Hey there,

we have running a plugin for automatic shoutbox announces.
Now we want to use the same skript for postings within the staff_shoutbox ....

we use this code

but the shout´s will not be displayed ...

Can someone help ?

thx a lot

I just tested and it works fine.

Create a new file called postShoutStaff.php with the following contents.

<?php
if(!defined('SCRIPTNAME') OR (defined('SCRIPTNAME') AND SCRIPTNAME != 'cron.php'))
{
exit;
}

function postShoutStaff()
{
global $TSUE;

$randomMessages = array
(
'Respect Members',
'Movie of the month: ...',
'Have you checked recent torrents?',
'Today is a great day!',
'Yesterday was a great day!',
'Happy new year!',
);

//Build a Query
$buildQuery = array
(
'memberid' => 0,//BOT
'system' => 1,//BOT
'sdate' => TIMENOW,//Shoutbox Post Date
'smessage' => $randomMessages[rand(0, count($randomMessages)-1)]//Generate a random Shout Message..
);

$TSUE['TSUE_Database']->insert('tsue_staff_shoutbox', $buildQuery);//Insert Shout
}
?>

Add a new cronjob

Dashboard -> Cron Entries -> Create new Cron Entry.

Allow cron entry to run automatically when scheduled -> Yes

Cron Title -> Staff Shouts

Cron File -> postShoutStaff.php

Cron Function -> postShoutStaff

Cron Run Period -> 0 0 0 0 0 5

( which is every 5 minutes, you can adjust as needed )

Example in Staff Shoutbox:
---------------------------

Shoutbox 18:46 System 18:38 System