Need help with script which will keep member logged in using cron

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

I run a vBulletin forum and we have a "robot" member we'd like to keep logged in, so I am trying to develop a php file which will log this member in, it will be called every 2 hours via cron to update this members info in the database.

I am not a programmer, this is just guess work... I know I'm way off but this did at least edit the time but to the wrong date, Dec 31st, 1969.

<?php

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity='TIMENOW', lastvisit='TIMENOW' WHERE userid = '503'") 
or die(mysql_error());  

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

?>

If anyone can help guide me to get this working, I'd be very thankful.

Ken2k7 · January 4, 2008

I'm no SQL expert but TIMENOW isn't a keyword or anything right? I think you'll have to use the php function time() to get the time in Unix format.

redarrow · January 4, 2008

try that babes

<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

$time_now=date("dmy");
//$time_now=strtotime(date("dmy"));// if timestamp in database

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity='".$row['time_now']."', lastvisit='$time_now'  userid = '".$row['userid']."'") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

<?php echo strtotime(date("dmy"));?>

time stamp example babes.........

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Ken2k7, I got TIMENOW from the vbulletin functions_login.php script.

redarrow, Thanks I've copied the code you gave and tried to run it but get this error: "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'userid = '503'' at line 1"

redarrow · January 4, 2008

sorry babes

<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=date("dmy");
//$time_now=strtotime(date("dmy"));// if timestamp in database

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity=' ".$row['time_now']." ', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid=' ".$row['userid']." ' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

post your database config please

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Thanks, Ok I ran the script with that code and it says "Duplicate entry '503' for key 1"

redarrow · January 4, 2008

edited


<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=date("dmy");
//$time_now=strtotime(date("dmy"));// if timestamp in database

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity=' ".$row['time_now']." ', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid=' ".$row['userid']." ' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

post database config babes

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Here's the database config file

<?php
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/*-------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| If you get any errors while attempting to connect to    |
| MySQL, you will need to email your webhost because we   |
| cannot tell you the correct values for the variables    |
| in this file.                                           |
\*-------------------------------------------------------*/

//	****** DATABASE TYPE ******
//	This is the type of the database server on which your vBulletin database will be located.
//	Valid options are mysql and mysqli, for slave support add _slave.  Try to use mysqli if you are using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1+
// for slave options just append _slave to your preferred database type.
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';

//	****** DATABASE NAME ******
//	This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
//	This must be created by your webhost.
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'vbulletin';

//	****** TABLE PREFIX ******
//	Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = '';

//	****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
//	If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
//	Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'me@email.com';

//	****** FORCE EMPTY SQL MODE ******
// New versions of MySQL (4.1+) have introduced some behaviors that are
// incompatible with vBulletin. Setting this value to "true" disables those
// behaviors. You only need to modify this value if vBulletin recommends it.
$config['Database']['force_sql_mode'] = false;



//	****** MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT ******
//	This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
//	If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

//	****** MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
//	This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
//	These must be obtained through your webhost.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'xxxxxxx';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = 'xxxxxxx;

//	****** MASTER DATABASE PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS ******
//	This option allows you to turn persistent connections to MySQL on or off.
//	The difference in performance is negligible for all but the largest boards.
//	If you are unsure what this should be, leave it off. (0 = off; 1 = on)
$config['MasterServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;



//	****** SLAVE DATABASE CONFIGURATION ******
//	If you have multiple database backends, this is the information for your slave
//	server. If you are not 100% sure you need to fill in this information,
//	do not change any of the values here.
$config['SlaveServer']['servername'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['port'] = 3306;
$config['SlaveServer']['username'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['password'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;



//	****** PATH TO ADMIN & MODERATOR CONTROL PANELS ******
//	This setting allows you to change the name of the folders that the admin and
//	moderator control panels reside in. You may wish to do this for security purposes.
//	Please note that if you change the name of the directory here, you will still need
//	to manually change the name of the directory on the server.
$config['Misc']['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';
$config['Misc']['modcpdir'] = 'modcp';

//	Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
//	Keep this short and only use numbers and letters, i.e. 1-9 and a-Z
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'bb';

//	******** FULL PATH TO FORUMS DIRECTORY ******
//	On a few systems it may be necessary to input the full path to your forums directory
//	for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this setting unless vBulletin
//	tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash!
//	Example Unix:
//	  $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '/home/users/public_html/forums';
//	Example Win32:
//	  $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\vb3';
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';



//	****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG VIEWING PERMISSIONS ******
//	The users specified here will be allowed to view the admin log in the control panel.
//	Users must be specified by *ID number* here. To obtain a user's ID number,
//	view their profile via the control panel. If this is a new installation, leave
//	the first user created will have a user ID of 1. Seperate each userid with a comma.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canviewadminlog'] = '1';

//	****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG PRUNING PERMISSIONS ******
//	The users specified here will be allowed to remove ("prune") entries from the admin
//	log. See the above entry for more information on the format.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canpruneadminlog'] = '1';

//	****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
//	The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
//	See the above entries for more information on the format.
//	Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
//	to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '1';

//	****** UNDELETABLE / UNALTERABLE USERS ******
//	The users specified here will not be deletable or alterable from the control panel by any users.
//	To specify more than one user, separate userids with commas.
$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '';

//	****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
//	The users specified below will have permission to access the administrator permissions
//	page, which controls the permissions of other administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

// ****** DATASTORE CACHE CONFIGURATION *****
// Here you can configure different methods for caching datastore items.
// vB_Datastore_Filecache  - for using a cache file
// $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Filecache';
// vB_Datastore_Memcached - for using a Memcache server
// It is also necessary to specify the hostname or IP address and the port the server is listening on
/*
$config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Memcached';
$i = 0;
// First Server
$i++;
$config['Misc']['memcacheserver'][$i]		= '127.0.0.1';
$config['Misc']['memcacheport'][$i]			= 11211;
$config['Misc']['memcachepersistent'][$i]	= true;
$config['Misc']['memcacheweight'][$i]		= 1;
$config['Misc']['memcachetimeout'][$i]		= 1;
$config['Misc']['memcacheretry_interval'][$i] = 15;
*/
// ****** The following options are only needed in special cases ******

//	****** MySQLI OPTIONS *****
// When using MySQL 4.1+, MySQLi should be used to connect to the database.
// If you need to set the default connection charset because your database
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// If you don't set the charset to be the same as your database, you
// may receive collation errors.  Ignore this setting unless you
// are sure you need to use it.
// $config['Mysqli']['charset'] = 'utf8';

//	Optionally, PHP can be instructed to set connection parameters by reading from the
//	file named in 'ini_file'. Please use a full path to the file.
//	Example:
//	$config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = 'c:\program files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\my.ini';
$config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = '';

// Image Processing Options
// Images that exceed either dimension below will not be resized by vBulletin. If you need to resize larger images, alter these settings.
$config['Misc']['maxwidth'] = 2592;
$config['Misc']['maxheight'] = 1944;

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redarrow · January 4, 2008

try the new posted edited code please and if possable show the database entry please for lastactivity='TIMENOW', lastvisit='TIMENOW'

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Ok, after running the latest code, this is what's in the database.

lastactivity='0'

lastvisit='40108'

redarrow · January 4, 2008

that never worked then

you no the table is it a new one u created?

<?php echo date(("dmy"),strtotime('40108'));?>

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

No, it's one of the default tables that comes with the script.

When I use that echo, I get this "311269"

redarrow · January 4, 2008

try that please

edited try agin


<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=time();

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity='$time_now', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid='503' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Thank you. Ok, I just ran that and here's the data in those fields in the database:

lastactivity='0'

lastvisit='1199439681'

redarrow · January 4, 2008

copy and try agin i edited it

<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=time();

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity='$time_now', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid='503' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Wow, you got it! Both fields now read '1199439805'

Thank you very much for your time and help, redarrow

rajivgonsalves · January 4, 2008

well I would try.. what is the $time_now for and the $userid for ?

<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');


$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity=now(), 
lastvisit=now() WHERE userid='503' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

Ken2k7 · January 4, 2008

now() is a function ???

rajivgonsalves · January 4, 2008

yeah now() is a mysql function...

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

I tested your code rajiv and it changes the date to Dec 31st, 1969...

redarrow's code is working great.

rajivgonsalves · January 4, 2008

well it depends on the column type seen what redarrow has used instead of now() I should of suggested UNIX_TIMESTAMP( ) function well anyways if its working fine... things are cool

redarrow · January 4, 2008

1 min babes

what this do babes any good...



<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=date("dmy");
//$time_now=strtotime(date("dmy"));// if timestamp in database

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity=' ".$row['time_now']." ', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid='503' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  


$result1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

while($row1=mysql_fetch_array($result1)){

$last_act=date("d/m/y/ h:i:s",$row['lastactivity']);

echo "This user with the userid was last on:  
<br> userid".$row1['userid']."       <br>
     username:".$row1['username']."  <br>
     lastactivity: $last_act       <br>";
}

?>

redarrow · January 4, 2008

nice format i say babes.......

<?php
$row=time();
$last_act=date("d/m/y/ h:i:s",$row);
echo $last_act;
?>

result

04/01/08/ 10:02:40

redarrow · January 4, 2008

try that sorry edted it wrong lol

OK FULLY WORKS NOW BABES



<?php
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$time_now=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['time_now']);
$userid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userid']);

$time_now=time();
//$time_now=strtotime(date("dmy"));// if timestamp in database

$result = mysql_query("UPDATE user SET lastactivity='$time_now', 
lastvisit='$time_now' WHERE userid='503' ") 
or die(mysql_error());  


$result1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid = '503'")
or die(mysql_error()); 

while($row1=mysql_fetch_assoc($result1)){

$last_act=date("d/m/y/ h:i:s",$row['lastactivity']);

echo "This user with the userid was last on:  
<br> userid".$row1['userid']."       <br>
     username:".$row1['username']."  <br>
     lastactivity: $last_act       <br>";
}

?>

Colleen78 · January 4, 2008

Thanks red, for some reason the echo is making the date come out like this: lastactivity: 31/12/69/ 07:00:00

I won't need to see that anyway since I'll be using a cronjob to run the script, I'll never get to see the result except on the member profile, but it's a nice touch.

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