vBulletin Thread/Post Title Characters 2.0

[MarkFL]

MarkFL submitted a new resource:

Thread/Post Title Characters - Allows you to define what chracters will be permitted in thread/post titles using regex.

Overview:​

This simple product allows you to define what chracters will be permitted in thread/post titles using regex. You may elect to use HTML5 form validation when the user's browser supports it, but if you choose not to use this method, or the user's browser doesn't support it, then a message will be displayed above the editor block advising the user that they have illegal characters in their thread/post title if applicable. They will not be allowed to submit...

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[djbaxter]

Could this be used to disallow smilies in thread titles?

 

[MarkFL]

Could this be used to disallow smilies in thread titles?

You would likely have to disable all punctuation in thread titles to prevent smilies from being used.

 

[djbaxter]

I tried

[a-zA-Z0-9:.,!?&%@$#-+="';>< ]

but that starts to get somewhat clumsy and might not disallow all smilies anyway, not to mention it may disallow characters you want to allow.

 

[Pete]

That also has the side effect of disallowing all accented letters, which may or may not be a problem for you. As well as the 'smart quotes' from Word etc.

 

[MarkFL]

I tried

[a-zA-Z0-9:.,!?&%@$#-+="';>< ]

but that starts to get somewhat clumsy and might not disallow all smilies anyway, not to mention it may disallow characters you want to allow.

Try creating a plugin hooked at "newpost_process" with the following code:

$censored_arr = array(':D', ':)', ':|');

foreach ($censored_arr AS $token)
{
   if (stristr($post['title'], $token) !== FALSE)
   {
       $errors[] = 'Thread/post title includes illegal string "' . $token . '"!';
       break;
   }
}

Edit the "$censored_arr" to contain any strings you don't want in thread/post titles.

edit: You can remove the break statement so that if a user posts multiple censored strings in their title, they will all be pointed out at one time.

 

[djbaxter]

In the end, it's probably simpler just to edit thread titles you don't like.