Integration with vBulletin - Fix vBulletin JS to work with prototype/scriptaculous

There is a problem with some of the for loops in vBulletin's javascript (or it's a problem with prototype.js, depends who you talk to )

The problem is vB's use of the for/in loop: for (var i in array_var) { }

When you alter the array prototype, those new values show up as i. For example:

Array.prototype.wtf = function() { }

var s = new Array("1", "2", "3");

for (var i in s) {
  alert(i);
}

you will get pop ups that say 1, 2, 3, and wtf.

The solution is to add a little line of code in each of these loops to test the typeof on array_var[i] and see if it == 'function'. If so, continue.

I wrote a perl script that will scan all the js files in your client script directory and insert this check.

Unzip the attached zip file and there is a perl script inside. Upload the script to your server and edit the line at the top that read:

my $dir = "CHANGEME"

set this variable to be the ABSOLUTE path to your clientscript directory. It will create backup files.

Hopefully some will find this helpfull

[ArchangelX]

AWESOME...thanks...that worked great! Much oblidged!