Chat User \'online\'

[Codebase]

A function or a function call to indicate the amount of online user.

[phpfreechat]

I wrote a quick script which should be adapted for use :

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$users = array();
$dir = "your/phpfreechat/path/data/private/chat/yourchannelname/nicknames/";
$dir_handle = opendir($dir);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir_handle)))
{
  if ($file == "." || $file == "..") continue; // skip . and .. generic files
  if (time() > (filemtime($dir.$file)+10) ) // do not count 10 seconds oldest user
    continue;
  $users[] = urldecode(base64_decode($file));
}
$nd_users = count($users);

I will create an API for external calls but this is not planned for now because I have lot of things to do with 1.0 release ... if someone want to do the job, feel free

[Daedalus]

Would be great. Our Forum waits for this too.

But i have no knowlegde of programming. If i had i would make it.

[DaveS]

Why are the usernames encrypted in the nickname directory?
I was going to modify you script above to provide a "lobby" to my users, where the could see WHO was in the chatroom before actually entering it.... as well as of course the count

[phpfreechat]

Why are the usernames encrypted in the nickname directory?

To make possible to have a none latin nickname. Or nickname with special chars.
If I don't encrypte it, it will make problem with filesystem.

[DaveS]

So there is no way currently to show "WHO" is in chat? (

[phpfreechat]

Wrong, there is a way
Look above : my 1st reply.

[DaveS]

I figured it out.... and here is some code to implement a "lobby"... based on your code above which had a few bugs in it

<?
$minute=10;
$chat_dir="/www/htdocs/uploads/phpchat/data/private/chat/btwchat/nicknames/";
$users = array();
$dir_handle = opendir($chat_dir);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir_handle)))
{
if ($file == "." || $file == "..") continue; // skip . and .. generic files
if (time() > (filemtime($chat_dir.$file)+($minute *60))) continue; // do not count if older than specified time
$x=urldecode(base64_decode($file));
$users[] = urldecode(base64_decode($file));
}
$nd_users = count($users);
if ($nd_users==0)
{
echo "There is NOBODY in the Chatroom right now<br>";
}
else
{
echo "<table class=tbl border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3>";
echo "<tr><td class=row1>Users in the Chatroom<br>in the last $minute minutes</td></tr>";
for ($i=0; $i<$nd_users; $i++)
{
$x=$users[$i];
echo "<tr><td class=row2>$x</td><tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
}
?>

[dpushman]

But where exactly is this code going, in a new file or in the index, is it in the index.php then where. I tryed some solutions but i am not good in php.

[phpfreechat]

in a new file : where you want to show the connected users list, somewhere on your website I guess

[Yautja_cetanu]

I was going to modify you script above to provide a "lobby" to my users, where the could see WHO was in the chatroom before actually entering it.... as well as of course the count

Take a look at our forums, www.thevirtualreality.co.uk We have that integrated in the "Who is online" in phpbb. I'll pester our scriptor to post the phpbb mods, etc. However we are waiting for the release of version 1.0 before we start as some of it will depend on how private messages, etc are implemented.

[phpfreechat]

With 1.0 release, an API will be available to ckeck the online user list on a given channel, to get the last N messages on a channel etc ...
So I should be very easy to add a such MOD to phpbb and everything else.

[roschler]

Kerphi,

Was the API ever created? If so, where can I find it or an example on how to use it?

Thanks.

[phpfreechat]

Yes, see these demo :
http://www.phpfreechat.net/demo/pfc-1.x ... e-chat.php
http://www.phpfreechat.net/demo/pfc-1.x ... online.php

[seb]

hello,

It almost fine. I'm using v1.08 and i think i have to change the path to:
$chat_dir="/www/htdocs/uploads/phpchat/data/private/chat/btwchat/metadata-to-nickid/nick/";

After that the script is showing the names like:

Iæڲؚj

This is wrong. Does somebody knows what wrong in my script?

Seb.