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.

[jlew24asu]

any screenshots? this sounds interesting.

[Michael Morris]

Here's ENWorld's wiki

http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php

That said the original product has screenshots.

and for the Pro version, any idea ?!...

[Dismounted]

Michael, we require all mods to be in files, could you please do this? You can simply put the instructions into a text file and attach it.

Thanks,
Dismounted

[Michael Morris]

I can this evening. I'm on a work computer at the moment.

[Dismounted]

That will be fine.

[Michael Morris]

As requested the instructions file has been uploaded.

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by nexialys

and for the Pro version, any idea ?!...

I"m running the pro version on Vb 3.7.2 for over a year.
That said, I haven't updated my mediawiki to the latest version since I don't know if it's worth it.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

I"m running the pro version on Vb 3.7.2 for over a year.
That said, I haven't updated my mediawiki to the latest version since I don't know if it's worth it.

3.7.2 hasn't been out for a year. I'm using the pro version as well, though, and have upgraded to vB 3.7.2 (last weekend). Using Mediawiki 1.11.0