Move Posts from One Thread to Another

This was requested on vbulletin.com and it's a very simple hack,
which essentially combines the split and the merge admin options

Open postings.php and find (Around lines 756-757):

  	$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO thread (threadid,title,lastpost,forumid,open,replycount,postusername,postuserid,lastposter,dateline,views,iconid,notes,visible) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($threadinfo[lastpost])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[forumid])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[open])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[replycount])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[postusername])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[postuserid])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[lastposter])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[dateline])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[views])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[iconid])."','Thread split from threadid $threadid by ".addslashes($bbuserinfo['username'])." on ".vbdate($dateformat." ".$timeformat,time()).". ".addslashes($threadinfo[notes])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[visible])."')");
  	$newthreadid=$DB_site->insert_id();

Replace it with:

[high]  // move posts from one thread to another
  if(trim($movetothread)=="") {[/high]

  	$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO thread (threadid,title,lastpost,forumid,open,replycount,postusername,postuserid,lastposter,dateline,views,iconid,notes,visible) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($threadinfo[lastpost])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[forumid])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[open])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[replycount])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[postusername])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[postuserid])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[lastposter])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[dateline])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[views])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[iconid])."','Thread split from threadid $threadid by ".addslashes($bbuserinfo['username'])." on ".vbdate($dateformat." ".$timeformat,time()).". ".addslashes($threadinfo[notes])."','".addslashes($threadinfo[visible])."')");
  	$newthreadid=$DB_site->insert_id();

[high]  } else {
	// get other threadid
	$getthreadid=intval(substr($movetothread,strpos($movetothread,"threadid=")+9));
	if ($getthreadid==0) {
	  $getpostid=intval(substr($movetothread,strpos($movetothread,"postid=")+7));
	  if ($getpostid==0) {
	    // do invalid url
	    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_mergebadurl")."\");");
	    exit;
	  }
	  $getpostid=verifyid("post",$getpostid,0);
	  if ($getpostid==0) {
	    // do invalid url
	    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_mergebadurl")."\");");
	    exit;
	  }
	
	  $postinfo=getpostinfo($getpostid);
	  $newthreadid=$postinfo[threadid];
	} else {
	  $getthreadid=verifyid("thread",$getthreadid,0);
	  if ($getthreadid==0) {
	    // do invalid url
	    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_mergebadurl")."\");");
	    exit;
	  }
	  $newthreadid=$getthreadid;
	}
	
  }
  // / move posts from one thread to another[/high]

Save and upload.

Open template threads_splitthread and find:

$postbits

Right BEFORE it add:

<tr>
	<td bgcolor="{ secondaltcolor }"><normalfont><b>OR Merge Posts into Thread:</b></normalfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="{ secondaltcolor }"><normalfont><input type="text" class="bginput" name="movetothread" size="55"></normalfont></td>
</tr>

(remove the space after and before [high]{ }[/high] in the above code)
That's it

Cheers,

Bira



<< edit: you don't have to put spaces in between the {replacementvars} if you have checked 'disable smilies in this post >>

<< edit 2: ok apparently i lied...chen did you remove that here? >>

[Tim Wheatley]

This won't work for me, it just splits the thread. What am I meant to put in the move to box? The thread number or subject title?

[bira]

Tim I take it you never merged threads?

This works exactly the same: enter the URL of the destination thread

[Tim Wheatley]

I should tell you your hack works perfectly then! Thanks.

[JJR512]

Did I request this? Just wondering. I know I WANTED something like this, and MEANT to request it, I just forget if I actually did, and even if I did, maybe it wasn't mine that you saw...again, just out of curiosity.

[bira]

JJR http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=36258

[Dalius]

Can't we just use Move Thread?

[JJR512]

Move Thread only moves the entire thread. This hack allows you to move an individual post from one thread to another. Previously, this was only possible if you split the thread in two, with one containing the bulk of the thread, the other containing the one post you wanted moved into another thread; then you had to merge that one-post thread into the thread where you wanted that one post.

[Steve_S]

Yummy bira


Thank you so much. This puppy goes in tomorrow. It's a big time saver for those of us who need to save the original post for legal reasons which is a copy thread and then return to edit the originaal spam thread.

Your hack: You just pluck the sucker out and add it to your spam thread in your private forum.

Brilliant!

[eva2000]

definitely yummy bira!

installed and working