Post handler

[Mr Josh]

How do I create a post with the post handler located in inc/datahandlers/post.php

Is there a documentation or something?

Thanks

[ranjani]

you may trace a couple of plugins related to automatic posting .. eg. welcome topic , advanced reports ..

[Euan T]

Something along this sort of lines ought to work, though I haven't tested it:

<?php
require_once MYBB_ROOT."inc/datahandlers/post.php";
$posthandler = new PostDataHandler("insert");

$post = array(
    "tid" => 0, // Thread ID
    "replyto" => 0, // Reply to ID
    "fid" => 0, // Forum ID
    "subject" => '', // Post subject
    "icon" => '', // Post icon
    "uid" => 1, // User ID
    "username" => '', // Username
    "message" => '', // Message
    "ipaddress" => get_ip(),
);


$post['options'] = array(
    "signature" => 1,
    "subscriptionmethod" => 1,
    "disablesmilies" => 0
);

$posthandler->set_data($post);

$valid_post = $posthandler->validate_post();

$post_errors = array();

if(!$valid_post)
{
    $post_errors = $posthandler->get_friendly_errors();
}

$posthandler->insert_post();
?>

[seeker]

Something along this sort of lines ought to work, though I haven't tested it:
.......

I will test it ASAP, thank you euantor.
If you ever find the time, could you please post similar code for a new thread?

[Beardy]

[...] could you please post similar code for a new thread?

Code for inserting a new thread is a lot similar to the code for inserting a new post (pieced together from newthread.php, also untested):

<?php
require_once MYBB_ROOT."inc/datahandlers/post.php";
$posthandler = new PostDataHandler("insert");
$posthandler->action = "thread";

$new_thread = array(
	"fid" => 0, // Forum ID to create thread
	"subject" => '', // Subject
	"prefix" => '', // Thread prefix
	"icon" => '', // Thread Icon
	"uid" => 0, // Poster ID
	"username" => '', // Poster Username
	"message" => '', // Post message
	"ipaddress" => get_ip(), 
);


$new_thread['options'] = array(
	"signature" => 1,
	"subscriptionmethod" => 1,
	"disablesmilies" => 0
);

$posthandler->set_data($new_thread);

$valid_thread = $posthandler->validate_post();

$post_errors = array();

if(!$valid_thread)
{
    $post_errors = $posthandler->get_friendly_errors();
}

if(count($post_errors) > 0)
{
	$thread_errors = inline_error($post_errors);
	$mybb->input['action'] = "newthread";		
} 
else 
{
	$posthandler->insert_thread();
}
?>

Also, for future reference, if you have a program that is able to search across multiple files (like Notepad++'s find in files feature), you can search for a function and see how it has been used across the mybb core or in other plugins.

In this case, searching for something like '$posthandler->insert_' would show up both cases where the $posthandler was used to insert new posts and threads.

[seeker]

"...a program that is able to search across multiple files..."
I've searched through the code many times, but having both these here is a good way to save time.
Thanks Beardy.