Shout auto reply torrenttrader 2.06

[CL_Utility]

Ive played around a bit and keep coming up with absolutely nothing, but has anyone seen or does anyone have a suggestion for where i might start this? basically what i want is a bot that picks up certain words put into shout by a user and gives predetermined responses

e.g

if i post in shout

User: hello

shout box would recognize the word "hello" and i would receive an automated response from bot

Bot: how are you


the problem is i dont know how to trigger it to even start

ive got a start on the response though

$query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (msgid, user, message, date, userid) VALUES (NULL, 'Bot', 'how are you', '".get_date_time()."', '0')";

any help would be appreciated

[joeroberts]

place this after the shout query

PHP Code:

if(strtolower($shout) == "hello")
{
$query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (msgid, user, message, date, userid) VALUES (NULL, 'Bot', 'how are you', '".get_date_time()."', '0')";
mysql_query($query);
} 


[CL_Utility]

(strtolower($shout) doesnt seem to be a valid variable l in TT shoutbox or if it is it is out of my range of limited knowledge lol and that is my main problem is i dont know what i should be calling.

but thankyou for ur help joe, this is all a learning experience for me, i am not running a site i just want to play :)

[joeroberts]

Originally Posted by CL_Utility

(strtolower($shout) doesnt seem to be a valid variable l in TT shoutbox or if it is it is out of my range of limited knowledge lol and that is my main problem is i dont know what i should be calling.

but thankyou for ur help joe, this is all a learning experience for me, i am not running a site i just want to play :)

First off change

PHP Code:

$shout 


to what ever TT is using I just took a shot as to what it was
and

PHP Code:

strtolower() 


is php not torrent trader
It changes a text to all lower texts (HeLLo becomes hello)

[CL_Utility]

thanks Joe! ive got it working now, im learning heaps. and i thank you eternally

would there be a way to make that pick up part of the statement? as in if i said "hello everybody" it still picked up "hello" and responded?

[joeroberts]

yes by using

PHP Code:

if(preg_match("/hello (.*)/",strtolower($shout),$m)) 


[CL_Utility]

what does the $m refer to? is that something i need to change?

[joeroberts]

no the $m becomes an array with the content of (.*) in it

[CL_Utility]

ok so i changed $shout to $message as that is what TT is using, but that is not working

[joeroberts]

try this

PHP Code:

if(strtolower($message) == 'hello' OR preg_match("/hello (.*)/",strtolower($message),$m))