Contest type hack

Hello!

I want to run a contest on my site and winners would be determined by the # of posts they make. I was wondering if anyone has created a hack that could do this by being able to determine the start and end date of contest and then list the post standings by users. Then having a way to turn this option off when you do not have a contest running on the boards.

hmmm.. interesting..

put comments infront of the global like

//<?
//require global
//?>

//
Fatal error: Failed opening required '/home/theparentclub/www/style.html' (include_path='') in /home/www/theparentclub/forums/contest.php on line 8

there we go..

ok.. where you see this line :

<?php require '/home/theparentclub/www/style.html'; ?>

change it to this :

<? include("/home/theparentclub/www/style.html"); ?>
or
<? include('/home/theparentclub/www/style.html'); ?>

process of elimination

this is not in the same directory is it.. at all? www and forums are 2 different folders...

<? include($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/style.html") ?>

might work..

//
Warning: Failed opening '/home/theparentclub/www/forums/style.html' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/www/theparentclub/forums/contest.php on line 8

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/www/theparentclub/forums/contest.php on line 18

this is odd my root directory is as follows for my forums

/home/theparentclub/www/forums

look at the fatal error how it's switching it around.

Ok.. can you tell me where all these files are located lol

are they all in forums?E@!

Brad, Check you PMs.

[snyx]

If ya get it working I would LOVE to use it man! I can trade ya a custom color button set, or some flash work in exchange?

the part about "$DOCUMENT_ROOT" will take care of this folder listing "/home/theparentclub/www"

so if your style.html file is in the "www" folder you can have it like this :

require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/style.html");

if it is one more folder in "www/forums/"

then you can have it like this :

require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/forums/style.html");