Prevent Users With Low Post Counts Posting/PM'ing URLS

Title: Prevent members with low post count posting/pm'ing urls.
Author: NTLDR
Version: 1.0.1
vB Compatibility: vB3 Gamma, RC1, RC2

Description: I created this hack a while ago for use on my board to prevent people signing up and just posting a URL. This hack will prevent users with less than X posts from PM'ing or posting URLs.

File edits:

In includes/functions_newpost.php find:

PHP Code:

        eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('toomanyimages', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
    } 


Add after:

PHP Code:

$errors = array_merge($errors, verify_message_urls($post['message'])); 


Find:

PHP Code:

    return sizeof($errors);
} 


Add after (making sure you change REPLACE_NUMBER_OF_POSTS_HERE to the number of posts a user must have before being able to post/pm URLS):

PHP Code:

function verify_message_urls($pagetext) {

    global $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo;

    $errors = array();

    if ($bbuserinfo['posts'] < REPLACE_NUMBER_OF_POSTS_HERE) {
        if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'newthread' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'newreply' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'editpost') {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['post'];
        } elseif (THIS_SCRIPT == 'private') {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['private_message'];
        } else {
            $typephrase = $vbphrase['message'];
        }

        if (preg_match('/\[url/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        $pagetext = strip_bbcode($pagetext);

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/h(\s*)t(\s*)t(\s*)p/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/w(\s*)w(\s*)w/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }

        if (!$errored && preg_match('/(\w*)(\s*)(\.|dot)(\s*)(c(\s*)o(\s*)m|c(\s*)o(\s*)(\.|dot)(\s*)u(\s*)k|n(\s*)e(\s*)t|o(\s*)r(\s*)g)/i', $pagetext)) {
            eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('x_contains_urls', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
            $errored = true;
        }
    }

    return $errors;
} 


If you want this to apply to posts only you don't need to do the following edit which is for PM's:

In private.php find:

PHP Code:

        // process errors if there are any
        if (!empty($errors)) 


Add BEFORE:

PHP Code:

$errors = array_merge($errors, verify_message_urls($pm['message'])); 


Phrases to add:

In Front-End Error Messages add:
Varname: x_contains_urls
Text:

Your $typephrase contains one or more URLs, please remove them before submitting your message again.

[mikellogg]

Thanks for the great hack. My moderators love it.

My forums are multilingual with people posting in Spanish, French and Italian. This hack, as it is written stops someone from ending a sentence with a period and starting the next sentence with com, such as como/comment/come. All these mean "how" in these other languages! (An important word for those asking questions.)

To fix this, remove the first (\s*) from "(\.|dot)(\s*)(c(\s*)o(\s*)m" in the last preg_match. At least this worked for me!

[Clayton]

Hi there

is there anybody who would be willing to update this hack so that everything is in one file and that everything questioned is available for us, please?

This is one very useful hack and I can't believe how long I have taken to find it

Thanks

C

[wolfyman]

is this good for 3.5 or 3.0.9?

[MajorFm.com]

possible useful add-on?

a pm to the admin to let him know what user is attempting to send a pm advert

also does it simply censor the url or does it not allow the pm to be sent at all?

[GR-Flame]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Make the phrase global.

The phrase is Global, but the error still shows up for me. Suggestions?

[wolfyman]

Originally Posted by mini2

This doesn't work with 3.5, but I'd LOVE a new version. Got spammers back pretty much as soon as I upgraded.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018

[almukmin]

Do you guys have the one for PMs?

[|Jordan|]

This mod doesnt work with VB 3.0.14

I get the following error after a thread is created/reply:
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /includes/functions_newpost.php on line 987

Any idea what's wrong? I really need this as some bloody spammers are registering on my forum to advertize stuff.

[|Jordan|]

Scratch that request. I found the problem

See this thread

[xec]

Does this work with 3.5.4? Or is there something like this out there for 3.5.4? I've installed this one: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018 but I need one that prevents low post count members not to be able to send PMs. Thank you.