PHP Shoutbox
Somewhat moderate if you do not know what you're doing ^^;Okay first off we want to make a page where we will include the shoutbox coding.
well... actually you may want to run this query in phpMyAdmin
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CREATE TABLE `shoutbox` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`by` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'System',
`message` text NOT NULL,
`link` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'http://google.com',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
Whooo thats done now we can really begin....
For the main coding i made 2 files to hold the code. The file i wanted it in then a box.php located in my includes folder.
First, make something a bit like this to show the shoutbox form.
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<center><iframe src="includes/box.php" height="200" width="150" name="tagit">Browser Does Not Support I-Frames</iframe><br />
<form method="POST" target="tagit" action="includes/box.php?x=post">
<b>Link / Email</b>:<br />
<input type="text" name="link" value="http://" size="15"><BR />
<textarea name="message" cols="5" rows="35"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="tag" value="Post"> <input type="reset" value="Clear" name="clear">
</center>
That will have an Iframe for the shoutbox then the form underneath it.
Next up, you will want to make a file named box.php or just make one and edit the iframe src="" part.
In it type up something similar to:
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<?php
session_start(); //Allow Sessions
include("config.php"); //get config
include("bbcode.php"); //get bbcodes or other functions
switch($_GET[x]){ //change links to ?x=*case*
default: //default page
echo "
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=\"JavaScript\">
function refresh() {
setTimeout('dorefresh()', 30000);
}
function dorefresh() {
window.location.reload();
}
</script><body onLoad=\"refresh()\">
"; //this is the javascript and body for the shoutbox...basically for auto refresh...
$color1 = ""; //Alternating color 1
$color2 = ""; //alternating color 2
$row_count = 0; //how many rows do you start with
$gettags = mysql_query("select * from shoutbox order by id desc limit 15"); //this is for the main frame where shouts are viewed. only 15 but you can change
$nutags = mysql_num_rows($gettags); //count them all up
if($nutags == 0) { //if there are none
echo "<table width='100%'>
<tr><td bgcolor='$row_color' width='100%'>
<center>There are currenctly no tags!</center>
</td></tr>
</table>";//tell them there are none
}else{ //or do something else....
while($t=mysql_fetch_array($gettags)){ //repeat the tables
$row_color = ($row_count % 2) ? $color1 : $color2;
echo "<table width='100%'>
<tr><td bgcolor='$row_color' width='100%'>
<b> <a href=\"$t[link]\">@</a>$t[by]</b>
";//theres the header information for the shout
if($t[by] == $logged[username]) { //if name is logged in
echo "<a href='box.php?x=delete&id=$t[id]'>(Delete)</a>"; //allow them to delete
}elseif($logged['username'] && $logged['level'] == 6) { //or if the user is logged in and an admin
echo "<a href='box.php?x=delete&id=$t[id]'>(Delete)</a>"; //allow to delete
} //end that ^^;
$message = bbcode(censor($t[message])); //censor and add bbcode to it
echo "<br>$message</td></tr></table>"; //echo the mesage and end the table
$row_count++; //adds another row to the counter above :)
} //end the while...
echo "<a href=\"box.php?x=archive\">Archive</a>"; //Archive link
}
break; //end page
case 'post': //posting page
if($logged[username] && $_POST[tag]){ //check if user is logged in and the form was submitted
if(empty($_POST[message])){ //if the message is empty
echo "<b>Error</b>: You Must Enter A Message"; //echo this
}else{ //or do something else
$user = $logged[username]; //user variable
$link = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST[link])); //link
$msg = htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($_POST[message])); //the message variable
mysql_query("INSERT INTO shoutbox (`by`,`message`,`link`) VALUES ('$user','$msg','$link')") or die(mysql_error());//do the query or die
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;url=box.php\">Shout Posted"; //redirect to main :)
}//end msg empty check
}elseif($logged[username] && !$_POST[tag]){ //check if they just went there VIA Direct URL
echo "<b>Error</b>: You Must Submit The Form"; //echo this
} //end check
break; //end page
case 'delete': //delete page
$id = stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($_GET[id])); //clean up the ID
$get = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shoutbox WHERE id = '$id'") or die(mysql_error()); //select it from DB
$t = mysql_fetch_array($get); //allow info from it to be selected
if($t[by] == $logged[username]){ //check if logged user is the same as the user who posted it.
mysql_query("DELETE FROM shoutbox WHERE id = '$id'") or die(mysql_error()); //delete if it is true
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;url=box.php\"><center>Shout Deleted</center>"; //delete message
}elseif($logged[username] && $logged[level] == 6){ //or continue
mysql_query("DELETE FROM shoutbox WHERE id = '$id'") or die(mysql_error()); //query or die!
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;url=box.php\"><center>Shout Deleted</center>"; //delete message
} //end
break; //end the page
case 'archive': //Post Archive
$color1 = ""; //alt color 1
$color2 = ""; //alt color 2
$row_count = 0; //row count start
$gettags = mysql_query("select * from shoutbox order by id desc limit 200"); //get the last 200 shouts
$nutags = mysql_num_rows($gettags); //get how many there are
if($nutags == 0) { //if none
echo "<table width='100%'>
<tr><td bgcolor='$row_color' width='100%'>
<center>There are currenctly no tags!</center>
</td></tr>
</table>"; //make it say so
}else{ //or continue
while($t=mysql_fetch_array($gettags)){ //continue
$row_color = ($row_count % 2) ? $color1 : $color2; //do sopme math to check if there is 1 or more shouts
echo "<table width='100%'>
<tr><td bgcolor='$row_color' width='100%'>
<b>
$t[by]</b> "; //shout headers, simpler then they really are above in the real thing ;P
if($t[by] == $logged[username]) { //if logged name is this users post name
echo "<a href='box.php?x=delete&id=$t[id]'>(Delete)</a>"; //allow to delete
}elseif($logged[username] && $logged[level] == 6) { //or if an admin
echo "<a href='box.php?x=delete&id=$t[id]'>(Delete)</a>"; //allow to delete
}//end check
$message = bbcode(censor($t[message])); //clean up the post :)
echo "
<br>
$message
</td></tr>
</table>"; //echo the rest of the shout
$row_count++; //row move up a number
} //end while
echo "<a href=\"box.php\">Return</a>"; //echo return link
} //end..shout check
break; //end page
} //end if/else
?>
I know its a bit sloppy but hey :P at least it'll work...
Now, one last file...functions.php
In it create something like the following:
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<?
function bbcode($content){// Our bbcode function
$content = nl2br($content); // Add a everytime you hit 'return' or 'enter'
$match = array(
'#\[b\](.*?)\[\/b\]#se', // Bold Tag
'#\[i\](.*?)\[\/i\]#se', // Italic Tag
'#\[u\](.*?)\[\/u\]#se', // Underlined Tag
'#\[url=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/url\]#se', // Url Tag
'#\[url\](.*?)\[\/url\]#se', // Url Tag
'#\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]#se', // Image Tag
);
$replace = array(
"'<b>\\1</b>'", // Bold
"'<i>\\1</i>'", // Itlaic
"'<u>\\1</u>'", //Underlined
"'<a href=\"\\1\" target=\"_BLANK\">\\2</a>'", // Url
"'<a href=\"\\1\" target=\"_BLANK\">\\1</a>'", // Url
"'<img border=\"0\" src=\"\\1\">'", // Image
);
return preg_replace($match, $replace, $content); //return parsed text ass BBCode
} //end the function
function censor($text, $replacement = "<b>Censored</b>"){ // they said bad thing lets import it...
if( strlen($text) > 0 ){ //if there was actually text..
$name = 'badwords.txt'; //get our bad words
$words = file($name); //make sure its a file
$text = str_replace($words, $replacement, $text); //return censored text.
} //end function
?>
This code was created by me so i could allow my users to chat among each other and such things though i never really used the alternating colors O.o.
This does work and i can get proof once i fix the mySQL DB.
Note: All these were bug checked twice before commenting and after commenting and they passed so if you find errors(other than spelling and punctuation and all that) post them here i shall help to the best of my ability.
Posted on Monday 24th March 2008 at 03:03 PM
Have you made all the changes what are in the comments of this tutorial?
Posted on Monday 24th March 2008 at 02:50 PM
Don't work :(
Shows my name, and says delete underneath it, but not my msg.
Shows my name, and says delete underneath it, but not my msg.
Posted on Thursday 18th October 2007 at 12:05 AM
doesnt work it doesnt post
Posted on Tuesday 22nd May 2007 at 07:54 PM
There its works - but theres a problem. If you delete one post, and there are two posts by you then the other delete message disappears.
Posted on Tuesday 22nd May 2007 at 12:30 AM
in where your functions are get rid of censor and replace with:
function censor($text, $replacement = "<b>Censored</b>"){ // they said bad thing lets import it...
if( strlen($text) > 0 ){ //if there was actually text..
$name = 'badwords.txt'; //get our bad words
$words = file($name); //make sure its a file
} //end if
$text = str_replace($words, $replacement, $text); //return censored text.
return $text;
}
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function censor($text, $replacement = "<b>Censored</b>"){ // they said bad thing lets import it...
if( strlen($text) > 0 ){ //if there was actually text..
$name = 'badwords.txt'; //get our bad words
$words = file($name); //make sure its a file
} //end if
$text = str_replace($words, $replacement, $text); //return censored text.
return $text;
}
Posted on Monday 21st May 2007 at 11:44 PM
It still does not work. It doesn't show the post.
This is what I see:
This is what I see:
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Diablosblizz (Delete)
Archive
Archive
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Posted on Saturday 19th May 2007 at 01:23 PM
this is for the RMB user system so you would use that config.php
Posted on Saturday 19th May 2007 at 04:59 AM
Nice tutorial, but what about the config.php?
Posted on Tuesday 15th May 2007 at 11:48 PM
One More Thing,
Change:
<textarea name="message" cols="5" rows="35"></textarea><br>
To:
<textarea name="message" cols="35" rows="5"></textarea><br>
Change:
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<textarea name="message" cols="5" rows="35"></textarea><br>
To:
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<textarea name="message" cols="35" rows="5"></textarea><br>
Posted on Tuesday 15th May 2007 at 11:46 PM
Where i have:
<input type="submit" name="tag" value="Post"> <input type="reset" value="Clear" name="clear">
</center>
Please change to:
<input type="submit" name="tag" value="Post"> <input type="reset" value="Clear" name="clear">
</form>
</center>
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<input type="submit" name="tag" value="Post"> <input type="reset" value="Clear" name="clear">
</center>
Please change to:
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<input type="submit" name="tag" value="Post"> <input type="reset" value="Clear" name="clear">
</form>
</center>