Poll Start - End - Days Run/Remaining Hack v1.1

Poll Start - End - Days Run/Remaining Hack
Version 1.1
(By Boofo and Zzed)

What this hack does:

It will list the Start Date, End Date, Days to Run and the Days remaining for a poll in both the forumdisplay (under the thread title) and the showthread (under the poll question or status). If the poll does not have an ending time, the Start Date, End Date, Days to Run and Days Remaining will not show up.

Files to edit: 2 (forumdisplay.php, showthread.php)
Templates to edit: 3 (forumdisplaybit, showthread_polloptions, showthread_pollresults)
Install Time: 5 minutes (if you are REALLY slow)

Version 1.0 - Initial release
Version 1.1 - Fixed the error that a few people were having with the poll start and end time showing up in each thread instead of just the thread it was intended for.

French translation of this hack in post 7.

Screenshots in posts 4, 5 and 6 below.

If you find this hack useful, please click the install button.

[Stud_Muffin]

So where abouts do i add

PHP Code:

} else {
    $pollrun = ''; 


[Boofo]

Today at 02:52 PM Sebastian said this in Post #20
nice job., Boofo

Thank for the kind words. Don't forget the install button.

[Boofo]

Today at 03:27 PM Stud_Muffin said this in Post #21
So where abouts do i add

PHP Code:

} else {
    $pollrun = ''; 


That is in the code you were supposed to add to the php files. Check the instructions and make sure you added all of the code exactly like it says.

[Bison]

Boofo,

I just experienced the same problem as the guy above. Once a poll is created in any forum and is given a expiration date, all of the threads in that forum inherits the poll start and expiration date printed under all threads. If you don't enter a expiration date, everything works fine.

Also i've noticed that if someone uses the "Move with redirect" ... it in advertantly adds the polls start/exp date to each thread in that forum where the "Move with Redirect" was applied.

[Boofo]

Was it working fine before? I have not experienced that at all on my forums. It works like clock-work. I will look into it and see if I can figure out what is going on.

[Stud_Muffin]

My Vb version is 2.3.0 RC3

[Boofo]

Stud_Muffin & Rolodex - Try the following code. Replace it in both the forumdisplay.php and showthread.php files

Find:

PHP Code:

    $pollrun = "<br><nobr><smallfont>Start Date: $start | End Date: $finish | Days to Run: $days | Days Remaining: $remaining</nobr></smallfont>";
    } else {
    $pollrun = ''; 


Replace it with this:

PHP Code:

    $pollrun = "<br><nobr><smallfont>Start Date: $start | End Date: $finish | Days to Run: $days | Days Remaining: $remaining</nobr></smallfont>";
    } else {
    $pollrun = "<br /><smallfont>(<b>No ending date set</b>)</smallfont>"; 


and let me know if this fixes your problem. If it does, I will update the first post. I am not experiencing this, myself, but this should take care of the problem for you.

[BigJohnson]

Nope that definaltey does not work. It has to be a problem in one of the IF statements then. Calloing for the wrong variable.

But I am using 2.2.9 and am having the same problem.

[Boofo]

I am running 2.2.9 and using the same exact code and it works fine for me and the others who have installed it. Recheck the instructions and make sure you have entered it into the right templates.

[Cyricx]

Getting the same thing for me on VB 2.2.9 followed the instructions carefully as listed and it's displaying the run time on all threads including polls