Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

If you are like me and migrated from .threads, a common modification was an "AE detector", a simple mod that saved a cookie of a history of ids logged into on your site. If someone logged into more than one account, you got a PM letting you know that your site was being accessed from multiple accounts.

Over the years this was very helpful in identifying users who were posting under multiple accounts (alter-egos!) and users who would return after being banned.

You might be wondering why I don't use the vbcookie call - well, thats because on logout all vB cookies are cleared, so we need to store a cookie that is not effected by the login/logout process.

New Installation
1. Add New Product with attached XML
2. Go to vBulletin Options -> AE Multiple Login Detection Settings and set your specific settings.

Time to install: Easy - 2 minutes.

Upgrade
If you installed this as a Plug-in manually, you can delete that plugin and install this Product, just make sure to go into the Options and set them accordingly.

I hope you find this useful and will click INSTALL if you use it; should it prove useful to enough people I can look at making this installation more automated without the need for edits and an Admin Options page.

To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.0.3
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. Added a check to ensure that users weren't deleted when reporting violations
. added htmlspecialchars_uni call to username

Note: I am unable to get the call to construct_phrase with $vbphrase['multiplelogin_alert'] to work reliably, as such the $message variable is still set manually inside the plug-in and not via the phrase. If anyone has an idea of why this might not always work, I'm all ears.

1.0.2
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. Updated to include exclusion groups, users
. Changed so PM is sent by ae sender id

1.0.1
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. Released as a Product (thank you PHPGeek2k3 for your help)
. Added option to post to a forum versus send a PM (or both)
. All settings moved into Admin Option

1.0.0
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Initial release.

[Paul M]

Add this to the bottom of your config.php

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', 1); 


You should then be able to get in to disable the product.

[speedracer68]

Phew!!!!! Thanks! I uninstalled it. Any ideas why this happend? I'd like to use it.

[Kihon Kata]

Tried to install. First of all the version is still listed at 1.01, but the author is saying it's 1.02

Second, searched phrases for multiplelogin_alert ... No Phrases Matched Your Query

Third, the XML I downloaded from here only has setting's phrases for the ACP. When do a search for ANY phrases for this I only see the settings phrases. I did a "Phrase Variable Name Only" search for "AE" without the quotes, I only have the phrases for he acp settings.

Anyone have the working XML handy?

[Kihon Kata]

Bump, is this unsupported?

[speedracer68]

Originally Posted by speedracer68

Phew!!!!! Thanks! I uninstalled it. Any ideas why this happend? I'd like to use it.

I'd love to install this. I have a few problem people and this would be great to have. I'm running Vb 3.5.4. Could that be the reason?

[Paul M]

I have this running on 3.5.4 - no problems.

[Roms]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I have this running on 3.5.4 - no problems.

Me too, works great.

[morrow]

Nice hack, and I already caught myself logging into my site using one of my alter ego's! took me by surprise since I installed it on Saturday and totally forgot about it. Nice hack.

Vb 3.5.4 w/VBAdvanced.

[speedracer68]

Hmm,, I guess I'll try it again. Fingers crossed.

[speedracer68]

Nope, I installed it again and I get the same errors I posted above. Any thoughts?