Integration with vBulletin - Patch to vbWikiStandard for vb 3.7 & mediaWiki 1.12

The following is a hack of an existing plugin the author abandoned and which stopped working when vbulletin upgraded to 3.7 and mediaWiki changed to version 1.12 - the two of which happen to be the latest versions of their respective software. The file change below will allow the hack to work with vb 3.7 and Media Wiki 1.12. If you are using older versions of either I would recommend using the elfMage's product in it's original form.

You will need to start by installing MediaWiki seperately and then uploading vbWikiStandard and following its instructions. Here is a link to that product.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=136242

Note the requirements are a bit higher - mediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5. This mod has only been tested on vb 3.7

Once you have completed the instructions of that product open file arcane_vbulletin_core.php - its part of the vbWiki package and find this code:

PHP Code:

// Include vBulletin Engine
    if ($g_vbWiki_StyleId_Override > 0)
    {
        define('VB_AREA', 'Forum');
        require_once('./includes/init.php');
        $vbulletin->options['styleid'] = $g_vbWiki_StyleId_Override;
        $vbulletin->options['allowchangestyles'] = false;                    // ignore user styles
        $vbulletin->userinfo['styleid'] = 0;
    }
    
    require_once('./global.php');
    require_once('./includes/functions_login.php');
    require_once("./includes/functions.php");                // vbdate
    require_once("./includes/functions_forumdisplay.php");
    require_once("./includes/functions_newpost.php");
    require_once("./includes/adminfunctions.php" ); 


Replace with this code.

PHP Code:

    require_once('./global.php');

    if ((empty($_SESSION['wsUserID']) || empty($_SESSION['wsUserName']) || empty($_SESSION['wsToken'])) 
        && !empty($_COOKIE[$wgDBname.'_'.$wgDBprefix.'UserName']))
    {
        $_SESSION = array_merge( $_SESSION, $db->query_first("SELECT 
            user_id AS wsUserID,
            user_name AS wsUserName,
            user_token AS wsToken
            FROM ".$wgDBname.".".$wgDBprefix."user
            WHERE user_name = '".addslashes($_COOKIE[$wgDBname.'_'.$wgDBprefix.'UserName'])."' LIMIT 1"));
    } 


I have tested this for 2 weeks on EN World, a site that gets about 22,000 hits / day and it appears stable. We've had a few isolated instances of users stating they are getting logged off, but I believe that's because they are running cookie blockers.

Do not attempt using this hack with vbWikiPro - for optimization I removed the loading of several libraries pro requires. If there is enough interest in this bridge still I will consider wholly rewriting the bridge to tighten up integration further. In the interim though this seems to work.

I will provide what support I can but be warned the original hack has been abandoned and outside the changes I've made in this mod your guess is as good as mine.

[domaino]

Thanks Rein, but problem unresolved.

Here is everything I have done that may I feel have caused a problem:

vbWiki was installed inside the forum directory e.g. forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php - is this correct?

I moved localsettings.php to the parent directory (as requested) but then I crossed back over my steps and found this wasn't the problem.

I have changed my paths again and again, they must be correct. Currently it is set as: /public_html/forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php - I have even tried directing the path straight to the root e.g. home/domaino/public_html/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php and still no luck

I tried changing the require once to be included between php blocks:
<?php require_once "/public_html/forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php"; ?>
and instead of being presented with the aforementioned message, I was provided with this: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/domaino/public_html/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 126

I'm running vb 3.7.2 and the latest release of MediaWiki, would this cause compatibility issues?

Also, I downloaded the RC5 version of the previous release for 3.6.

I have been tinkering with this all last night and this morning and still no success. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Gareth

[domaino]

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

I really NEED this fixed up, so any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[GoodOmens]

Originally Posted by domaino

Thanks Rein, but problem unresolved.

Here is everything I have done that may I feel have caused a problem:

vbWiki was installed inside the forum directory e.g. forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php - is this correct?

I moved localsettings.php to the parent directory (as requested) but then I crossed back over my steps and found this wasn't the problem.

I have changed my paths again and again, they must be correct. Currently it is set as: /public_html/forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php - I have even tried directing the path straight to the root e.g. home/domaino/public_html/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php and still no luck

Thanks,
Gareth

That should be /home/domaino/public_html/forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php you need the "/" in front of home and it seems your vbWiki folder is in your forum folder (And yes this is the correct location of vbWiki). You also don't need the php blocks so it should just be :

require_once "/home/domaino/public_html/forum/vbWiki/vbWiki_Init.php";

[Jaxel]

Does not work with WikiMedia 1.13... required files are missing.

[Jaxel]

Okay... I am having a few problems with this and WM 1.12...

1) if I am not logged into vBulletin and I go to the Wiki... I dont see a link to login...
2) often when I am logged into VB and go to the Wiki... it logs me out...

And how do I set it up so that people cant edit pages unless they are logged in?
Can I turn off personal talk pages? Since we have VB, we wont be needing them.
Would there be a way to rap the Wiki in the VB templates?

Also... would anyone mind helping me configure this Wiki of mine? I am brand new to Wikis and this thing is CONFUSING!

[Jaxel]

Has anyone found a solution to this "Cookies Cleared" problem?

[g00gl3r]

Anymore solutions?

[ericdesmontagne]

Hello, i'd like to use vbwikiskin skin as defalut skin... but is doesn't work very well
In localsetting.php :
I have : $wgDefaultSkin = 'vbwikiskin';
In my file VbWikiSkin.php :
I have : $this->skinname = 'vbwikiskin';
But still the old skin you can see here : http://www.baldursgateworld.com/wiki/
An idee ? Thanks
(media wiki 1.11 and vb 3.7.2 PL3)

[GoodOmens]

I've found a bug ... seems if a user logs out of the forum visiting the wiki will give him the "cookies cleared" until he logs back into the forum.

[Rein Masamuri]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Has anyone found a solution to this "Cookies Cleared" problem?

I was wondering this as well :/

EDIT:
Found the solution on the nuhit website:

Think I got it, edit the file "/vbWiki/vbWiki_Auth.php"

Put // infront of the following lines

$user->logout();
global $wgEnableParserCache, $wgParser, $wgOut, $wgCachePages;

So it should be

//$user->logout();
//global $wgEnableParserCache, $wgParser, $wgOut, $wgCachePages;

Let me know if this works for you. I also made one other change but I don't think it's related. If this does not work then I'll post the other change I made.

I have cleared my cookies, restarted my browsers (both IE and Firefox) and it's working for me everytime now.