This hack doesn't work. Help me (Page 1 of 2)

Um... How doesn't it work? Does it give out an error? Or nothing happens? What cutenews version you have?

Dear User!

Please try using the line   

$category = isset($_GET['category'])? $_GET['category'] : false;

before

$ucat = (!isset($_GET['ucat']))? $category : $ucat;

Dear User!

Unfortunately, our programmers weren't able to reproduce your problem. Please would you provide us some more details about that? Maybe, any screenshots would be very helpful to clarify your issues.

anybody could help me, please?

I tried but nothing change. Whether the page doesn't look in accordance to my request. It's the same of the second screenshot... ufff. What else can I do?

the way i use multiple includes is the create external pages with the news in and then include them (for example main.php could have your main category included and sidebar.php could have additional news, then you use php includes for the individual pages in the specific parts of your page)

Of course.. this is the first source code of include commande I use in index.php at the center part of my home page:
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>
<?PHP
$include_id = "101"; //Inserisci un ID UNICO a tua scelta e diverso dagli altri INCLUDE
if( (isset($_GET['include_id']) && $_GET['include_id'] != $include_id) || ( isset($_POST['include_id']) && $_POST['include_id'] != $include_id ) )
{
unset($start_from);
unset($subaction);
}
$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] = "include_id=".$include_id;
/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Here we decide what page to include
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */

if($_POST['do'] == "Cerca" or $_GET['dosearch'] == "yes"){ $subaction = "search"; $dosearch = "yes"; include("./a/search.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "archives"){ include("./a/show_archives.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "chisono"){ include("./chisono.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "plugin"){ include("./plugin.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "help"){ include("./help.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "comerss"){ include("./comerss.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "search"){ include("./a/search.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "stats"){ echo"You can download the stats addon and include it here to show how many news, comments ... you have"; /* include("$path/stats.php"); */ }
else{ $category = "1,2,3,4"; $number = "5";
include("./a/show_news.php"); }

?>
</div>

for the right side part of my index.php page, this is the second source code of include commande:
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'><?PHP
$include_id = "102"; //Inserisci un ID UNICO a tua scelta e diverso dagli altri INCLUDE
if( (isset($_GET['include_id']) && $_GET['include_id'] != $include_id) || ( isset($_POST['include_id']) && $_POST['include_id'] != $include_id ) )
{
unset($start_from);
unset($subaction);
}
$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] = "include_id=".$include_id;
$PHP_SELF = "indexmb.php";
$category=9;
$number=2;
$template="Microblog";
$static=TRUE;
include("/home/pasqu0/public_html/a/show_news.php");
?></div>

while, this is the source code of show_news.php page, with the hack added:
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'><?PHP
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1', true);

$category = isset($_GET['category'])? $_GET['category'] : false;
$ucat = (!isset($_GET['ucat']))?$category:$ucat;
error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

$cutepath =  __FILE__;
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'show_news.php'", "", $cutepath);
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'/show_news.php'", "", $cutepath);

require_once("$cutepath/inc/functions.inc.php");
require_once("$cutepath/data/config.php");

// If we are showing RSS, include some need variables.
if($template == 'rss'){
   include("$cutepath/data/rss_config.php");
}

//----------------------------------
// Check if we are included by PATH
//----------------------------------
if($_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_CONNECTION"]){ /* do nothing */ }
elseif(eregi("show_news.php", $PHP_SELF)){
die("<h4>CuteNews has detected that you are including show_news.php using the URL to this file.

This is incorrect and you must include it using the PATH to show_news.php</h4>
Example:

this is <font color=red>WRONG</font> :   <?PHP include("http://yoursite.com/cutenews/show_news.php"); ?>

this is <font color=green>CORRECT</font>:   <?PHP include("cutenews/show_news.php"); ?>

// <font size=2>if you think this message shouldn't be shown, open show_news.php and delete it from there</font>");
}
//----------------------------------
// End of the check
//----------------------------------

if(!isset($subaction) or $subaction == ""){ $subaction = $POST["subaction"]; }

if(!isset($template) or $template == "" or strtolower($template) == "default"){ require_once("$cutepath/data/Default.tpl"); }
else{
        if(file_exists("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl")){ require("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl"); }
    else{ die("Error!
the template ".htmlspecialchars($template)." does not exists, note that templates are case sensetive and you must write the name exactly as it is"); }
}

// Prepare requested categories
if(eregi("[a-z]", $category)){
        die("Error!
CuteNews has detected that you use $category = "".htmlspecialchars($category).""; but you can call the categories only with their ID numbers and not with names

    example:
<blockquote><?PHP
$category = "1";
include("path/to/show_news.php");
?></blockquote>");
}
$category = preg_replace("/ /", "", $category);
$tmp_cats_arr = explode(",", $category);
foreach($tmp_cats_arr as $key=>$value){
    if($value != "1,2,3,4"){ $requested_cats[$value] = TRUE; }
}

if($archive == ""){
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/news.txt";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/comments.txt";
}else{
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.news.arch";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.comments.arch";
}

$allow_add_comment                        = FALSE;
$allow_full_story                        = FALSE;
$allow_active_news                         = FALSE;
$allow_comments                         = FALSE;

$is_in_category = FALSE;
if (strstr($ucat,',')) { // if the article is in multiple categories.
  $article_cat_arr = explode(',', $ucat);
  foreach($article_cat_arr as $one_cat) {
    if ($requested_cats and $requested_cats[$one_cat] == TRUE){$is_in_category = TRUE;}
  }
}
else {
  if ($requested_cats and $requested_cats[$ucat] == TRUE){$is_in_category = TRUE;}
}

//<<<------------ Detarime what user want to do
if( $CN_HALT != TRUE and $static != TRUE and ($subaction == "showcomments" or $subaction == "showfull" or $subaction == "addcomment") and ((!isset($category) or $category == "") or ($is_in_category == TRUE )  ) ){
    if($subaction == "addcomment"){  $allow_add_comment        = TRUE; $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showcomments"){ $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if(($subaction == "showcomments" or $allow_comments == TRUE) and $config_show_full_with_comments == "yes"){$allow_full_story = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showfull") $allow_full_story = TRUE;
    if($subaction == "showfull" and $config_show_comments_with_full == "yes") $allow_comments = TRUE;
}
else{
        if($config_reverse_active == "yes"){ $reverse = TRUE; }
            $allow_active_news = TRUE;
}
//----------->>> Detarime what user want to do

require("$cutepath/inc/shows.inc.php");
    if($_GET['archive'] and $_GET['archive'] != ''){ $archive = $_GET['archive']; } // stupid fix ?
unset($static, $template, $requested_cats, $category, $catid, $cat,$reverse, $in_use, $archives_arr, $number, $no_prev, $no_next, $i, $showed, $prev, $used_archives);

if( (isset($_GET['include_id']) && $_GET['include_id'] != $include_id) || ( isset($_POST['include_id']) && $_POST['include_id'] != $include_id ) )
{
if( isset($_GET['start_from']) )
$start_from = $_GET['start_from'];
elseif( isset($_POST['start_from']) )
$start_from = $_POST['start_from'];
if( isset($_GET['subaction']) )
$subaction = $_GET['subaction'];
elseif( isset($_POST['subaction']) )
$subaction = $_POST['subaction'];
}?>
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Dear User!

Our programmers have recently considered your web site and weren't able to discover any problem with the multiple includes on your main web page. They also have considered your code and found out some minor bugs there and fixed them. Here is your code with some improvements.

The central area:

<?PHP

$include_id = "101"; //Inserisci un ID UNICO a tua scelta e diverso dagli altri INCLUDE

if (isset($_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) && $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) $srvicludeid = $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']; else $srvicludeid = false;
if ($srvicludeid != $include_id )
{
     unset($start_from);
     unset($subaction);
     $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID'] = $include_id;
}

/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Here we decide what page to include
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */

if($_POST['do'] == "Cerca" or $_GET['dosearch'] == "yes"){ $subaction = "search"; $dosearch = "yes"; include("./a/search.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "archives"){ include("./a/show_archives.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "chisono"){ include("./chisono.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "plugin"){ include("./plugin.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "help"){ include("./help.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "comerss"){ include("./comerss.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "search"){ include("./a/search.php"); }
elseif($_GET['do'] == "stats"){ echo"You can download the stats addon and include it here to show how many news, comments ... you have"; /* include("$path/stats.php"); */ }
else{ $category = "1,2,3,4"; $number = "5";
include("./a/show_news.php"); }

?>

The right part

<?PHP

$include_id = "102"; //Inserisci un ID UNICO a tua scelta e diverso dagli altri INCLUDE
if (isset($_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) && $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) $srvicludeid = $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']; else $srvicludeid = false;
if ($srvicludeid != $include_id )
{
     unset($start_from);
     unset($subaction);
     $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID'] = $include_id;
}

$PHP_SELF = "indexmb.php";
$category=9;
$number=2;
$template="Microblog";
$static=TRUE;
include("/home/pasqu0/public_html/a/show_news.php");
?>

We've found out a bug in the following line:  $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] = "include_id=".$include_id;

The Main page code:

<?PHP
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1', true);

$ucat = (isset($_GET['ucat']))? $ucat : $category;
error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

$cutepath =  __FILE__;
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'show_news.php'", "", $cutepath);
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'/show_news.php'", "", $cutepath);

require_once("$cutepath/inc/functions.inc.php");
require_once("$cutepath/data/config.php");

// If we are showing RSS, include some need variables.
if($template == 'rss'){
   include("$cutepath/data/rss_config.php");
}

//----------------------------------
// Check if we are included by PATH
//----------------------------------
if($_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_CONNECTION"]){ /* do nothing */ }
elseif(strpos($PHP_SELF, 'show_news.php') !== false){
die("<h4>CuteNews has detected that you are including show_news.php using the URL to this file.

This is incorrect and you must include it using the PATH to show_news.php</h4>
Example:

this is <font color=red>WRONG</font> :   <?PHP include("http://yoursite.com/cutenews/show_news.php"); ?>

this is <font color=green>CORRECT</font>:   <?PHP include("cutenews/show_news.php"); ?>



// <font size=2>if you think this message shouldn't be shown, open show_news.php and delete it from there</font>");
}
//----------------------------------
// End of the check
//----------------------------------

if(!isset($subaction) or $subaction == ""){ $subaction = $POST["subaction"]; }

if(!isset($template) or $template == "" or strtolower($template) == "default"){ require_once("$cutepath/data/Default.tpl"); }
else{
        if(file_exists("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl")){ require("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl"); }
    else{ die("Error!
the template [b]".htmlspecialchars($template)."[/b] does not exists, note that templates are case sensetive and you must write the name exactly as it is"); }
}

// Prepare requested categories
if(preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $category)){
        die("[b]Error[/b]!
CuteNews has detected that you use $category = "".htmlspecialchars($category).""; but you can call the categories only with their [b]ID[/b] numbers and not with names

    example:
<blockquote><?PHP
$category = "1";
include("path/to/show_news.php");
?></blockquote>");
}
$category = preg_replace("/ /", "", $category);
$tmp_cats_arr = explode(",", $category);
foreach($tmp_cats_arr as $key=>$value){
    if (!empty($value)){ $requested_cats[$value] = TRUE; }
}

if($archive == ""){
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/news.txt";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/comments.txt";
}else{
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.news.arch";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.comments.arch";
}

$allow_add_comment                        = FALSE;
$allow_full_story                        = FALSE;
$allow_active_news                         = FALSE;
$allow_comments                         = FALSE;

$is_in_category = FALSE;
if (strstr($ucat,',')) { // if the article is in multiple categories.
  $article_cat_arr = explode(',', $ucat);
  foreach($article_cat_arr as $one_cat) {
    if ($requested_cats and $requested_cats[$one_cat] == TRUE){$is_in_category = TRUE;}
  }
}
else {
  if ($requested_cats and $requested_cats[$ucat] == TRUE){$is_in_category = TRUE;}
}

//<<<------------ Detarime what user want to do
if( $CN_HALT != TRUE and $static != TRUE and ($subaction == "showcomments" or $subaction == "showfull" or $subaction == "addcomment") and ((!isset($category) or $category == "") or ($is_in_category == TRUE )  ) ){
    if($subaction == "addcomment"){  $allow_add_comment        = TRUE; $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showcomments"){ $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if(($subaction == "showcomments" or $allow_comments == TRUE) and $config_show_full_with_comments == "yes"){$allow_full_story = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showfull") $allow_full_story = TRUE;
    if($subaction == "showfull" and $config_show_comments_with_full == "yes") $allow_comments = TRUE;
}
else{
    if($config_reverse_active == "yes"){ $reverse = TRUE; }
        $allow_active_news = TRUE;
}
//----------->>> Detarime what user want to do

require("$cutepath/inc/shows.inc.php");
if($_GET['archive'] and $_GET['archive'] != ''){ $archive = $_GET['archive']; } // stupid fix ?
unset($static, $template, $requested_cats, $category, $catid, $cat,$reverse, $in_use, $archives_arr, $number, $no_prev, $no_next, $i, $showed, $prev, $used_archives, $user);

// Save prev. results for next use
if (isset($_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) && $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']) $srvicludeid = $_SERVER['CUTE_INCLUDEID']; else $srvicludeid = false;
if ($srvicludeid != $include_id )
{
        if ( isset($_GET['start_from']) ) $start_from = $_GET['start_from'];
        elseif( isset($_POST['start_from']) ) $start_from = $_POST['start_from'];

        if( isset($_GET['subaction']) ) $subaction = $_GET['subaction'];
         elseif( isset($_POST['subaction']) ) $subaction = $_POST['subaction'];

}?><!-- News Powered by CuteNews: [url="https://cutephp.com/"]https://cutephp.com/[/url] -->

Please do not hesitate to contact us again in case you need our further assistance or any other help.

Best regards,

CuteNews Support Team

Please try the following:

Replace the code

else{ $category = "1,2,3,4"; $number = "5";
include("./a/show_news.php"); }

with

else{ 
if (!$_GET['category'] && $_GET['category'] != '1,2,3,4') $category = "1,2,3,4"; 
$number = "5";
include("./a/show_news.php"); }

Tell us the exact purpose that it should be. Do you have a home page that displays a news from the category of 1,2,3,4 - it's all right? To the right built-in code that displays the news from category 9, too, all right? Now you have the main page displays all true. I would like to know which URL you enter and that there appears not the case. Or to do so on the main page display category 1,2,3 or others? Then just need to enter the $category = "1,3,4", etc.

The point here is apparently not in the hack, which works fine, but something completely different.

if I remove from show_news.php this:
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>$category = isset($_GET['category'])? $_GET['category'] : false;</div>
I can't see full story of my news. With that, I can.
It should show the news exactely as lisenek has written. Adding the hack, main page displays my news like I want. Intially full story didn't work. So I added in show_news.php the code above and now full story works fine. But my main page doesn't display news as lisenek has described. It ignore the customization of every my multiple include commande about the categories to display, showing wrongly all categories for each multiple include commande on main page.
@lisenek: which URL do you want?