Reader's name inside post (+)

Note: This hack will only work on PHP 4.0.5 and higher. Sorry for all the others (anyone still using these old versions?!).

Anyhow, this is a great little hack, and most importantly very very fun for the masses.
It gives your users the ability to use {bbusername} in their post, and it will mysteriously be changed into the viewer's username when he reads the page.

Demo:
FireFly <!-- auto name hack -->

You can detect this hack is in action by viewing the HTML source of the page. You will see <!-- auto name hack --> next to the name in the source.

You can this hack used in action here as well:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35192

This hack also contains a small optimization to vBulletin, which removes a lot of calls to str_replace() and replaces that with only one (which is why this hack only works with PHP 4.0.5 and up).

Have fun, I know you will.

[Scott MacVicar]

a classic lets see if it can provide the same type of amusement we have on other boards

[TWTCommish]

'Zactly. This hack is completely useless from a practical standpoint. However, I could use a good laugh. :up:

EDIT: yeck...those lines in the text file have to be removed...I either have to copy the code and then weed them all out and such, or re-type it.

[Admin]

I realize this hack is useless, but I think it's fun nonetheless.

Chris, gotcha'. Updated the file.

[TWTCommish]

File looks the same to me...also, I installed it, all my replacement variables jacked up and my board looked like a rainbow, so I uninstalled it...

[Lesane]

Great fun hack, thanks :up:

[Admin]

TWTCommish, the file is updated, you were probably just getting a cached version of it.
Install the hack again and do exactly what it says.

[TWTCommish]

Yep, got it working around 10 minutes after posting that.

[Admin]

Good.

[TWTCommish]

I tried to get this same effect with the email notifications (those are sort of a dead give-away)...by sticking this code...

              $emailsubject = str_replace('{bbusername}', $bbuserinfo[username], $emailsubject);
              $emailmsg     = str_replace('{bbusername}', $bbuserinfo[username], $emailsubject);

...before this code...

mail($toemail,$emailsubject,$emailmsg,"From: \"$bbtitle Mailer\" <$webmasteremail>");

...in newreply.php. No go, though. What's wrong?