick reply, the code OP posted doesn't affect the quick reply.

[fly]

Originally Posted by GamerzWorld

Also

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] != 1 || $bbuserinfo['userid'] != 2){ //Put the exempt IDs in here
$bodies = array(171);

Didnt work :/

What is

PHP Code:

 $bodies = array(171); 


edit: Can you post the exact code you're using?

[GamerzWorld]

Just copied yours.. and added inbetween gaps 171