How do I integrate YaBB into my PHP website?

[Zef Hemel]

It is possible, this is how I did it. First modify your template.html and remove all unnecessary stuff. For example like this:

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<yabb title><br><br>
<yabb uname> <yabb im><BR>
<yabb time><br>
<yabb menu>
<yabb news>

<yabb main>

<yabb copyright>
Then rename your YaBB SE index.php to something else, for example forum.php. And also remove the line in this forum.php that says

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ob_start();

Then create a new index.php At the first line put:

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<?php ob_start(); ?>
Underneath that put anything you like, any php tag you like. Basically put your whole design there At the point you want to put the YaBB output, put this:

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<?php
require("forum.php");

function endhtml()
{
?>
then at the end of this php file put this:

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<?php
}
?>

Then go to Subs.php, to the the obExit() function (around line 760), and after the line with "$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,$modSettings;" add:

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endhtml();

Now upload all changed files and it should be working Of course you still have to tweak the template.html to make it look better, but you'll get the idea.

Good luck

[Blackjack]

Nice FAQ I'm going to try this in my clan site some day

[Kalin Somphane]

I gotta say that's what was bugging me this morning. Thanks

[Kalin Somphane]

Also.
If you want to put anything below the forum.php it won't work. So you have to put the rest of your website template in your template file.

EDIT: Never mind - didn't read the whole thing.
NOTE: Oh that's why I didn't read the whole thing, because you edited it

[adams]

I just encountered this same problem. Any Idea why Zef?

It would appear that as tarch said nothign below the <?php
require("forum.php");
?> is included.

[Zef Hemel]

Yes you're right, I updated the top message a bit. The changes starts when you put in the require("forum.php"); file.

Good luck, and let me know if there are still problems

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

I dont know much php but wouldnt that make it do when you click a link it will just be using template.html? because i tried that before using php virtual

[adams]

This is my new index.php

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<?php ob_start(); ?>

<?php
include ('/www/html/template/top.shtml');
?>


<?php
require("forum.php");

function endhtml()
{
?>

<?php
include ('/www/html/template/bottem.shtml');
?>

<?php
}
?>

and in Subs.php

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function obExit()
{
        global $HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,$modSettings;
        if (!$modSettings['enableCompressedOutput'])
        {
                ob_end_flush();
                exit;
        }
        $html = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        $level = 1;

        // Check if zlib is installed
        if(function_exists("crc32") && function_exists("gzcompress"))
        {
        $encoding = '';
                // if so check what kind of gzipping can be used
                if(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "x-gzip"))
                        $encoding = "x-gzip";
                elseif(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,"gzip"))
                        endhtml();
                        $encoding = "gzip";

                if ($encoding) // ok, encoding is accepted
                {
                        header("Content-Encoding: $encoding");

                        $size = strlen($html);
                        $crc = crc32($html);

                        $output = "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00";
                        $output .= substr(gzcompress($html, $level), 0, -4);
                        $output .= pack("V", $crc);
                        $output .= pack("V", $size);
                }
                else
                $output = $html;
        }
        else
        $output = $html;

        echo $output;
        exit;
}
?>

This still doesn't seem to work (ie my last include is not being processed)

[alexrolko]

<?php ob_start(); ?>

<?php
include ('/www/html/template/top.shtml');
?>


<?php
require("forum.php");

function endhtml()
{
?>

<?php
include ('/www/html/template/bottem.shtml');
?>

<?php
}
?>

Oh about that code above... after each line you dont have to open and close PHP like the Tutorial says...  

It can just look like this... but thats only if u have just the code.  

<?php
    ob_start();
   
    include ('/www/html/template/top.shtml');
    include ('forum.php');

    function endhtml() {
          include ('/www/html/template/bottem.shtml');
    }
?>

[Zef Hemel]

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function obExit()
{
        global $HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,$modSettings;
        if (!$modSettings['enableCompressedOutput'])
        {
                ob_end_flush();
                exit;
        }
        $html = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        $level = 1;

        // Check if zlib is installed
        if(function_exists("crc32") && function_exists("gzcompress"))
        {
        $encoding = '';
                // if so check what kind of gzipping can be used
                if(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "x-gzip"))
                        $encoding = "x-gzip";
                elseif(strpos(" ".$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,"gzip"))
                        endhtml();
                        $encoding = "gzip";

                if ($encoding) // ok, encoding is accepted
                {
                        header("Content-Encoding: $encoding");

                        $size = strlen($html);
                        $crc = crc32($html);

                        $output = "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00";
                        $output .= substr(gzcompress($html, $level), 0, -4);
                        $output .= pack("V", $crc);
                        $output .= pack("V", $size);
                }
                else
                $output = $html;
        }
        else
        $output = $html;

        echo $output;
        exit;
}
?>

Where's the endhtml()?

[adams]

Right after the "$HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,"gzip perhaps thats the wrong place?


Indeed it was the wrong place. Now that I fixed it your procedure works like a charm. Thanks Zef.

[Jaxom]

Well, I got it working :) Thanks for the info...

Here's a tipette for you non-PHP experts out there...

I spent a good half hour banging my head over this until I finally figured it out (that'll teach me to think I know how to code without reading the references first)

This was what I was trying to get to work:

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<?php 
    $headervar = "http://www.theguildhouse.net/meta/header";
    $extension = ".php";
    include ($headervar.$skin.$extension);
?>


<!--start of content-->

<?php
require("forum.php");

function endhtml()
{
$footervar= "http://www.theguildhouse.net/meta/footer";
    $extension = ".php";
     include ($footervar.$skin.$extension);
}
?>

(Note - $skin is set by another included script further up the page, I use it to theme the new website I'm building)


But it didn't work  - The header worked fine, but the footer $skin was never being set. I tried all sorts of things before finding out that basically, you need to add

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global $skin;
inside the function, like this:

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<?php 
    $headervar = "http://www.theguildhouse.net/meta/header";
    $extension = ".php";
    include ($headervar.$skin.$extension);
?>


<!--start of content-->

<?php
require("forum.php");

function endhtml()
{
    global $skin;
    $footervar = "http://www.theguildhouse.net/meta/footer";
    $extension = ".php";
   include ($footervar.$skin.$extension);
}
?>


I'm used to the idea that a global variable is well, global, and local variables are only accessible inside a function. In PHP, ALL normal variables are global, but you need to declare it as such to access it inside a function. Doh.

[Jaxom]

Hmm, just discovered (and fixed) a related problem.

Don't forget to do the same thing to Reminder.php!Otherwise people won't be able to get email prompts when they forget their password.

I.E.

Remove

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ob_start();

From the Reminder.php


rename Reminder.php to something else (I used subreminder.php)

Create a new page called Reminder.php with your custom php code in it, same as the index.php page we created earlier; just replace

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require("forum.php");

with

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require("subreminder.php");


HTH!

[cessandra]

my board: http://unidentity.net/bored

my index.php:

<?php ob_start();

require("http://unidentity.net/bheader.php");

require("http://unidentity.net/bored/forum.php");

function endhtml()
{

require("http://unidentity.net/footer.php");

}
?>

no matter what link i click on, it just takes me back to index.php.  why?

[cessandra]

ps

at the end of my board, i get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: endhtml() in /export/spare/www/unidentity.net/bored/Sources/Subs.php on line 745

this is my subs.php:

function obExit()
{
        global $HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING,$modSettings;
        endhtml();
        if (!$modSettings['enableCompressedOutput'])
        {
                ob_end_flush();
                exit;
        }
        $html = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        $level = 1;