[ABD]Invite A Friend

[Hawaiian Dude]

Current Version: v1.1.0
Download here

Description:
This will allow your users to invite their friends to your forum.

Made on request from here

History:
Version 1.1.0 Changes (done by Zleviticus)
Added config panel to allow use of different Templates "general config - email config"
Move the subject line to the template for easier editing
general Cleaning of code
Version 1.0.2 Changes (done by Hawaiian Dude & MJ)
Added link on index

Version 1.0.1 Changes (done by Zleviticus)
Fixed errors with the code
Changed Strings to match each other
Added Subject Line

Version 1.0 (created by Hawaiian Dude)
First release

Authors:
Hawaiian Dude
Zleviticus
MJ

Thanks too:
Thx to Hardout, Brewjah, R. U. Serious for the interesting Tell-A-Friend MOD that we used (hope this is ok)
Thx to all the testers

[talia679]

This is great ... do you have a demo?

[Brandons]

Great. Hmm could you include how we might include these forms at the bottom of our index page? so they can just tell friends from there?

And also.. a demo of what it looks like?.. hehe thanks

[zleviticus]

Ok I am having problems with this dev mod.. i like the idea though...

The first is that the strings in the Lang file do not match those inthe tpl file.

The second is that when I try to do a submit I get the following error..

"Could not find email template file invite_email"

What is going on? Anyone have an idea?

[zleviticus]

Ok I got it working with a few changes.. If people would like and if it is ok with the original author(s) I can post the changes and files in the corrected format... I can also provide instructions on what changes I made to the original files...

Just PM me if you want either the files uploaded or available for download and if the author is reading let me know if it is ok to post the corrected version... with all due credit that is...

Cheers!

[Hawaiian Dude]

its ok to post correct version it's in development and was hoping that people like you wanted to help with this MOD, you can add your name to the MOD authors if you want

[zleviticus]

Here is version 1.0.1 of Invite a friend MOD. I have correct a couple errors. It works fine on my board.. have any problems let me know.

In order to use it you need to create a link to the invite.php file. That's It!

Enjoy!


Get the file: See original Posts for it...

[scoobie]

Excellent MOD by the way

Slight problem with the Subject Line - comes up as L_Tell_Friend_Email_Subject

Any ideas how to sort this out - tried editing the code but just brought back errors.

[Hawaiian Dude]

new v1.0.2
updates:
you will see a link on the index page next to 'Mark all forums read'
(any ideas on other place(s) to set link let us know)

demo: N/A

see first message for instructions (download)

[zleviticus]

Here is the corrected invite.php file code...

Code: Select all

<?php
define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = "./";
include($phpbb_root_path . 'extension.inc');
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.'.$phpEx);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_post.'.$phpEx);


$userdata = session_pagestart($user_ip, PAGE_FAQ);
init_userprefs($userdata);

if( !$userdata['session_logged_in'] ) 
    { 
        header("Location: " . append_sid("login.$phpEx?redirect=$PHP_SELF", true));
       	exit; 
    } 
        
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_header.'.$phpEx);

$template->assign_vars(array(
'L_TELL_FRIEND_TITLE' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Title'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_EMAIL_MESSAGE' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Email_Message'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_SENDER_USER' => $lang['Invite_Friend'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_SENDER_USER' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Sender_User'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_SENDER_EMAIL' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Sender_Email'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_RECIEVER_USER' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Reciever_User'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_RECIEVER_EMAIL' => $lang['Invite_Friend_Reciever_Email'],
'L_TELL_FRIEND_EMAIL_SUBJECT'=>$lang['Invite_Friend_Email_Subject'],

 
"SUBMIT_ACTION" => $PHP_SELF, 
"SITENAME" => $board_config['sitename'], 
"HOST" => 'http://' . $HTTP_HOST . '/register'.$phpEx , 
"SENDER_NAME" => $userdata[username], 
"SENDER_MAIL" => $userdata[user_email], 
));

/**************/
		if ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']) )
		{
			$error = FALSE;

			if ( !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['friendemail']) && (strpos($HTTP_POST_VARS['friendemail'],"@")>0) )
			{
				$friendemail = trim(stripslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS['friendemail']));
				if (!$HTTP_POST_VARS['friendname']) { $friendname=substr($friendemail,0,strpos($HTTP_POST_VARS['friendemail'],"@")); };
			}
			else
			{
				$error = TRUE;
				$error_msg = "You have not entered a (valid) email address";
			}

			if ( !$error )
			{
					include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/emailer.'.$phpEx);
					$emailer = new emailer($board_config['smtp_delivery']);

					$email_headers = 'From: '. $userdata['username'] .'<'. $userdata['user_email'] .'>' . "\n";
					$email_headers .= 'Return-Path: ' . $userdata['user_email'] . "\n";
					$email_headers .= 'X-AntiAbuse: Board servername - ' . $server_name . "\n";
					$email_headers .= 'X-AntiAbuse: User_id - ' . $userdata['user_id'] . "\n";
					$email_headers .= 'X-AntiAbuse: Username - ' . $userdata['username'] . "\n";
					$email_headers .= 'X-AntiAbuse: User IP - ' . decode_ip($user_ip) . "\r\n";

					$emailer->use_template('invite_email', $user_lang); 
					$emailer->email_address($friendname .'<'. $friendemail .'>');

					/* $emailer->set_subject("An invitation for You!"); */
					$emailer->set_subject($lang['Invite_Friend_Email_Subject']);


					$emailer->extra_headers($email_headers);

					 $emailer->assign_vars(array(
						'SITENAME' => $board_config['sitename'], 
						'FROM_USERNAME' => $userdata['username'], 
						'TO_USERNAME' => $friendname, 
					));
					$emailer->send();
					$emailer->reset();

					$template->assign_vars(array(
						'META' => '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=' . append_sid("index.$phpEx") . '">')
					);

					$message = $lang['Email_sent'] . '<br /><br />' . sprintf($lang['Click_return_index'],  '<a href="' . append_sid("index.$phpEx") . '">', '</a>');

					message_die(GENERAL_MESSAGE, $message);
			}

			if ( $error )
			{
				$template->set_filenames(array(
					'reg_header' => 'error_body.tpl')
				);
				$template->assign_vars(array(
					'ERROR_MESSAGE' => $error_msg)
				);
				$template->assign_var_from_handle('ERROR_BOX', 'reg_header');
			}

		}

/**************

if ($submit)
{
mail("\"$friendname\" <$friendemail>", "$friendname, you have been invited to $board_config[sitename]", $message, "From: \"$userdata[username]\" <$userdata[user_email]>");
message_die(GENERAL_MESSAGE, "Your email has been sent. Click <a href=$HTTP_REFERER>here</a> to tell another friend.");
}
**************/


$template->set_filenames(array("body" => "invite_body.tpl"));
$template->pparse("body");

include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_tail.'.$phpEx);
?>

[Hawaiian Dude]

file updated, thx man

[zleviticus]

I added my link on the Main page up where the FAQ, Search and such are located. that way no matter what page or forum you are in you can have the person email a friend.. otherwise you have to be in a forum to do it.. Don't you?


No prob on the updated invite.php file.. I will be added new items when I have a chance... I think this could be a GREAT MOD....

Catch you later!

I have a server to rebuild...

[Hawaiian Dude]

what about this pic?

[whackyshack]

I keep getting this error.

Could not find email template file invite_email

After I enter the users name and email address. I hit send email and that is the message I get.

Help please

edit
I just realized this was posted earlier, but I still have the problem.

Edit again.

Fixed it.

[Hawaiian Dude]

it had to be placed in templates/subSilver, I think in the beginning it said in lang_english/email or something
or what did you do?