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About Developer · **Released**: 03-25-2001

UPDATED! Not a new version number, but a bug fix.
Fixed another bug with using forum titles and included forums.

New update: *Actually* fixed the bug with the forums this time.

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It's my best work to date (if I do say so myself

) and I think you'll like it and like all the configuration you can do.

This image shows the script with all of the columns on, and parsing [code], smilies, and the post icon, as well as showing the forum title before the thread title.

This image shows the script with all the columns off except $lastpostdate, and the $tw (table width) set to 600, and $showdate set to 0 (to just show the last post time).

This image shows the same as #2, except $tw is blank (allowing the table to compact and remove the empty space automatically).

Hack version: 1.0.1

Changes since version 1.0.0: Fixed small bug.

Changes since version 0.1.0: Parses [ b], [ i], [ u], [ code], and [ quote] within the "last post". Displays the icon of the post, or the thread if there is no post icon. Parses smilies. New option to convert new lines to <br> so the post appears as the author wrote it (note: may cause problems if there are large breaks in posts).

Changes since version 0.0.2: New option to show the text of the last post of a thread (also option to limit the number of characters of the post displayed). New option to set the table width, as a percent, a number of pixels, or just let the table size naturally. New option to show just the time of the last post, instead of the date *and* the time. New option to show a thin line around the cells (cell spacing).

Changes since version 0.0.1: Include only specific forums, or set to allow all forums except certain excluded forums. New option to display a "Last post date" column with the last post date and time, formatted with your board's date & time setting. Fixed a bug with font and font size. Split the config into a separate file to make editing easier.

For version: v2 betas 3, 4, 5, RC1, RC2.

Files needed: last10.php, last10config.php (see attached zip file).

Files to edit: last10config.php (see attached zip file).

Possible file locations: Anywhere, as long as the relative path to config.php and the URL to your board are correct. Also, you must put last10.php and last10config.php in the same directory!

Instructions
1] Unzip the files last10.php and last10config.php to your hard drive.
2] Open last10config.php in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad (Windows), SimpleText (Mac), EditPlus, UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. (DO NOT use WYSIWYG HTML editors such as FrontPage, HotDog, DreamWeaver, etc. They will in all likelyhood screw up the file! I will not be able to support you if you edit the file in one of these programs.)
3] Edit the variables at the top. These are:

$path > path to your config.php file (usually in the /admin directory) - NO TRAILING SLASH! and DO NOT PUT config.php at the end of it! ( e.g. forums/admin )
$url > URL to your board - NO TRAILING SLASH! ( e.g. http://www.mysite.com/forums )
$urlimg > URL to your board's images - NO TRAILING SLASH ( e.g. http://www.mysite.com/forums/images ).
$maxthreads > max threads to show. will show less if $last24 or $last7 limits it to less results than this number
$ob > determines the sort order of the list. replycount and views are numbers, lastposter is a name, title is the name of the thread, and lastpost is the last posts' date. set to one of the following: replycount , views , lastposter , title , lastpost (lastpost is most popular. it's the thread most recently replied to, then the second-to-last most recent, etc.)
$obdir > set to "desc" or "asc". which direction to sort? "desc" goes from bottom to top (9 to 1, z to a, etc.). "asc" goes top to bottom (1 to 9, a to z, etc.)
$last24 > set to 1 to limit the possible results to the last 24 hours; 0 for no limit (must set this to 0 if $last7 is set to 1)
$last7 > set to 1 to limit the possible results to the last 7 days; 0 for no limit (must set this to 0 if $last24 is set to 1)
$bc1 > first alt color (for the alternating colored rows)
$bc2 > second alt color
$hc > head background color (title, last poster, etc.)
$lc > text link color
$tc > text color
$f > font face
$fs > font size in points. 6 is on the small side, 10 on the large side. Put only a number in this - no "pt", "pts", or anything else!
$lastposter > show the "last poster" column? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$views > show the view count for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$replies > show the reply count for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$lastpostdate > show the last post date and time for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$len > maximum number of characters of the title to show. e.g. if the title is 60 characters and this is set to 25, only the first 25 characters of the title will be shown (followed by ...)
$excludeforums > List certain forums to be excluded. Best used if you have a large number of forums you *do* want included and only a few that you want excluded. List them separated by commas, but without spaces - e.g. 1,2,3,4 - and DO NOT fill in both this and $includeforums! Use one or the other.
$includeforums > List certain forums to be included. Best used if you have a small number of forums that you want included and a large number you want excluded. List them separated by commas, but without spaces - e.g. 1,2,3,4 - and DO NOT fill in both this and $excludeforums! Use one or the other.
$showmessages > If you want to show the last post of the thread as well, set this to 1. You can limit the number of characters displayed in $lplen below.
$lplen > If you specify a number here, any post that has more than $lplen number of characters will be reduced to this number and "..." added to the end of it. If you don't want to use this feature, leave it blank e.g. "" - remember though that if $showmessages is set to 0, this won't do anything.
$tw > If you want to specify the width of the table, you can set it as a percent e.g. 95% or as a number of pixels e.g. 300 or just leave it blank and the table will size itself.
$showdate > If you want to show the date *and* the time, set this to 1. If you want to just show the time, set this to 0.
$cs > If you want a thin line around your cells, set this to 1 (or higher - experiment!). Set to 0 for no line.
$nb > if you want breaks in text to appear as such, set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0 (this may cause problems if there are large breaks in the text)
$showforumtitle > if you want to show the forum title, linked to that forum, for each thread also (forum title: thread title) then set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0.
$showicon > if you want to show the icon the author chose for their post, set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0.

4] Upload both last10.php and last10config.php to your website. You can include last10.php as follows. To include it on a PHP-parsed page (.php, .php3, .phtml, etc.):
<? include("last10.php"); ?>
To include it on a server-parsed page (.shtml, .shtm, .ssi, etc.):


Instructions are also included in the zip file (last10.txt).

FEEDBACK WANTED!

Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted!

Please DO NOT contact me via IM or PM about this hack. Post your problem/question here and I will try to help you.

AloneEagle · #**372** 07-28-2002, 04:50 PM

Helpppp

kaost451 · #**373** 08-03-2002, 10:36 PM

damn has any one got this to work on vb index.php? Because I got it to work but cant call the php file ? can some one help me out?

Gutspiller · #**374** 08-04-2002, 01:29 AM

Does anybody know how to get this hack so that when you click on the titles it takes you to the first post in that thread and not down the page SOMEWHERE in the thread?

I know this shouldn't that hard to fix and was hoping somebody here would be kind enough to help me out on this.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

ixian · #**375** 08-04-2002, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kaost451
damn has any one got this to work on vb index.php? Because I got it to work but cant call the php file ? can some one help me out?

Yes. Firefly helped me out with this one, it's a modification to code posted a few months back here by wajones.

First, put this in your phpinclude template:

PHP Code:


			
function getLast10() {

    global $last10;

    ob_start(); 

    include_once('./last10.php');

    $last10 = ob_get_contents(); 

    ob_end_clean();

}

getLast10();

Now, in the last10.php script itself, comment the following out (it's near the top)

PHP Code:


			
require("$path/config.php");

$db=mysql_connect($servername,$dbusername,$dbpassword) or die("Can't open connection to MySQL");

mysql_select_db($dbname) or die("Can't select database");

Now just stick the variable $last10 wherever you want it in your templates, including the forumhome (index) and you are set.

Note that if you want to use this script in more than one place - say, one on your vb index (or it's own template, like I do) and one on your non-vb home page - you will want to use two instances of it. I renamed one last5.php and use it for my front page minus the change I outlined above.

kaost451 · #**376** 08-05-2002, 02:40 AM

thank you so much works GREAT!!!!!!

ForKmaN · #**377** 08-10-2002, 11:50 AM

Hey tubb, nice hack but I'm using frames on the main site where I'm showing this. Is there a way I can make the links open in a new window?

ixian · #**378** 08-10-2002, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ForKmaN
Hey tubb, nice hack but I'm using frames on the main site where I'm showing this. Is there a way I can make the links open in a new window?

Edit the actual top10.php file. Look for the html code that links to showthread.php. It'll be regular html with some php code around it. Change it from <a href= to whatever you want: target_new, etc, just like you would normally. The only thing you want to make sure you do with PHP is escape your quotes - ie, do quotes like this: /"/

eva2000 · #**379** 08-10-2002, 05:17 PM

i've had this hack installed for ages but now on my new server with same PHP 4.1.2 version i notice these errors in my error_log

i have 2 copies of last10.php and last10chitchat.php included on the same page i.e. http://www.eva2000.com/forum/ and 1 copy included at http://bubblegumcrisis2040.com/forum/

Code:

[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant lastpost - assumed 'lastpost' in /home/username/public_html/last10.php on line 188
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/username/public_html/last10.php on line 181
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/username/public_html/last10.php on line 185
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant lastpost - assumed 'lastpost' in /home/username/public_html/last10.php on line 188
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable:  fsel in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 111
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable:  ftitle in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 111
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable:  counter in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 175
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 181
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 182
[Sat Aug 10 14:03:23 2002] [error] PHP Warning:  Use of undefined constant lastpost - assumed 'lastpost' in /home/username/public_html/last10chitchat.php on line 188

any ideas ?

ixian · #**380** 08-10-2002, 06:31 PM

When in doubt, escape your variables (i.e. put '' around them). Looks like PHP is interpreting the html as php code to me.

I've edited the hell out of this hack (got it to work with my CSS styles, got rid of queries I wasn't using, etc) and that was usually the problem I had when weird errors popped up.

If you check the html output of the script in a vaildator I bet you will find the same thing. I catch a lot of minor errors that way.

Visionray · #**381** 08-10-2002, 09:13 PM

Wonderful hack! Thanks!

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