Telling which users are online using SSI.php

[Norman Smiley]

Is there any way using SSI.php to tell if a member is online, so I can write a conditional like:


if ($username is online)

{
echo "<img src=\"./img/online.gif\">";
}


?

[Valconeye]

http://www.yabbse.org/community/ssi_examples.php
Whos Online Function: <? whosOnline(); ?>

[Norman Smiley]

http://www.yabbse.org/community/ssi_examples.php
Whos Online Function: <? whosOnline(); ?>

But is there a way to separate those names so that I can write a conditional for a single user?

[Valconeye]

here is some code that helped me, hope it helps you

Code Select Expand

It's really simple, actually. In your site, design the html or php that will make the panel and put it in there. Then just attach an if statement to the top and bracket/echo your html stuff. Lots of examples within yabbse's code. You can do a simple if they are a moderator, or you can even go specific user(s), something like this:Code:
// HTML BEFORE YOUR BOX

<?PHP
global $db_prefix, $username
$request = mysql_query("SELECT moderators FROM {$db_prefix}boards WHERE moderators='$username' LIMIT 1;") or database_error(__FILE__, __LINE__);

if ($request != 0)
{
echo '
// HTML code to show panel
}
?>
// Other HTML for rest of page

That would be roughly for a moderator of any board. For a specific user or users:Code:
// HTML BEFORE YOUR BOX

<?PHP
global $username

if ($username == 'Youruser')
{
echo '
// HTML code to show panel
}
?>
// Other HTML for rest of page



[TLM45]

Include the SSI.php then look at the function OnlineStatus($user) in Subs.php, that should get you started I belive.

* TLM45 goes back to trying to make a function that will work in the forum to return users level (admin/mod/etc..)

*EDIT* - Dummy me did not know about the variable $setting[7] held the info I needed.