UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Programming PHP and Server-side Scripting Including username variable....

OK - I'm running my chat software inside a general threads page. They have upgraded their system which will allow me to pass a username through to the chat software.

The header of my page is like this:

code:
// Require the library
   require ("main.inc.php");
   $user[U_Username] = $w3t_myname;
   $user[U_Password] = $w3t_mypass;
                                
// ---------------------
// Send the page to them
  $html = new html; 
  $html -> send_header("The Chat Room",$Cat,0,$user);

  $html -> table_header("The Chat Room");

  $phpurl = $config[phpurl];

  $html -> open_table();
  echo " 

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then my chat stuff goes after the echo statement. The line with the password is like this:

code:
<PARAM NAME="Username" VALUE="$user[U_Username]">

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I've tried it with $user[U_Username] and with $w3t_myname

also have tried escaping out <? ?> around the password variable.

Am I missing something simple? Anyone have any idea?

Thanks in advance.

This should work:

code:

<?

// Require the library
   require ("main.inc.php");
   $userob = new user;
   $user = $userob -> authenticate();
   $Username = $user['U_Username'];
   $Password = $user['U_Password'];

// ---------------------
// Send the page to them
   $html = new html;
   $html -> send_header("The Chat Room",$Cat,0,$user);
   $html -> table_header("The Chat Room");
   $phpurl = $config[phpurl];
   $html -> open_table();
   echo "
<PARAM NAME="Username" VALUE="$Username">
";

?>

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Gardener,

I've said it before!
You're Awesome! This worked perfectly.
Thank you!
Josh

As always it's nice to be able to help. =]

Hi there,

I wanted to do a similar thing to my chat application. Josh was kind enough to point me to this forum from the main ubb one.

I have added a link at the top menu for users to click (for the chat module). The code that you guys describe here will be in a new PHP page, right? By including the main.inc.php one ensures that one has the use of functions/variables and with the full script one gets the user name and password.

What if I need to get some more information. Can I modify the authenticate() function to allow for another field to be used or will I have to hit the database again from this script?

Finally, I want this page to be launched in a new window and to execute an APPLET in it. I know how to do these things in ASP but as far as PHP is concerned I am in total darkness. There is a small java script that allows you to open a url (with any parameters) in a new window, so I can use that function.

I wish for the user to click on the chat link and a new window to open. This will ensure that the user has access to the forum. Once the new window opens, the checks are done and the applet initialized. I was thinking of the below php page:

code:


<?
// Require the library 
   require ("main.inc.php");
   $userob = new user;
   $user = $userob -> authenticate();
   $Username = $user['U_Username'];
   $RealEmail = $user['U_Email']; //Sorry I have to check the database for this one
   $Name = $user['U_Name'];
   $Homepage = $user['U_Homepage'];
   $NewField = $user['U_NewField']; // A new field that I added for my chat application

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Now here it becomes blurry. I want to execute the following:

code:

  <APPLET NAME="MyChat"
    CODEBASE="http://www.mydomain.com/Chat/Classes/"
    CODE="another.new.class"
    WIDTH="200"
    HEIGHT="100"
    ALIGN="MIDDLE"
    ARCHIVE="something.jar">
    <PARAM NAME="username" VALUE="$Username">
    <PARAM NAME="name" VALUE="$Name">
    <PARAM NAME="homepage" VALUE="$Homepage">
    <PARAM NAME="realemail" VALUE='$RealEmail'>
    <PARAM NAME="newfield" VALUE='$NewField'>
</APPLET>

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Any help is more than appreciated.

Warm regards

Nikos

This is what you should do:

code:

<?
// Require the library 
   require ("main.inc.php");
   $userob = new user;
   $user = $userob -> authenticate("U_Email, U_Homepage, U_NewField, U_Name");
   $Username = $user['U_Username'];
   $RealEmail = $user['U_Email']; //Sorry I have to check the database for this one
   $Name = $user['U_Name'];
   $Homepage = $user['U_Homepage'];
   $NewField = $user['U_NewField']; // A new field that I added for my chat application
   echo <<<UBBTPRINT
  <APPLET NAME="MyChat"
    CODEBASE="http://www.mydomain.com/Chat/Classes/"
    CODE="another.new.class"
    WIDTH="200"
    HEIGHT="100"
    ALIGN="MIDDLE"
    ARCHIVE="something.jar">
    <PARAM NAME="username" VALUE="$Username">
    <PARAM NAME="name" VALUE="$Name">
    <PARAM NAME="homepage" VALUE="$Homepage">
    <PARAM NAME="realemail" VALUE='$RealEmail'>
    <PARAM NAME="newfield" VALUE='$NewField'>
</APPLET>
UBBTPRINT;
?>

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You see that you can add fields from the users table to the authenticate function, some are added automatically, like Username.

Thanks a million Gardener! I will try it as soon as I get home! Hopefully I will have a huge success smile on my face tonight!

Thanks once more

Nikos