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.

[ericdesmontagne]

Originally Posted by 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)

Nobody as any idea or information about this ? Do you know a good forum about mediawiki ? I can't find it :'(
:erm:

[chris1979]

Does MediaWiki and Vbulletin need to be in the same database for this to work? I am getting a database error message:

MySQL Error : SELECT command denied to user 'nlpc'@'localhost' for table 'wiki_user'

[chris1979]

Can anyone help?

[Lord Doys]

Morris

i got it to work with vbWikiPro on vb 3.7.4 vbwiki_pro 1.3 with MW 1.13.2

used your solution replacing the text in arcane_vbulletin_core.php.

When you put $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; at the bottom of your localsettings.php it gives a stacktrace on what is wrong.

example:
MediaWiki internal error.
Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Detected bug in an extension! Hook vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.' in /srv/www/birthright.net/brwiki/includes/Hooks.php:137

so all i did was give the functions vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook and vbWiki_PersonalUrls_Hook which are both in vbwiki_hooks.php

and voila.. that did the job for me

see it working are http://www.birthright.net/brwiki/ind...pecial:Version

cheers
Arjan

[hollosch]

Originally Posted by Lord Doys

Morris

i got it to work with vbWikiPro on vb 3.7.4 vbwiki_pro 1.3 with MW 1.13.2

used your solution replacing the text in arcane_vbulletin_core.php.

When you put $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; at the bottom of your localsettings.php it gives a stacktrace on what is wrong.

example:
MediaWiki internal error.
Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Detected bug in an extension! Hook vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.' in /srv/www/birthright.net/brwiki/includes/Hooks.php:137

so all i did was give the functions vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook and vbWiki_PersonalUrls_Hook which are both in vbwiki_hooks.php

and voila.. that did the job for me

see it working are http://www.birthright.net/brwiki/ind...pecial:Version

cheers
Arjan

Can you tell us how you got it to work for non-experts, step-by-step?

[Lord Doys]

sure

open vbWiki_hooks.php

find

PHP Code:

    //vbWikiDebug("vbWiki_PersonalUrls_Hook() userinfo['username'] = '" . $userinfo['username'] . "'");
    if ($userinfo)
    {
        if ($userinfo['userid'] != 0)        // only for registered users
            $personal_urls['userpage']['text'] = $userinfo['username'];
    }
}

function vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook( &$title, &$url, $query ) 


and replace by:

PHP Code:

    //vbWikiDebug("vbWiki_PersonalUrls_Hook() userinfo['username'] = '" . $userinfo['username'] . "'");
    if ($userinfo)
    {
        if ($userinfo['userid'] != 0)        // only for registered users
            $personal_urls['userpage']['text'] = $userinfo['username'];
    }
    return true;
}

function vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook( &$title, &$url, $query ) 


and find:

PHP Code:

        $talkurl = vbWiki_Get_Talk_Page( $title->getText(), 'user' );
        if ($talkurl && ($talkurl != ""))
            $url = $talkurl;
    }
} 


replace by:

PHP Code:

        $talkurl = vbWiki_Get_Talk_Page( $title->getText(), 'user' );
        if ($talkurl && ($talkurl != ""))
            $url = $talkurl;
    }
return true;
} 


so basically i only added return true; at the end of the two functions vbWiki_GetLocalURL_Hook and vbWiki_PersonalUrls_Hook just before their closing tag } (approx line number 54 an 121)

hope this helps

cheers
Arjan

[hollosch]

Hi,
i will test this. it means, that you don't use the patch ??? (i think the patch is only for vbwiki standard???)

thx
hollosch

[Lord Doys]

Originally Posted by hollosch

Hi,
i will test this. it means, that you don't use the patch ??? (i think the patch is only for vbwiki standard???)

thx
hollosch

indeed, i didnt use it (thought i did.. but had no effect, do removed it later)

[hollosch]

What about the cookie problem? It is still alive...
Did you solve the Go To Forum - problem? (Create thread in a forum instead of a discussion page in the wiki) - You use this in your wiki.

[Lord Doys]

Originally Posted by hollosch

What about the cookie problem? It is still alive...
Did you solve the Go To Forum - problem? (Create thread in a forum instead of a discussion page in the wiki) - You use this in your wiki.

there are still some minor flaws.. but it as workable is it is now.. ill look into it later this week, off to bed now