Attachment in first post only. Disable attachments when replying to a thread.

[Aurous]

I need my users to upload attachments only when making a new thread, so it only shows in the first post. Rest can only reply but not post attachments.

How do I implement this?

[Xenon]

open newreply.php find this:

PHP Code:

$forumperms = fetch_permissions($forumid); 


and below add:

PHP Code:

$forumperms = $forumperms & ~CANPOSTATTACHMENT; 


that should work..

[Aurous]

That works like a charm!

Thanks a LOT!

May God bless u!

[Xenon]

You're welcome

[Boofo]

Stefan, what does this do in front of CANPOSTATTACHMENT?

~

I've never seen that before.

[Xenon]

i hardle believe you've never seen it before, as it's on every vb3 php file at the top

PHP Code:

error_reprtin(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 


and it stands for the bit-wise not operator, as permissions are stored in a bitfield, you have to use bitoperators lie & ~ or |

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Xenon

i hardle believe you've never seen it before, as it's on every vb3 php file at the top

PHP Code:

error_reprtin(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 


and it stands for the bit-wise not operator, as permissions are stored in a bitfield, you have to use bitoperators lie & ~ or |

You're right. I guess I never paid that much attention to it before. How do you know which one to use when?

[Xenon]

Well, it's just binary logic.

You just have to know what you want.

Here for example if you want to know if someone has the permission to add an attachment, you would use this.

PHP Code:

if ($forumperms & CANPOSTATTACHMENT) 


if you want to know if a user has every permission EXCEPT adding attachments, you would use ~ before.
and so on.

You just have to use it a few times, and then you will get into it

[Aurous]

Also, is it possible to limit this to a few forums not all?

[Xenon]

PHP Code:

if (in_array($foruminfo['forumid'], array(x,y,z)))
{
$forumperms = $forumperms & ~CANPOSTATTACHMENT;
} 


replacing the x,y,z with a list of forumids where it's restricted