? becomes & and I don't know why

CurtisH · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:33 am

I am using the who viewed my profile mod that was ported to BBtoNuke but there is an error in it that I have been unable to fix.

There is a line in the code that reads:

Code:

$goto_page .= '<a href="' . append_sid("profile_view_user.$phpEx?".POST_USERS_URL."=$user&".POST_POST_URL."=$j") . '">' . $times . '</a> ';

I changed it to read:

Code:

$goto_page .= '<a href="' . append_sid("Forums&file=profile_view_user&".POST_USERS_URL."=$user&".POST_POST_URL."=$j") . '">' . $times . '</a> ';

This should have worked but the link becomes corrupt when the page is parsed in the following manner:

The link becomes:

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and it should instead be:

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Notice that the "?" between modules.php and name turns into a "&"

Does anyone know how this can be fixed?

64bitguy · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:05 am

Actually, it looks like there are other issues going on. What was wrong with the original code? A GT issue?

The append you are using is calling for an .html property, but is reflecting a .php property in your provided link example.

In this case, it would appear that you also need to apply a mod_rewrite rule in your .htaccess (as well as in the GT-file) to make the rule work correctly with .html properties.

Can you provide your GoogleTap code that goes with this?

I would have assumed it would look more like:
append_sid("forums-profile-view.html&".POST_USERS_URL."=$user&".POST_POST_URL."=$j")

CurtisH · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:15 am

Actually this particular function has never worked correctly on my site with or without GT.

I just came across it again and thought that I would go ahead and fix it. When attempting to do so I was unable to get the ? to remain a ?. LOL

In its original form the link became:

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which is because this particular function was not completely ported to BBtoNuke and had retained is phpBB format

All I did was modify the code to make it call the function like it should within BBtoNuke but because of the "?" somehow changing to a "&" the link doesn't work. If I copy the shortcut into the address bar and change the "&" back to a "?" the link works.

I may be misunderstanding your reply, and if so I am sorry. Very Happy

CurtisH · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:27 am

Ok, I figured it out.

For it to work I simply needed to remove the append_sid

Now it works. Thanks for the help. Smile