Chris' Blog » modification http://www.cs278.org/blog “A metal loving, web developing, open source contributor.” Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:36:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 phpBB Hook to remove success messages http://www.cs278.org/blog/2010/02/16/phpbb-hook-to-remove-success-messages/ http://www.cs278.org/blog/2010/02/16/phpbb-hook-to-remove-success-messages/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:32:59 +0000 Chris http://www.cs278.org/blog/?p=531 Continue reading →]]> Time for another phpBB hook, this time the aim is to remove the messages which irritate some people when a post has been made and instead redirect the user immediately to the default choice. A few considerations had to be made with this, firstly the administration panel is off limits as this uses messages for success and failure in some places. Secondly any page which goes back to itself by default is made confusing if there isn’t a confirmation, so these aren’t automatically redirected; a good example of this being the UCP preferences.

This change exploits phpBB’s hook system which allows us to execute custom code in certain phpBB functions/methods without modifying any files. To do this we need to create a new file in our phpBB installation in the includes/hooks/ directory, the file name must begin with hook_ and end with your PHP extension (usually .php.) So, basically you need to drop the below file into your includes/hooks/ directory and purge the board cache, job done!

includes/hooks/hook_disable-delayed-redirects.php

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includes/hooks/hook_enable-debug-for-founders.php 

<?php

/**
 * This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
 * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
 * To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
 * http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
 */

if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
	exit;
}

/**
 * This hook enables the debug mode for founders
 */
function hook_enable_debug_for_founders(&$hook)
{
	global $user;

	if ($user->data['user_type'] == USER_FOUNDER)
	{
		// Be careful when defining the constants

		if (!defined('DEBUG'))
		{
			define('DEBUG', true);
		}

		if (!defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
		{
			define('DEBUG_EXTRA', true);
		}
	}
}

$phpbb_hook->register('phpbb_user_session_handler', 'hook_enable_debug_for_founders');
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This change exploits phpBB’s hook system which allows us to execute custom code in certain phpBB functions/methods without modifying any files. To do this we need to create a new file in our phpBB installation in the includes/hooks/ directory, the file name must begin with hook_ and end with your PHP extension (usually .php.)

includes/hooks/hook_trusted-users.php:

<?php

/**
 * This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
 * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
 * To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
 * http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
 */

if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
	exit;
}

/**
 * This hook disables the post queue for accounts registered with a trusted
 * e-mail address.
 */
function hook_trusted_users(&$hook)
{
	global $config, $user;

	/**
	 * Skip when the queue is disabled, or this is an administration
	 * session so we don't break the ACP, chances are that administrators
	 * have moderation permissions or more posts than required to post any way.
	 */
	if ($config['enable_queue_trigger'] && !$user->data['session_admin'] && preg_match('#@example\.com$#i', $user->data['user_email']))
	{
		$config['enable_queue_trigger'] = 0; // Disable the post queue for our trusted users
	}
}

$phpbb_hook->register('phpbb_user_session_handler', 'hook_trusted_users');

Once you have dropped the file in place you will need to purge your cache, or just manually delete cache/data_hooks.php.

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