private msg to unknown od not connected user

[siwula]

Sometimes, when i try to send private message to user i got error:
You are trying to speak to a unknown (or not connected) user
but the user is already connected and active in main chat window.
It's a bug? How to fix it?

[mr_sven]

Hi,
I've the same problem.
I've installed the last 1.3.

I think I've found the Problem.
It could be a problem with the "nickid", this will generated using SHA1 from the PHP SessionID.
If the SessionID of the User is changed in any kind, the other user sessions will not be notified about the new generated "nickid" so they will not able to send a private message.
If the User reloads the Page, then the others will be notified, so they can send messages.

A possible solution is, generate the nickid only once from the SessionID and then load it from the Session.

In kind of a coupling between phpBB and pFC, it could be the phpBB UserID.

Regards Sven

[mr_sven]

I think I fixed the problem for me.

On my side, I'm using coupling with phpBB and so I'm using the Nicks (from $user->data['username']) and also the nickid (from $user->data['user_id']), so the nickid is always the same.


index.php:

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session_start();
$params["nick"] = $user->data['username'];
$_SESSION["pfcuserconfig_nickid"] = $user->data['user_id'];

pfcuserconfig.class.php line 28

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if (!isset($_SESSION["pfcuserconfig_nickid"])) $this->nickid = sha1(session_id());
else $this->nickid = $_SESSION["pfcuserconfig_nickid"];

[re*s.t.a.r.s.*2]

Hi there,

As stand alone if the session changes the chat stop responding, when reloading that user browser the new session takes place and the chat ask for a nickname. the user can then start chatting again..

I don't understand a phpbb user can still be logged since his SESSION its not longer the same. session with what he have been authenticated..
If the session changes on PHPBB that user will be taken as a new user that needs to be authenticated...

I might be wrong or Am I missing something..

kind regards..