How to get the threadid

Hi.

I was just wondering, is there a good way to get the thread id from a thread url on a non-vbulletin page? It's already connected to the vBulletin database. Since it's already in the url I could just get it from there but is there a better way that accounts for if the url layout is changed etc.?

The reason I want it is to display the number of replies to a thread on a non-vBulletin page + when I have the threadid I can get that from the vb database.

Thanks!

-okgaz

Hello,

currently there is no special function for that in vBSEO API, so you should use regular expression depending on the URL format you defined, like:

PHP Code:

preg_match('#^[^/]+/(\d+)#', $seo_url, $matches); 


Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

currently there is no special function for that in vBSEO API, so you should use regular expression depending on the URL format you defined, like:

PHP Code:

preg_match('#^[^/]+/(\d+)#', $seo_url, $matches); 


Thanks. I think I have the default vbseo urls, they look like:

Code:

forum-category/867-thread-title.html#post4029

Do you know the code I would need to get the threadid from that?

Thanks.

An example I have provided should work for default vBSEO URLs.

Sorry to ressurrect an older thread but I have a recently installed mod - Force Users to Read a Thread - vBulletin.org Forum - that I require a thread ID for. Could someone please walk me thru this process?

What exactly do you need - to extract thread ID from SEOed URL in PHP code? You can use the code posted above: How to get the threadid

Thanks Oleg, yes that is what I need. The original (non vbseo) thread ID. I don't want to sound thick :P but I don't know what to do with that code above....

Do you need to find thread ID from one single thread URL or you want to implement atuomatic thread ID retrieval in vB modification?

Just one each month please.

The thread ID is included in SEOed URL and you can "guess" it (if that is what you need), for instance for forum-category/867-thread-title.html URL the thread ID is 867.

Thank you Oleg, that was the information I needed.

You are welcome!

Hi guys,

But if for example the thread it's an annoucement, how I can get the thread id:

for example this one:
http://www.website.com/galer-de-adul...uncements.html

I don't see anything on that URL that help me out :(

That link corresponds to "All announcements" page, i.e. "domain.com/announcement.php" (not individual announcement that has URL like "domain.com/announcement.php?a=X").

Well,

If I copy the link from the form, that's the URL that I get.

But from the admincp, when I try to edit I get:
http://www.website.dot/admincp/annou...p?do=edit&a=25

But If I enter 25 as thread id I get the thread 25, witch it's not the annoucement that I want.

Any idea?

Would be great to have a function in vbseo admin to place the URL and get the thread id for things like this one.