UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Finished-[6.3] Lookup IP address of Poster

Mod Name / Version: Lookup IP address of Poster

Description: This mod turns the IP address displayed in a user's post into a hyperlink that queries a Whois Proxy with the IP address. I used www.nic.com but you may substitute with others.

We only disply IP addresses to Admin/Moderators and this makes it easy for them to quickly see where someone really is if they didn't enter their company name in their profile

Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.3

Mod Status: Finished

Any pre-requisites: None

Author(s): PatrickEgan

Date: 10/17/03

Credits:

Files Altered: showflat.php, showthreaded.php and languages/generic.php

New Files: None

Database Altered: None

Info/Instructions: Follow the instructions below

In languages/generic.php

Add the following two lines:

$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT'] = "Lookup this IP Address";
$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL'] = "http://www.nic.com/cgi-bin/wp.cgi?query=";


In showflat.php

Find This:


if ( ($config['showip'] == 1) && $IP) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "($IP)";
}

elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 2) && ( ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") || ($ismod=='yes') ) && ($IP) ) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "($IP)";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 3) && ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") && ($IP) ) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "($IP)";
}

Change to This:

if ( ($config['showip'] == 1) && $IP) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}

elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 2) && ( ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") || ($ismod=='yes') ) && ($IP) ) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 3) && ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") && ($IP) ) {
$postrow[$i]['IP'] = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}


In showthreaded.php

Find This

if ( ($config['showip'] == 1) && $IP) {
$IP = "($IP)";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 2) && ( ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") || ($ismod == 'yes') ) && ($IP) ) {
$IP = "($IP)";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 3) && ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") && ($IP) ) {
$IP = "($IP)";
}

Change to This:

if ( ($config['showip'] == 1) && $IP) {
$IP = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 2) && ( ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") || ($ismod == 'yes') ) && ($IP) ) {
$IP = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}
elseif ( ($config['showip'] == 3) && ($user['U_Status'] == "Administrator") && ($IP) ) {
$IP = "<a title="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_TEXT']}" href="{$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL']}$IP">($IP)</a>";
}

Disclaimer: Please backup every file that you intend to modify.
If the modification modifies the database, it's a good idea to backup your database before doing so.

Note: If you modify your UBB.Threads code, you may be giving up your right for "official" support from Infopop.If you need official support, you'll need to restore unmodified files.

That could be handy! Thanks.

Nice thanks.

I have installed this and it works great. I like a different ip locator better but I have tried everything I can think of (which isn't much) to make it work. Will it work with this service? http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation If so, what do I need to put in the generic.php file?

I actually use a different whois Proxy now too

http://grove.ufl.edu/~bro/cgi-bin/wp.cgi?query=

You can just change the language file to reflect the url of this or what ever whois proxy you like. So to use this other one it would look like this.

$ubbt_lang['GET_IP_URL'] = "http://grove.ufl.edu/~bro/cgi-bin/wp.cgi?query=";

The way this works is pretty simple, it just slaps the IP address on the end of that URL so it gets passed as a parameter to the Whois Proxy like http://grove.ufl.edu/~bro/cgi-bin/wp.cgi?query=68.6.40.116

I Checked out that GeoBytes site and the problem I think that you are having is that I do not see any way to pass the IP address as a parameter to the URL you indicated.

Post deleted by smoknz28

I was the guinney pig on this one.... It works with no problems that I've uncovered after installing and running it on a few IPs under Threads v6.4.

Just a heads up... Thanks for this hack!

I change URL to:

http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=