[FIX] parameter frozen_nick doesn\'t seem to work

[cactux]

Hello,

I put this in my conf :
$params["frozen_nick"] = true;

But I can still change my nickname with the command :
/nick another-nick

Is there something else to parameter to avoid the possibility to change the nicks?

Thanks
Yann

[pixelpeter]

I just discovered the same problem

[pixelpeter]

I integrated the chat into my forum thats why I have given nicknames.
Because of this I could do this simple (but awfull) workaround.
This will only work if you wont do anything with your nickname(s)

In the file "src/phpfreechat.class.php" go to line 395 and replace the content of the function with an comment.
After this workaraound changing the nick by typing "/nick myNewNickName" won't work any longer

The function looks like this now

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  function Cmd_nick(&$xml_reponse, $clientid, $newnick)
  {
   //disabled
  }

[phpfreechat]

It's right frozen_nick is not completly implemented, I wait for the moderation to implement a more generic way to allow/forbid commands.

However, the pixelpeter workeround should work.

[softwareNerd]

On our Chat, users will often add "-AFK" to their nick, to show that they are "Away From Keyboard". So, for example, someone with a nick of "Tom", might change it to "Tom-AFK" and then (when he returns) change it back to "Tom".

In our environment, we would like to use a frozen nick --- because people chatting are all members of another forum, and we like to use a standard nick and prevent impersonation. However, the "AFK" is useful.

So, with that introduction, here is my suggestion:

When you implement frozen nick, you should also implement something like and "/away" command that simply marks the user's name in some way. It could be a simple toggle.

[phpfreechat]

The /away command is into the roadmap. It's right this will be very useful.

[Bernhard J. M. Grün]

With 0.8 an additional parameter like /away would be easy to implement. I'll see what I can do.

Bernhard

[maskiri]

pixelpeter's workaround seems to prevent any new users from joining the chat .it stops the whole nickname creation function.

[Bernhard J. M. Grün]

Yes that's correct.
And I did not find an easy way to implement frozen_nick into the Nick-Command-Class. Sorry.

Bernhard

[Munk]

Hmmn.. I just ran into this also. however, there is no line 395 in the "src/phpfreechat.class.php" in my version (0.9.3)

also no function "function Cmd_nick" anywhere i've found.

so, i'm stuck for now until 1.0 is released, i guess (:

however, as I'm setting the nick via the "username" value in the user's session (set by my CMS), i suppose I could read that value directly into the nick change code so that anytime someone tries to use the /nick command, it will fire successfully (so the initial nick setting on chat launch works the way it's supposed to) but whatever nick the user inputs would just be rewritten with the $_SESSION[username] value.. hmmn.

I'll see if i can dig around in the code and make that work.

[edit]
ok, i figured this out. Because i'm forcing the nick to the $_SESSION[username] value (I want my users to chat under thier CMS usernames) I can force any nick change to that value (as stated above).

to do this, I edited line 30 of "src/pfccommand_nick.class.php"

like so:
// $newnick = phpFreeChat::FilterNickname($newnick);
$newnick = $_SESSION[username];

(i got rid of the "filternickname" function because i already force my users to pure alphanumeric usernames)

basically, this allows the initial nick setting on chat launch to work correctly, and then anytime someone tries the /nick command, nothing happens because whatever input they type gets replaced with the nick they already have (:
[/edit]

[phpfreechat]

Thank you for sharing this workaround Munk.

[Munk]

Heh, thank *you* for creating a very nice implementation of an AJAX chat that is pretty easy to integrate into existing systems and customize. Excellent work!

I can't wait till you release 1.0 - the roadmap looks very promising (:

[_00_]

I use a kind of patch,:

I added on "src/pfccommand_nick.class.php"
a new line 46:
$newnickid=$oldnickid;
with this the nick doesn't change with command, only change the text of the input-button, for solve this I made this input-button as hidden (on /themes/default/templates/chat.html.tpl.php)
and now it don't permit changes of the nick.

Ricardo

[motosdeagua.es]

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