[RFC|Implemented] viewonline hook

[nickvergessen]

Name: hook_viewonline
Rationale: Most of the MODs that add a new page to the forum (gallery, arcade, ...) also need to edit the viewonline.php, so that users are viewed as being online in there and not just viewed as "index.php"
Placement: viewonline.php best would be after the

Code: Select all

   switch ($on_page[1])
   {

Input arguments: $on_page
Output format: array($location, $location_url)
Output semantics: Use the two elements and override the default ($user->lang['INDEX'], append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}index.$phpEx")) which is used when the page is not in the switch.

[Sam]

I really like this idea, I find myself making new cases for the viewonline quite often when making MODs or even custom pages for phpBB.

[ameeck]

On top of this the code should actually be edited to allow matching files in subdirectories.

[nickvergessen]

it already should do that, because we match adm/index

[imkingdavid]

It could also be made easier to match pages outside of the forum directory. I current have a hackish fix for my own site, where I have an index.php site homepage page and then the forum is in the board/ directory next to it. The way I am doing it, iirc, is with a if(is_defined('IN_HOME')) check in viewonline at the default area of the switch and then I just define it in the home page. It works, but it would be nice to be able to do this more easily. While it might not be practical for all admin, it could be helpful for people who are trying to integrate sessions across their site.

[keith10456]

Question:

Does viewonline currently work with phpbb v3 custom pages? I currently use the custom pages but have no idea if the visitors/members are on my custom pages or not.

[nickvergessen]

They are viewed as on index.php which is the default.

[MartinTruckenbrodt]

Hello,
the request is a good one.

BTW: If you have custom pages then you just have to edit viewonline.php and language/en/common.php and it's working for the custom pages, too. Just look at the Blank Template MOD.

Bye Martin

[keith10456]

Hello,
the request is a good one.

BTW: If you have custom pages then you just have to edit viewonline.php and language/en/common.php and it's working for the custom pages, too. Just look at the Blank Template MOD.

Bye Martin

Do you have a link to the Blank Template Mod... My search for it was unsuccessful. I would like to see which changes to viewonline.php and common.php I need to make.

[MartinTruckenbrodt]

Hello KEith,
http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/add-a-n ... -to-phpbb/
I could not find it Titania, but here's the old entry: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1187205

Bye Martin