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Fix for replacement code problem in vB Code
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by Steve Machol Steve Machol is offline 09 Mar 2002
I'm almost embarrassed to call this a 'hack', particularly sincve it's not even mine! :stupid: Actually the code came from FireFly who PM'd me with the answer to this problem I posted on vb.com:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=41430

The problem arises if you try to use replacement variables in vB Code. Beginning with 2.2.3, this no longer works. However the fix (thanks to Chen!) is simple. Just remove or comment out this line from admin/functions.php:


Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)   
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

Of course remving this line will cause the problem of people using replacement variables in posts. However in my case it's a good trade-off.
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 06:33
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isn't this corrected in 2.2.3?
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 06:33
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No, this is caused by v2.2.3.
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 06:36
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oh, ok. Thanks then, I'm installing
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 06:39
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Excellent. The quote looks great now, however Im still confused as to how do do this with PHP and list code.
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I do not understand this!?
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 16:43
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Originally posted by Mr. X
Excellent. The quote looks great now, however Im still confused as to how do do this with PHP and list code.
Those are hardcoded into the script and cannot be altered by vB Code. To change them would require further hacking.
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Old 09 Mar 2002, 19:52
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so it only works on vb.org?
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I think that line of code is part of the cross-site scripting issue that was plugged in 2.2.3. While I don't think it will expose you to the entire problem it does present a weakness.
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this is not changed in 223b grrrr...
lol i got it now.. damn i'm slow sometimes.. this line must be removed only if you installed firefly's hack
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Old 10 Mar 2002, 01:21
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It just stops things like {firstaltcolor} from being converted when you type them into a post.
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Originally posted by smachol
Those are hardcoded into the script and cannot be altered by vB Code. To change them would require further hacking.
Im still confused here. Is this a hack that ONLY changes the Quote code, or is there something Im missing? Afterall its entitled "New code, PHP and quote boxes!". Im so very tired right now..
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You should be able to move the line we told you to delete a bit up, before the parsing of vB codes, and then it'll also solve the problem. I don't have the code in front of me right now though
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Please post that when you have a change FireFly.
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Old 10 Mar 2002, 17:47
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Nah, if you do this it'll screw PHP code, because every left bracket will be replaced with its HTML entity and the code will be unreadable.
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