Adding "Dot Out" feature on PHP 8.1

[MickeyTTT]

Hi Visman, I had a board that was pre 8.1 PHP my host upgraded and broke my board. So I had to start over again with the new board.

The old board had a feature called Dot out, that would let a registered member post anonymously without logging out.

I was hoping you could give me some guidance on making this work on my new board.

Below is what it looked like.

https://www.f4bbs.com/1.PNG

https://www.f4bbs.com/2.PNG

https://www.f4bbs.com/3.PNG

[MioVisman]

Hi!
You need to look at the code of the post.php file (most likely) on an old version of the engine. There you added a handler for this checkbox, which replaced the user with a guest (if I understood you correctly).

[MickeyTTT]

Does this look like it?
</div> <div id="brdmenu" class="inbox"> <input type="checkbox" id="brdmenu-checkbox" style="display: none;" /> <label for="brdmenu-checkbox" id="brdmenu-button"></label> <ul>

[MioVisman]

Look for the substring 'dotout', something similar to $_POST['dotout']

[MickeyTTT]

if (isset($_POST['dotout'])) { $pun_user['g_id']=4;$pun_user['username']="."; $pun_user['id'] =1;$pun_user['g_id'] =3; }
I am using version 1.5.11 does this look like it would work with
https://www.f4bbs.com/2.PNG

Or is something else missing?
I assume the order that the user name and group change is to, prevent errors?

Thanks

[MioVisman]

Probably you need to use a different approach, rather than correcting the user as a guest.
Something like this:

1. For replies in the topic:

	if (!$pun_user['is_guest'])
	{
		$username = $pun_user['username'];
		$email = $pun_user['email'];
	}

replace to

	if (!$pun_user['is_guest'])
	{
		$username = isset($_POST['dotout']) ? '.' : $pun_user['username'];
		$email = $pun_user['email'];
	}

// START Merge Post
		if (isset($pun_config['o_merge_timeout']) && !$pun_user['is_guest'] && !$fid && (($is_admmod && !empty($_POST['merge'])) || !$is_admmod) && $cur_posting['poster_id']!=NULL && $cur_posting['message']!=NULL && ($now - $cur_posting['posted'])<$pun_config['o_merge_timeout'] && (pun_strlen($cur_posting['message'].$message) + 100 < PUN_MAX_POSTSIZE))

repalace to

// START Merge Post
		if (!isset($_POST['dotout']) && isset($pun_config['o_merge_timeout']) && !$pun_user['is_guest'] && !$fid && (($is_admmod && !empty($_POST['merge'])) || !$is_admmod) && $cur_posting['poster_id']!=NULL && $cur_posting['message']!=NULL && ($now - $cur_posting['posted'])<$pun_config['o_merge_timeout'] && (pun_strlen($cur_posting['message'].$message) + 100 < PUN_MAX_POSTSIZE))

				// Insert the new post
					$db->query('INSERT INTO '.$db->prefix.'posts (poster, poster_id, poster_ip, message, hide_smilies, posted, topic_id, user_agent) VALUES (\''.$db->escape($username).'\', '.$pun_user['id'].', \''.$db->escape(get_remote_address()).'\', \''.$db->escape($message).'\', '.$hide_smilies.', '.$now.', '.$tid.', \''.$db->escape($http_uagent).'\')') or error('Unable to create post', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

replace to

				// Insert the new post
					$db->query('INSERT INTO '.$db->prefix.'posts (poster, poster_id, poster_ip, message, hide_smilies, posted, topic_id, user_agent) VALUES (\''.$db->escape($username).'\', '.(isset($_POST['dotout']) ? '1' : $pun_user['id']).', \''.$db->escape(get_remote_address()).'\', \''.$db->escape($message).'\', '.$hide_smilies.', '.$now.', '.$tid.', \''.$db->escape($http_uagent).'\')') or error('Unable to create post', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

2. For new topic:

				// Create the post ("topic post")
				$db->query('INSERT INTO '.$db->prefix.'posts (poster, poster_id, poster_ip, message, hide_smilies, posted, topic_id, user_agent) VALUES (\''.$db->escape($username).'\', '.$pun_user['id'].', \''.$db->escape(get_remote_address()).'\', \''.$db->escape($message).'\', '.$hide_smilies.', '.$now.', '.$new_tid.', \''.$db->escape($http_uagent).'\')') or error('Unable to create post', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

replace to

				// Create the post ("topic post")
				$db->query('INSERT INTO '.$db->prefix.'posts (poster, poster_id, poster_ip, message, hide_smilies, posted, topic_id, user_agent) VALUES (\''.$db->escape($username).'\', '.(isset($_POST['dotout']) ? '1' : $pun_user['id']).', \''.$db->escape(get_remote_address()).'\', \''.$db->escape($message).'\', '.$hide_smilies.', '.$now.', '.$new_tid.', \''.$db->escape($http_uagent).'\')') or error('Unable to create post', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

3. Common

			// START Merge post
			// not sum - Visman
			if (!$merged && $cur_posting['no_sum_mess'] == 0)

replace to

			// START Merge post
			// not sum - Visman
			if (!isset($_POST['dotout']) && !$merged && $cur_posting['no_sum_mess'] == 0)

[MickeyTTT]

Thank you for all of your help. I made all of the changes. but when I try and add
<label><input type="checkbox" name="dotout" value="dotout">Dot out</label>
To post I keep getting syntax errors.
I'm trying to put it after.
$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.($subscr_checked ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.($is_subscribed ? $lang_post['Stay subscribed'] : $lang_post['Subscribe']).'<br /></label>';

[MickeyTTT]

`<?php

$checkboxes = array();
if ($fid && $is_admmod)
$checkboxes[] = '<input type="checkbox" name="stick_topic" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.(isset($_POST['stick_topic']) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.$lang_common['Stick topic'].'
';
Dot out
if (!$pun_user['is_guest'])
{
if ($pun_config['o_smilies'] == '1')
$checkboxes[] = '<input type="checkbox" name="hide_smilies" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.(isset($_POST['hide_smilies']) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.$lang_post['Hide smilies'].'
';
`

[MioVisman]

after

	if ($is_admmod && $fid) // StickFP - Visman
		$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="stickfp" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['stickfp'])) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.$lang_post['Stick first post'].'<br /></label>';

add

	$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="dotout" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['dotout'])) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />Dot out<br /></label>';

[MickeyTTT]

Sorry, I cant figure out what I am doing wrong.

` }

if ($is_admmod && !$fid && isset($pun_config['o_merge_timeout']) && $pun_config['o_merge_timeout'] > 0) // Merge mod - Visman
	$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="merge" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['merge']) || (!isset($_POST['merge']) && !isset($_POST['form_sent']))) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.$lang_post['Merge posts'].'<br /></label>';
if ($is_admmod && $fid) // StickFP - Visman
	$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="stickfp" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['stickfp'])) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />'.$lang_post['Stick first post'].'<br /></label>';
            $checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="dotout" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['dotout'])) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />Dot out<br /></label>';

}

                         Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "<", expecting end of file in /home/public/F4BBS/post.php on line 730 `

Thanks

[MioVisman]

No error in line

	$checkboxes[] = '<label><input type="checkbox" name="dotout" value="1" tabindex="'.($cur_index++).'"'.((isset($_POST['dotout'])) ? ' checked="checked"' : '').' />Dot out<br /></label>';

[MickeyTTT]

Thank you very much for all your help. We have everything working now. It would have been impossible without you. F4 thanks you for this feature.