CHDIR question

[Boofo]

I have this piece of code in my chat.php file which is in the forums/chat directory. When a guest tries to view the chat they get a no permission error like it is supposed to do. But for some reason, the header takes up half the page and it doesn't show the header image. It is looking for the header in the chat/images directory which doesn't exist. How can I avoid that when they get a no permission error?

PHP Code:

 // ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('./../');
require_once('./global.php');
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// Guests cannot access RealChat Rooms
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == '0')
{
 print_no_permission();
} 


[Boofo]

No one has any ideas on how to fix this?

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I have this piece of code in my chat.php file which is in the forums/chat directory. When a guest tries to view the chat they get a no permission error like it is supposed to do. But for some reason, the header takes up half the page and it doesn't show the header image. It is looking for the header in the chat/images directory which doesn't exist. How can I avoid that when they get a no permission error?

PHP Code:

 // ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('./../');
require_once('./global.php');
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// Guests cannot access RealChat Rooms
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == '0')
{
 print_no_permission();
} 


You can fix this one of two ways bob, either use full and complete paths in the HTML (not the php )

Or

use some nifty replaces in your html to replace links in the header and footer template

vBa CMPS/ Gallery / Links does the latter.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Zachery

You can fix this one of two ways bob, either use full and complete paths in the HTML (not the php )

Or

use some nifty replaces in your html to replace links in the header and footer template

vBa CMPS/ Gallery / Links does the latter.

I'm only using templates for this. Sorry, I don't understand what I should change or where.

[Boofo]

Anyone else have any ideas how to fix this? It's all I need to finish up and release a RealChat vB integration hack.

[jugo]

try changing this:

chdir('./../');

to this

chdir('../');

May not fix your issue but it's definitely prettier and cleaner.

[Boofo]

You're right, it didn't fix the problem. It is still looking for all the images in /chat/images instead of just /images.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Boofo

You're right, it didn't fix the problem. It is still looking for all the images in /chat/images instead of just /images.

Bob you need to supply full image paths in your header / footer templates along with full urls to the actual files

OR

use php to string replace on said templates like vBa CMPS / Gallery / Links Directory does

[Boofo]

Ok, how do I use string replace in a template?

[sabret00the]

PHP Code:

                    $template_name = str_replace(
                        array(
                            '/chat/images'
                        ),
                        array(
                            '/images'
                        ),
                        $template_name); 


put that after the template eval but before the final template eval of the page (the print_output one).