Create New Thread with Cron

[bananalive]

Is it possible to create a new thread with cron scheduled tasks?

[Lynne]

Sure, if you write the code to do it - almost anything is possible. Do I have that code handy? No. You would have to go search that out yourself. There are mods that create threads, so you can start with the code there.

[Dismounted]

You should be creating threads with the ThreadPost Data Manager. In addition to articles, there is some documentation in the manual: Data Managers.

[bananalive]

I tried using datamanager to no avail

PHP Code:

<?php
// ######################## SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
if (!is_object($vbulletin->db))
{
    exit;
}

// ########################################################################
// ######################### START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ########################################################################

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_misc.php');

global $vbulletin, $botpermissons, $vbphrase;
$userinfo = fetch_userinfo(1);
$threadinfo = array();
$foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo(10);
$threaddm = new vB_DataManager_Thread_FirstPost($vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$threaddm->set_info('forum', $foruminfo);
$threaddm->set('forumid', $forumid);
$threaddm->set('userid', 1);
$threaddm->set('title', 'Title');
$threaddm->set('pagetext', 'Test thread create'); 
$threaddm->set('open', 1);
$threaddm->set('allowsmilie', 1);
$threaddm->set('visible', 1);
$threaddm->pre_save();
$threadid = $threaddm->save();
unset($threaddm);


log_cron_action('', $nextitem, 1);

?>

[ragtek]

what error are you getting?

i think

PHP Code:

$userinfo = fetch_userinfo(1); 


isn't possible, try this:
$postuser = 1;
$userinfo = fetch_userinfo($postuser);
also with fetch_foruminfo

[Dismounted]

Instead of using a silent error type, use one of the others so you can see what goes wrong.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ragtek

i think

PHP Code:

$userinfo = fetch_userinfo(1); 


isn't possible, try this:
$postuser = 1;
$userinfo = fetch_userinfo($postuser);
also with fetch_foruminfo

Cheers that worked