Help with php Shoutbox.

[WeeGiE]

Hey all. I'm using a php shoutbox script, but I need help to auto fill the user name field with the users forum username on phpbb3 (I'm already using a session from the forum which then displays the shoutbox to online users registered to the forum) I'm having trouble editing the code to auto-fill the user name field with their forum name.


Here is the shoutbox code.

<?php
/************************************************** ****
Shoutbox 1.0
Written by Erik Holman at 24 May 2004
===================================
Shoutbox somewhere in your page without frames but
the shoutbox is able to scroll...

Please do not remove the My-PHP links and headers...

Visit www.my-php.tk for more free PHP scripts.
************************************************** ****/

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Declare some variables
//
//Text file database
$text_file = "db.txt";

//Fill in the URL to the shoutbox.php from the root
$shoutbox_url = "http://www.*******.com/shoutbox.php";

//Where should the script go to after adding shout
$referer_url = "http://www.*******.com/index.php";
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Add the shout to the database
//
if( isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] == "add" )
{
if( $_POST['email'] == "Email address" )
$_POST['email'] = "";
$new_line = (''.$user->data['username'].'!'); ."|".date("Y/m/d H:i")."|".stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['message'])) . "\n";
if( ! $fp = fopen($text_file,"a") )
echo "Cannot open " . $text_file . "! Check the file rights.";
if( flock( $fp, LOCK_EX ) )
{
fwrite( $fp,$new_line );
flock( $fp, LOCK_UN );
} else {
echo "Couldn't lock the file " . $text_file . "!";
}
header("Location: " . $referer_url );
}
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////


/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Function show_shoutbox.
//This function will print the complete shout
//box.
//
function show_shoutbox($height = 350,$width = 120,$per_page = 8, $border="border:0px #DDDDDD solid;", $font_family="verdana",$font_size=11 )
{
//When there is requested a certain page
if( isset( $_GET['shoutbox_page'] ) )
$shoutbox_page = $_GET['shoutbox_page'];

//If there is no page then the default page is 1
if( empty( $_GET['shoutbox_page'] ) )
$shoutbox_page = 1;

//The database (a little shorter)
$file = $GLOBALS['text_file'];

//Open the file and return error when fail
if( ! $fp = @fopen( $file, "r" ) )
{
echo "Cannot open database file for the shoutbox!";
exit;
}

//Init the output_buffer (string) and the shouts (array)
$output_buffer = "";
$shouts = array();

//When the filesize is greater then null (file contains info)
if( filesize($file) )
{
//Read the file
$fp = fread( $fp, filesize( $file ) );
//all the shouts per line
$shouts = explode("\n",$fp);
//total of shouts
$total_shouts = count($shouts);
//total number of pages
$total_pages = ceil($total_shouts/$per_page);
//set the shout_pointer from where the shouts must be shown
$shout_pointer = (($total_shouts - ($shoutbox_page * $per_page))+$per_page)-1;

//when the requested page is greater then the total_pages, set the page to 1
if( $shoutbox_page > $total_pages )
$shoutbox_page = 1;

//create the page_numbers (the select box)
$output_buffer .= page_numbers( $total_pages , $shoutbox_page );
}
//Else use the default values... (empty shoutbox)
else
{
$shouts = 0;
$total_shouts = 0;
$shout_pointer = 0;
$output_buffer .= page_numbers( 1 , 1 );
}

//Loop through the shouts. descending (Z to A)
for( $i = $shout_pointer ; $i > ($shout_pointer-$per_page); $i-- )
{
//if the value is greater then -1
if( $i > -1 )
{
//if the shouts exists
if( $shouts[$i] )
list( $name, $email, $date, $shout ) = explode("|",$shouts[$i]);

//if the name is not empty
if( !empty( $name ) )
{
//empty the email_start and end
$email_start = "";
$email_end = "";
//if the email is not empty
if( ! empty( $email ) )
{
$email_start = "<a href=\"mailto:" . $email . "\">";
$email_end = "</a>";
}
//add to output buffer
$output_buffer .= "<strong>" . $email_start . $name . $email_end . "</strong>\n<br />" . $shout . "<br /><br />";
}
}
}
?>
<table style="width:<?=$width;?>;">
<form method="post" action="<?=$GLOBALS['shoutbox_url'];?>?action=add">
<tr><td align="center" style="font-family:<?=$font_family;?>; font-size:<?=$font_size;?>px;"><strong>Shoutbox</strong></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div style="<?=$border;?> font-family:<?=$font_family;?>; font-size:<?=$font_size;?>px; height:<?=$height;?>; overflow:auto; padding:3px; width:100%;">
<?=$output_buffer;?>
</div>
</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td>
<div id="form">
<input type="text" name="name" value="Name" class="input" style="<?=$border;?> font-family:<?=$font_family;?>; font-size:<?=$font_size;?>px; width:100%;" onfocus="this.select();">
<input type="text" name="message" value="Message" class="input" style="<?=$border;?> font-family:<?=$font_family;?>; font-size:<?=$font_size;?>px; width:100%;" onfocus="this.select();"><br />
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="submit" style="<?=$border;?> font-family:<?=$font_family;?>; font-size:<?=$font_size;?>px;"><br /></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
<?php
}
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////
//Function page_numbers
//This function will create the select box
//with page numbers to change the page
//
function page_numbers($total_pages,$current = 1)
{
//Get the URL from the address bar
$url_bar = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. "?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

//Remove the shoutbox_page=XX from the URL bar
$url_bar = preg_replace( "/(&shoutbox_page=[1-9]+)/","", $url_bar );

//Create a buffer to output this later.
$buffer = "<div align=\"center\">Page: <select onchange=\"javascript: location.href='" . $url_bar . "&amp;shoutbox_page='+this.value;\" style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;\">\n";

//Loop through the number of pages.
for( $i = 1 ; $i <= $total_pages ; $i++ )
{
//None selected
$selected = "";
//If the current page is $i, select this option
if( $current == $i )
$selected = "selected=\"selected\"";
//Add output to the buffer
$buffer .= "<option value=\"".$i."\"" . $selected . ">".$i."</option>\n";
}
//Close the output buffer
$buffer .= "</select></div><hr size=\"1\">\n";

//Return the buffer
return $buffer;
}
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////

show_shoutbox();
?>
Session code from my forum.

<?php
// Begin PHPBB Session Integration
define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = 'forum/';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);
//include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions.' . $phpEx);

// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup('viewforum');

?>When using it I just use php include to on everypage.


<?php
if($user->data['is_registered'])
{
include("shoutbox.php");
}
else
{
include("shoutbox2.php");
}
?>
I'm guessing this can come in handy also?

any help would be brilliant thanks!

[Invent]

Hi,

Sorry the information you have provided does not tell us any information about the phpbb3 session information (how the username stored, etc), so I am unable to help you with your issue I'm afraid.

Thanks