UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Forum Design Integration Who's Online with "external pages".

I would like to add pages to the online.php. I have succeeded in doing so but.....

When a user shows up as being on one of those pages there is a 0 after the page description on the Who's online page.

i.e. Anonymous 05/30/02 01:27 PM Viewing an External page0

When using the IIP online.php modification it works fine.

What am I missing?

it's one of those weird bugs noone has tracked down yet...

But... The IIP does not show up with a 0 at the end.

JustDave. Let me in on your little secret.

LoL no secret stuff going on there... but if you want to talk about the majestic 7 or the aurora project we might get a bunch of .gov hits around here.

I'm not sure if that 0 is being added by specific text editor carriage returns or what. All that is needed is an entry in the online.php file in the related language directory. In the online.php file add a variable that uses the name of the page you wish to show up in the "Who's Online" screen.

Example:

If your page is named mypage.php you would create a variable such as:
$ubbt_lang['mypage'] = "Looking at my page!";

or for a page named guestbook.php you would add this variable:
$ubbt_lang['guestbook'] = "Reading the Guest Book!";

Also, the easiest way for the database to be updated with the online information is to use .threads for sending the header and footer. The ubbt.inc.php script adds the page name to the online data. (also, this way they carry the same look through out too)

And, just to note, proabably check the variables in the online.php script and make sure there are no control characters present at the ends of the strings. Maybe backspacing from the double quote a character or two then typing them back in would help?

Thanks Dave.

That's the method that I have been using. I checked the file and and found nothing different than the other entries there.

I even tried manually typing the line in so it wasnt a copy and paste. Top of the file bottom of the file. No luck.

Ok... Here is some more info for you.

I only see the 0 if the user viewing the external page is anonymous.

So the "bug" must be somewhere after line 188 of online.php .

If $What = the page you are viewing and $Extra is what your are doing there i.e.veiwing post "xxxxxxx"

Is it possible with the external pages the variable $Extra is being identified(or being undefined which makes more since since a null = 0) as a 0?

So now what you are seeing is $What$Extra or "Page you are viewing"0

That's a good point and it may very well be the case. I'll take a look at things to see if I can find out if that's the case. (I been currious about this myself)

It's funny how when you go looking for something that's usually there, it's not. I sat and waited for 10 mins for an anonymous user to show up with no avail.. LoL I'll keep looking at things. Maybe it will jump out.

I think I found the error and have the fix. I'm posting this in the Bug board too.

In the online.php script find this (line 273-276):

$anonrow[$x]['Username'] = $Username;
$anonrow[$x]['Last'] = $Last;
$anonrow[$x]['What'] = $What;
$anonrow[$x]['Extra'] = $Extra;

Change that to this:

if (!$Extra) {$Extra = "";}
$anonrow[$x]['Username'] = $Username;
$anonrow[$x]['Last'] = $Last;
$anonrow[$x]['What'] = $What;
$anonrow[$x]['Extra'] = $Extra;


You were right about a null or zero value being returned by the query results. The $Extra variable is set to a blank string prior to the while loop but during the loop it is the value of field returned from the query.

Cool. That worked.

Thanks JustDave.

Can this method be used with non-php pages?

for example photos.pl doesn't seem to work.

I don't think so as that's not a php script. Using a php script you can use ubbt's send_header function to have pages placed in the online table.

Seeing how old this thread is and new versions out since, has the method for adding external pages changed? I'm curious to add some pages, but not sure what I need to do to the existing non-ubbt php page

hmmmm... I believe a mod was written for a WOL Pal, if I se it I'll post a link