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May 08.2006

Alright, I’m making free forum software, but I need a little help with something…

In the Admin CP I’d like for there to be a little text that says if the current forum software is up-to-date. I’m thinking this should be PHP. Am I correct? If not, please let me know what I should use for this.

If so, could someone help me out.

If you can help me, I’d gladly put a comment with whatever you want in it near the code you provide me in the forums software forever.

Thanks.

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@chazzyMay 08.2006 — one way would be to have an XML (or really any kind) file on your hosting server, that contained the latest version number. Your script then could read this file, and compare the value there with the version of itself and inform them that way.
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@Paintball24authorMay 08.2006 — one way would be to have an XML (or really any kind) file on your hosting server, that contained the latest version number. Your script then could read this file, and compare the value there with the version of itself and inform them that way.[/QUOTE]
Can you code that for me please?
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@SheldonMay 08.2006 — [code=php]
$newest_version = "2.345";
$current_version = "2.21";

if($current_version < $newest_version)
{
echo("You need to upgrade from version ".$current_version." to ".$newest_version);
}else{
echo($current_version);
}
[/code]
how you populate the $newest_version , maybe from a global databse or something?



EDIT: I shouldnt be so negitive
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@Paintball24authorMay 09.2006 — [code=php]
$newest_version = "2.345";
$current_version = "2.21";

if($current_version < $newest_version)
{
echo("You need to upgrade from version ".$current_version." to ".$newest_version);
}else{
echo($current_version);
}
[/code]
how you populate the $newest_version , maybe from a global databse or something?



EDIT: I shouldnt be so negitive[/QUOTE]

or a text file. (?)
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@NogDogMay 09.2006 — [code=php]
$thisVersion = "1.0.2";
echo "<p id='version'>Fubar Forums Software vers. $thisVersion";
$latestVersion = trim(@file_get_contents("http://somewhere.com/latestversion.txt"));
if(!empty($latestVersion)) // in case this installation does not allow url fopen
{
if($thisVersion != $latestVersion)
{
echo " (version $latestVersion is now available)";
}
}
echo "</p>n";
[/code]
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@chazzyMay 09.2006 — Can you code that for me please?[/QUOTE]

To be honest, this is a support forum, not a code give away forum. if you were able to write something as complex as a forum, this should be easy as cake.
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@Paintball24authorMay 09.2006 — [code=php]
$thisVersion = "1.0.2";
echo "<p id='version'>Fubar Forums Software vers. $thisVersion";
$latestVersion = trim(@file_get_contents("http://somewhere.com/latestversion.txt"));
if(!empty($latestVersion)) // in case this installation does not allow url fopen
{
if($thisVersion != $latestVersion)
{
echo " (version $latestVersion is now available)";
}
}
echo "</p>n";
[/code][/QUOTE]

Awesome. I think I'll use this one because the current forum version would be a dynamic variable and couldn't update as a static value.

Thank you.

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