Show all posts on one page

Did you ever want to display all posts of a certain thread on just one page?

So here you go:

In showthread.php FIND

PHP Code:

// ********************************************************************************  *
// set post order 

ABOVE that ADD

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['showall'] == 1) {
  $perpage = 2147483648;
} 

Then call the thread as showthread.php?t=ID&showall=1

If you want to have a link, put the this in template SHOWTHREAD (Thx to AshEbed!)

<if condition="$show['pagenav']"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;&showall=1">View All</a></if> 

genial...

(i usually have nothing to say on these hacks, but it's from KirbyDE, so...)

[Paul M]

While 2147483648 may be technically correct - tbh, I think 999999 would suffice for most threads - and convey the significance of it somewhat better ....

[Tekton]

Originally Posted by Paul M

While 2147483648 may be technically correct - tbh, I think 999999 would suffice for most threads - and convey the significance of it somewhat better ....

maybe 999999999 to be on the safe side, ne?

Though, wouldn't showing more than a thousand cause some big lag/processing problems? or not?

[7ABD]

Hi , Mr .KirbyDE

thankyou for this hack , but this hack awe working slow inside posts ?


thanks

[zurih]

does this makes the page more time to load?

[sabret00the]

a thread showing 10 posts will load faster than that of 40 posts, however if you've got this set to show all and theirs only 5 posts in the thread it should load just as though their were 10 posts in terms of speed.

[zurih]

how can I apply this to be default?
I mean that by default in all of the threads we'll se all of the posts on one page?

[Guy G]

if its a big thread wouldnt it excute loads of queries?

[zurih]

Originally Posted by Guy G

if its a big thread wouldnt it excute loads of queries?

I think that no metter what u'll have the same queries.. (am I right?!)
for example I have a thread with 2 replies and a thread with 14 replies and both of them - same queries.