Private Attachments! (Attachments in Private Messages)

*drums*
This hack is now out of beta! Safe to use.

My latest and one of the more extensive hacks -- Private Attachments!
This huge (I ain't kidding, it's pretty big) hack will allow your members to send private messages with attachments in them, so they don't need to use e-mail for that.

Since this hack requires a large number of edits, this is how I recommend installing it:
(a) Run the queries.
(b) Edit all the files, offline.
(c) When you are done with (b) upload all the files at once.
(d) Perform the template edits.
If you do all actions in this order your users shouldn't notice you are installing the hack.

All feature requests (except for limiting this for usergroups -- if you want that do it yourself it's not hard but I'm tired of adding permissions to the dreaded usergroup.php) are welcome before this goes out of beta.

As always, have fun.

[glenmax]

Well,

I did some checking and looking. I also tried to find the location that Rolodex mentionned here:

You can probably do that yourself ... a simple "if ($usergroup=6 || $usergroup=7){ condition before all functions that does the attachment procedure ... when help is not given when you request it, somemight help you if you attempt to do it for yourself. You might get a quick response for trying yourself!

Now I admit, I am new to this and I am learning. But, a little direction could go a long way for me to this working for mods and admins only.

Please give a hand if anyone can.....

Cheers,
GM

[Warcaptain]

i cant view it.
the code is all over the place

anyway you can post a more friendly version?

[VAN]

Just upgraded to 2.2.9 on my test board, and this works flawlessly with one tiny exception...

I still cannot get paperclip.gif to appear next to the message title.

$attach = '<img src="{ imagesfolder}/paperclip.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">';
} else {
$attach = '';

Anyone else run into this....and fix it?

[MetroSports82]

Originally posted by Mike11212
I need help
I installed the hack fine with out any problems
but when someone clicks the attachments in the PM
they get the following error
Parse error: parse error in /home/mike1121/public_html/board/attachment.php on line 100

here are lines 89 to 102 in my attachments.php file

if ($extension=='gif') {
  header('Content-type: image/gif');
} elseif ($extension=='jpg' or $extension=='jpeg') {
  header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
} elseif ($extension=='png') {
  header('Content-type: image/png');
} elseif ($extension=='pdf') {
  header('Content-type: application/pdf');
} else {
  header('Content-type: unknown/unknown');
}
echo $attachmentinfo[filedata];

?>

Mike, I was having the same exact problem, but when I double checked to see that I had all the code work right, I really didn't. I was missing a '}' at the end of one of the lines. I think this is the same problem that you might be encountering. try doing this, with the modifications that you already have.

open- attachment.php


REPLACE

PHP Code:

updateuserforum($getforuminfo['forumid']); 


WITH

PHP Code:

if ($privateok==0) {
    updateuserforum($getforuminfo['forumid']);
} 


BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE } at the end of that line. that should do the trick, let me know how it goes. working great with 2.2.9.

[Nerpin]

I installed it and as far as I can tell I did everything properly...but when the person who recieves the pm tries to open it...it says it cannot find the attachment specified...any ideas why?

[Jugglor]

When the member on the receiving end deletes the PM, is the attachment deleted from the database?

[Slynderdale]

Nice hack but theres a small problem, If some one deletes the private message that has an attachment, it does not delete the attachment itself, I made a fix for this, Ill post a text below with the fix.

[Slynderdale]

With the fix, It only deletes the attachment when the last private message that contains the attachment is deleted, so it doesnt accidentaly delete the attachment on the sender or receiver when one deletes the private message and the other doesnt.

Enjoy

[clown2003]

Hi, very neat hack but can any 1 help me, I want only selected members to be able to send attachments.....

[Steve123]

Hey,

Ive installed this hack and gone over it twice..

For some reason it wont work..

When i send an attachment in a pm and read it.. it dosent show the attachment.. it shows nothing..

Ive check the mysql tables and it dosent seem to be adding anything to the attachment and privatemessage sql tables..

using vb 2.2.6.. any ideas??

/Steve