Chat filter

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

When one of those in charge has some time could you look at the filter on the flash chat. Pretty much any word with a B in it the filter things one is trying to say bitch and types it out as b***h. As example I said behind and it put, b***h ind.

I realize chat isn't all that used so this is not a high priority. Thanks.

[All-American]

When one of those in charge has some time could you look at the filter on the flash chat. Pretty much any word with a B in it the filter things one is trying to say bitch and types it out as b***h. As example I said behind and it put, b***h ind.

I realize chat isn't all that used so this is not a high priority. Thanks.

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[Babs]

When one of those in charge has some time could you look at the filter on the flash chat. Pretty much any word with a B in it the filter things one is trying to say bitch and types it out as b***h. As example I said behind and it put, b***h ind.

I realize chat isn't all that used so this is not a high priority. Thanks.

yeah, anything that starts wtih a B and ends with an H gets filtered, even if it's just a string within a longer word. Also anything with -cum- gets dropped, so for example you can't type circumstance. Counterintuitively, you're free to drop as many s--ts and f-bombs as you want. It's definitely an odd (and highly ineffective) little filter.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I spent a couple of hours on it once with no luck. I can take another look.

[Babs]

I spent a couple of hours on it once with no luck. I can take another look.

can you just disable it? Or was that what you were trying to do?

[Jeff Lebowski]

can you just disable it? Or was that what you were trying to do?

Yes, I was trying to disable it. There is supposed to be some kind of bad words list in php files, but I could never locate it.

[Babs]

Yes, I was trying to disable it. There is supposed to be some kind of bad words list in php files, but I could never locate it.

admin/cnf_badwords.php

no idea if that's right.

[Jeff Lebowski]

admin/cnf_badwords.php

no idea if that's right.

There is no such folder or file. But there is a "chat/inc/badwords.php" file. Here are the contents of the file:

<?php
$GLOBALS['filename'] = 'badwords';
include(INC_DIR.'get_config.php');
?>

[Babs]

There is no such folder or file. But there is a "chat/inc/badwords.php" file. Here are the contents of the file:

<?php
$GLOBALS['filename'] = 'badwords';
include(INC_DIR.'get_config.php');
?>

Do you know if this is version 5.0.11? supposedly the filter bug was fixed in the .11 release, but I'm skeptical.

[Babs]

This is cool. You can still see all the threads and post, but you can't get to the homepage. Weird.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is cool. You can still see all the threads and post, but you can't get to the homepage. Weird.

Try it now. I just upgraded to Flashchat 5.011. Seems to have the same problem with the filter.

Did you find a link to information about the filter bug?

[Babs]

Try it now. I just upgraded to Flashchat 5.011. Seems to have the same problem with the filter.

Did you find a link to information about the filter bug?

I found tons of links but none of them with any consistent info.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I found tons of links but none of them with any consistent info.

I just figured out how to turn the filter off. Or so I thought. I found this config.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<main>
<config>
<use_xml_badwords>false</use_xml_badwords>
<use_php_badwords>false</use_php_badwords>
</config>

<bad_words_settings>
<frequency>1</frequency>
<time>1</time>
<action>ban_ip</action>
<message>You have violated the terms of the chat by using excessive bad language.You will now banned from the chat for 1 hour.</message>
</bad_words_settings>

<spam_settings>
<frequency>2</frequency>
<time>6</time>
<action>alert</action>
<message>Please do not spam our chat!</message>
</spam_settings>
</main>

Note that I changed the first two flags to false. Uploaded to server, but it is still filtering. Dang, I thought that would fix it for sure.

[Babs]

I just figured out how to turn the filter off. Or so I thought. I found this config.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<main>
<config>
<use_xml_badwords>false</use_xml_badwords>
<use_php_badwords>false</use_php_badwords>
</config>

<bad_words_settings>
<frequency>1</frequency>
<time>1</time>
<action>ban_ip</action>
<message>You have violated the terms of the chat by using excessive bad language.You will now banned from the chat for 1 hour.</message>
</bad_words_settings>

<spam_settings>
<frequency>2</frequency>
<time>6</time>
<action>alert</action>
<message>Please do not spam our chat!</message>
</spam_settings>
</main>

Note that I changed the first two flags to false. Uploaded to server, but it is still filtering. Dang, I thought that would fix it for sure.

But that looks like that's just a script to automatically block users that use the "badwords" too often or spam the board with the same post repeatedly. But that's a start. At least now we know we won't get kicked off for typing breath or circumstances too often.

[doctorcoug]

I just figured out how to turn the filter off. Or so I thought. I found this config.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<main>
<config>
<use_xml_badwords>false</use_xml_badwords>
<use_php_badwords>false</use_php_badwords>
</config>

<bad_words_settings>
<frequency>1</frequency>
<time>1</time>
<action>ban_ip</action>
<message>You have violated the terms of the chat by using excessive bad language.You will now banned from the chat for 1 hour.</message>
</bad_words_settings>

<spam_settings>
<frequency>2</frequency>
<time>6</time>
<action>alert</action>
<message>Please do not spam our chat!</message>
</spam_settings>
</main>

Note that I changed the first two flags to false. Uploaded to server, but it is still filtering. Dang, I thought that would fix it for sure.

How about sending an email to Darren over at tufat? He has always been helpful with the scripts I bought from him.