[MINOR RELEASE] Signature Length

[MrBlunt]

[evoir]

Too funny eva

will try this hack.

[Rosevalley]

nice hack !! its working real nice and a real easy install Tnx mate!

[Dakota]

Great hack. I have really been needing something like this.

Thanks

[mrlister]

good job. i was meaning to get something like this!

[VirtueTech]

First off thanks for the hack...been looking for something like this...Second..I had a small problem with the hack because the template error_siglength gets put into templateset ID #1

My default template set ID was 4...so anyone else who might have the same issue...just use phpMyAdmin to correct the template's "templatesetid" field.

Just a heads up for users in my boat.

Thanks again for the hack.

Oh and I remember a ways back Ed Sullivan created a way to only show 6 lines of the signature on the showthread.php script for v1.13...anyone know how to do that here?

[MarkG]

excellent hack, great implementation!

[Thomas P]

Works perfect,
thanks to VirtueTech, too for the hint,
-Tom

[Sire]

$signaturelength doesn't seem to contain a value for me.. ( v 2.0.1 ). Any idea ?

[kchii]

This is a great hack, but needs to limit characters as well. If not, a user can simply not use any breaks and they can still have a huge sig, since it's technically only 1 really really long line.

[Bad_Madman]

Originally posted by kchii
This is a great hack, but needs to limit characters as well. If not, a user can simply not use any breaks and they can still have a huge sig, since it's technically only 1 really really long line.

Update: Sorry, there was an error:
wrong: if ($sigcount > $signaturelength and $signaturelength)
right:if (strlen($sigcount) > $signaturelength and $signaturelength)
now it is correct (see below)

replace in member.php and register.php:

// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK #######
$sigcount = count(split("\n", $signature));
if ($sigcount > $signaturelength) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_siglength")."\");");
exit;
}
// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK ####### 

with

// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK #######
if (strlen($sigcount) > $signaturelength and $signaturelength) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_siglength")."\");");
exit;
}
// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK ####### 

... and now 'Signature Length' (in User and registration options) the characters instead of lines ...

Madman

[atrl]

It Wont Work For Me Any Help I can Enter All I Want To and it wont limit it?

[Bad_Madman]

Originally posted by atrl
It Wont Work For Me Any Help I can Enter All I Want To and it wont limit it?

with or without my changes?

Madman

[atrl]

I think i fixed it but somehow it is now on the CP options twice? How Do I take one out?

[Thomas P]

Works in 2.0.3

Hi,
works great in 2.0.3, to upgrade I took that piece

// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK #######
$sigcount = count(split("\n", $signature));
if ($sigcount > $signaturelength) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_siglength")."\");");
exit;
}
// ####### SIG LENGTH HACK ####### 

and pasted it into member.php and register.php as stated above.

I do like wo work it this way, i.e. to limit the lines.
Some of my users tend to make ~5 lines which is too much imo.
Limiting the chars won't limit the lines, too.

So I like it!
-Tom