UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Beta-[6.2-6.3-6.4] Multiple Index Pages in Who's Online

Mod Name / Version: Multiple Index Pages in Who's Online

Description: Now keep in mind this is a simple way to allow the multiple INDEX files on your site
to get placed into Who's Online so that you do not get the dreaded private you see when
a page is not in the language file. The real brains behind this one is Astaran as he had
helped me sort this out a while back and this is never been posted.

You will need to modify the information to suit your site but the mod is simple enough to understand what it does. It rewrites the index file name to something else in the Online table so you can assign a language string to it so it is viewed correctly where a user is.

Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.2-6.3-6.4

Mod Status: Beta

Any pre-requisites: Threads

Author(s): Astaran

Date: 12/16/03

Credits: Omegatron for documenting it

Files Altered: ubbt-inc.php and online.php in your language directories

New Files: None

Database Altered: Nope

Info/Instructions:

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.

This mod works fantastic with a minor modification becuase of the way my Hosting provider runs PHP.

Apparently the common method is to run PHP as an Apache module. However, for security reasons, they choose to run it as a CGI script instead.

So in order to make this work on our site I set

$currentPage = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];

instead of

$currentPage = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];