Run a command when a user enters chat?

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone!

Here is my latest question. How do I run the /clear command when a user enters the chat?

For example...

Lots of people are chatting, causing lots of messages. New user logs in. I would like their chat screen to clear.

It seems like it is fairly straightforward... I would just have to plug in the call to the /clear command after the user logs in, but I can't figure it out.

Anyone have any ideas?

Regards,
Cesar L.

[Anonymous]

Ok, I got it to work. I've tested it and it seems to work without any problems. I added a call (basicly added an include line) to the index.lib.php3 page right under the section that displays the "Welcome to our chat.." message.

I also changed the /clear command from showing the last 5 lines down to 2.

So far so good!

[wickedbob]

what code did you use for the include and which position did you add it?
also, how did you change clear command from 5 to 2 lines??

BoB.

[Anonymous]

I added this code after the second call to the welcome message. Here's what I did...

// Insert a new welcome message in the messages Table.
include("./${ChatPath}lib/welcome.lib.php3");

// added to clear the screen for a new user
include("./${ChatPath}/commands/clear.cmd.php3");

To change the clear command from clearing 5 lines to 2, all I did was open the file "clear.cmd.php3" and change the line
$N = 5;
to
$N = 2;

I hope that helps!

[wickedbob]

why run a clear command at all?

just change the number of messages displayed at login in the config.lib.php file
the variable is: define("C_MSG_NB", '1');

displaying 1 msg will allow the user to see the chatroom greeting but nothing else

BoB.

[Anonymous]

If you change define("C_MSG_NB", '1'); it will then only ever list 1 message at a time. Not good.

But there isn't a way to clear the screen at log on normally, which is a great problem if you're talking about something you don't want other to read.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have any more info on this?