Displaying a module in the home page.

mrbilly · Worker Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 114

I am trying to make a module I have created myself, (ie not a module already supplied with my PHPNuke Installation), display in the home page of my website.

However, when I select one I have created myself, all I can see on the home page is the following error:

You can't access this file directly...

If I select a module that is supplied with the PHPNuke package, it displayed in the home page without any problems.

Please can someone help with this?

Raven · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:56 pm

Compare your module to one of the standard modules. Make sure that the first 6 or 8 lines are the same.

mrbilly · Worker Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 114

Yes...Thank you for this Raven.

I took your advise and see the following difference...

The standard modules have the initial code as follows:

<?php

if ( !defined('MODULE_FILE') )
{
die("You can't access this file directly...");
}

define('INDEX_FILE', true);
require_once("mainfile.php");
$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));
get_lang($module_name);

However the modules I creat myself, (using an online html to php-nuke module converter), have the following code:

<?php

if (!eregi("modules.php", $PHP_SELF)) {
die ("You can't access this file directly...");

}

require_once("mainfile.php");
$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));
get_lang($module_name);
include("header.php");
define('INDEX_FILE', true);

If I change the code provided by the online converter to be the same as a standard module, (as you advised), the module I created does now display perfectly in the home page. I am not sure why this is exactly (and your further advise on this would be appreciated), but as i say everything does now work.

Thank you.

RavensScripts

montego · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:50 am

Quote:

If I change the code provided by the online converter to be the same as a standard module, (as you advised), the module I created does now display perfectly in the home page. I am not sure why this is exactly (and your further advise on this would be appreciated), but as i say everything does now work.

The reason is those converters a very, very old. The newer patchsets changed the way certain things are done in PHP-Nuke. Unfortunately, the converter you are using has not been updated in a long time.