URL's for Members names (see inside)

[T3MEDIA]

Can some one make a simple php file that can turn long urls into simple ones for members?
for example
https://vborg.vbsupport.rus/member.p...ername=t3media will get you to my profile page.
Could some one make a php so it will look like http://www.vbulletin.org/page.php?=t3media

I think this would be an awsome addition (not really a hack) for members who have community sites based around thier profiles.
I think it could simply just pass info to the long string since its already there.

Fingers crossed on hoping someone can pull this off.

[tnguy3n]

it's very possible, but then it may be a little problem with users who user special characters or space or quotation marks etc in their username.

[T3MEDIA]

Originally Posted by tnguy3n

it's very possible, but then it may be a little problem with users who user special characters or space or quotation marks etc in their username.

Yes indeed. I have a hack installed that only allows standard characters. No spaces etc. I get your point though. (BTW that hack is awsome)
How would you go about doing such a feat?

[Vaelen]

Don't those characters come back through URLs like spaces as %F20 or something like that... maybe you could use those somehow.

[sabret00the]

simple page using a

PHP Code:

$username = addslashes($_REQUEST['u']);

// might wanna add a line in here to reconvert stuff like %20 to plain text

if (!$username)
{
print_standard_error("USER NOT FOUND");
exit();
}

$getID = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT userid, username
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user
WHERE username = $username
");

$url = $vboptions['bburl'] . "/member.php?u=" . $getID['userid'];
print_standard_redirect("Whisking you to profile"); 


would work if you didn't wanna use a mod-rewrite for it

untested, as it was just me playing with code

[Colin F]

I use the code here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ight=subdomain

to redirect http://username.myforum.com to their profile, that might be something you could work with...

[Marco van Herwaarden]

PHP Code:

WHERE username = $username 


That will never work, unless you quote it:

PHP Code:

WHERE username = '$username' 


[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

PHP Code:

WHERE username = $username 


That will never work, unless you quote it:

PHP Code:

WHERE username = '$username' 


Oops, rookie mistake, too use to working with numbers

[T3MEDIA]

Originally Posted by Colin F

I use the code here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ight=subdomain

to redirect http://username.myforum.com to their profile, that might be something you could work with...

Thanks for the heads up. Your vb 3.0.7 or at least 3.0.0?

The post seems outdated so I just wanted to be sure.

[T3MEDIA]

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