Creating a forum

The forum module uses taxonomy to organize itself. To create a forum you first have to create a taxonomy vocabulary. When doing this, choose a sensible name for it (such as \"fora\") and make sure under \"Types\" that \"forum\" is selected. Once you have done this, add some terms to it. Each term will become a forum. If you fill in the description field, users will be given additonal information about the forum on the main forum page. For example: \"troubleshooting\" - \"Please ask your questions here.\"

When you are happy with your vocabulary, go to administer » configutation » modules » forum and set Forum vocabulary to the one you have just created. There will now be fora active on the site. For users to access them they must have the \"access content\" permission and to create a topic they must have the \"create forum topics\" permission. These permissions can be set in the permission pages.

Icons

To disable icons, set the icon path as blank in administer » configutation » modules » forum.

All files in the icon directory are assumed to be images. You may use images of whatever size you wish, but it is recommended to use 15x15 or 16x16.

", array("%taxonomy" => url("admin/taxonomy/add/vocabulary"), "%taxo-terms" => url("admin/taxonomy"), "%forums" => url("admin/system/modules/forum"), "%permission" => url("admin/user/permission"))); break; case 'admin/system/modules#description': $output = t('Enable threaded discussions about general topics.'); break; case 'admin/system/modules/forum': $output = t("Forums are threaded discussions based on the taxonomy system. For the forums to work, the taxonomy module has to be installed and enabled. When activated, a taxonomy vocabulary (eg. \"forums\") needs to be created and bound to the node type \"forum topic\".", array('%created' => url('admin/taxonomy/add/vocabulary'))); break; case 'node/add/forum': $output = variable_get('forum_help', ''); break; case 'node/add#forum': $output = t('A forum is a threaded discussion, enabling users to communicate about a particular topic.'); break; } return $output; } function forum_node_name($node) { return t('forum topic'); } function forum_access($op, $node) { if ($op == 'view') { return $node->status; } if ($op == 'create') { return user_access('create forum topics'); } } function forum_perm() { return array('create forum topics'); } function forum_settings() { if (module_exist('taxonomy')) { $vocs[0] = '<'. t('none') .'>'; foreach (taxonomy_get_vocabularies('forum') as $vid => $voc) { $vocs[$vid] = $voc->name; } if ($voc) { $group = form_select(t('Forum vocabulary'), 'forum_nav_vocabulary', variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', ''), $vocs, t("The taxonomy vocabulary that will be used as the navigation tree. The vacabulary's terms define the forums.")); $group .= _taxonomy_term_select(t('Containers'), 'forum_containers', variable_get('forum_containers', array()), variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', ''), t('You can choose forums which will not have topics, but will be just containers for other forums. This lets you both group and nest forums.'), 1, '<'. t('none') .'>'); $output = form_group(t('Forum structure settings'), $group); $group = form_textarea(t('Explanation or submission guidelines'), 'forum_help', variable_get('forum_help', ''), 70, 5, t('This text will be displayed at the top of the forum submission form. Useful for helping or instructing your users.')); $group .= form_textfield(t('Forum icon path'), 'forum_icon_path', variable_get('forum_icon_path', ''), 30, 255, t("The path to the forum icons. Leave blank to disable icons. Don't add a trailing slash. Default icons are available in the 'misc' directory.")); $number = drupal_map_assoc(array(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 10000)); $group .= form_select(t('Hot topic threshold'), 'forum_hot_topic', variable_get('forum_hot_topic', 15), $number, t('The number of posts a topic must have to be considered hot.')); $number = drupal_map_assoc(array(10, 25, 50, 75, 100)); $group .= form_select(t('Topics per page'), 'forum_per_page', variable_get('forum_per_page', 25), $number, t('The default number of topics displayed per page; links to browse older messages are automatically being displayed.')); $forder = array(1 => t('Date - newest first'), 2 => t('Date - oldest first'), 3 => t('Posts - most active first'), 4=> t('Posts - least active first')); $group .= form_radios(t('Default order'), 'forum_order', variable_get('forum_order', '1'), $forder, t('The default display order for topics.')); $output .= form_group(t('Forum viewing options'), $group); $group = form_textfield(t('Number of topics in block'), 'forum_block_num', variable_get('forum_block_num', '5'), 5, 5, t("The number of topics to show in the \"Forum topics\" block. To enable the block, go to the block administration page.", array('%block-administration' => url('admin/system/block')))); $output .= form_group(t('"Forum topic" block settings'), $group); } } return $output; } function forum_taxonomy($op, $type, $object) { if ($type == 'vocabulary' && ($op == 'insert' || $op == 'update')) { if (variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', '') == '' && in_array('forum', $object['nodes'])) { // since none is already set, silently set this vocabulary as the navigation vocabulary variable_set('forum_nav_vocabulary', $object['vid']); } } } function forum_load($node) { $forum = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT * FROM {forum} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid)); return $forum; } function forum_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) { if ($op == 'list') { $blocks[0]['info'] = t('Forum topics'); } else { if (user_access('access content')) { $content = node_title_list(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, n.title, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS sort FROM {node} n LEFT JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, n.created ORDER BY sort DESC", 0, variable_get('forum_block_num', '5')), t('Active forum topics:')); $content .= node_title_list(db_query_range("SELECT nid, title FROM {node} WHERE type = 'forum' AND status = 1 ORDER BY nid DESC", 0, variable_get('forum_block_num', '5')), t('New forum topics:')); if ($content) { $content .= "
". l(t('more'), 'forum', array('title' => t('Read the latest forum topics.'))) .'
'; } $blocks['subject'] = t('Forum topics'); $blocks['content'] = $content; } } return $blocks; } function forum_link($type, $node = 0, $main = 0) { global $user; $links = array(); if ($type == 'page' && user_access('access content')) { $links[] = l(t('forums'), 'forum'); } if ($type == 'system') { if (user_access('create forum topics')) { menu('node/add/forum', t('forum topic'), 'node_page'); } if (user_access('access content')) { menu('forum', t('forums'), 'forum_page', 0, MENU_HIDE); } } if (!$main && $type == 'node' && $node->type == 'forum') { // get previous and next topic $result = db_query('SELECT n.nid, n.title, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.nid = f.nid AND f.tid = %d AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, n.created ORDER BY '. _forum_get_topic_order(isset($user->sortby) ? $user->sortby : variable_get('forum_order', 1)), $node->tid); while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($stop == 1) { $next->nid = $topic->nid; $next->title = $topic->title; break; } if ($topic->nid == $node->nid) { $stop = 1; } else { $prev->nid = $topic->nid; $prev->title = $topic->title; } } if ($prev) { $links[] = l(t('previous forum topic'), "node/view/$prev->nid", array('title' => $prev->title)); } if ($next) { $links[] = l(t('next forum topic'), "node/view/$next->nid", array('title' => $next->title)); } } return $links; } function forum_content($node, $main = 0) { return node_prepare($node, $main); } function forum_view($node, $main = 0, $page = 0) { if ($page) { $vocabulary = taxonomy_get_vocabulary(variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', '')); // Breadcrumb navigation $breadcrumb = array(l(t('Home'), NULL), l($vocabulary->name, 'forum')); if ($parents = taxonomy_get_parents_all($node->tid)) { $parents = array_reverse($parents); foreach ($parents as $p) { $breadcrumb[] = l($p->name, "forum/$p->tid"); } } drupal_set_breadcrumb($breadcrumb); } return theme('node', forum_content($node, $main), $main, $page); } function forum_validate(&$node) { // Make sure all fields are set properly: $node->icon = $node->icon ? $node->icon : ''; $node->shadow = $node->shadow ? $node->shadow : 0; if ($node->taxonomy) { // Extract the node's proper topic ID. $vocabulary = variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', ''); $containers = variable_get('forum_containers', array()); foreach ($node->taxonomy as $term) { if (db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {term_data} WHERE tid = %d AND vid = %d', $term, $vocabulary))) { if (in_array($term, $containers)) { $term = taxonomy_get_term($term); $error['taxonomy'] = theme('error', t('The item \'%forum\' is only a container for forums. Please select one of the forums below it.', array('%forum' => $term->name))); } else { $node->tid = $term; } } } } return $error; } function forum_form(&$node, &$error) { if (!$node->nid) { // new topic $node->taxonomy[] = arg(3); } $output = implode('', taxonomy_node_form('forum', $node, $error)); if ($node->nid) { // if editing, give option to leave shadows $output .= form_checkbox(t('Leave shadow copy'), 'shadow', 1, $node->shadow, t('If you move this topic, you can leave a link in the old forum to the new forum.')); } $output .= form_textarea(t('Body'), 'body', $node->body, 60, 10, filter_tips_short()); return $output; } function forum_insert($node) { db_query('INSERT INTO {forum} (nid, shadow, tid) VALUES (%d, %d, %d)', $node->nid, $node->shadow, $node->tid); } function forum_update($node) { db_query('UPDATE {forum} SET shadow = %d, tid = %d WHERE nid = %d', $node->shadow, $node->tid, $node->nid); } function forum_delete(&$node) { db_query('DELETE FROM {forum} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid); } function _forum_num_comments($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT COUNT(cid) AS count FROM {comments} WHERE nid = %d AND status = 0', $nid)); return ($value) ? $value->count : 0; } function _forum_last_comment($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query_range('SELECT timestamp FROM {comments} WHERE nid = %d AND status = 0 ORDER BY timestamp DESC', $nid, 0, 1)); return ($value) ? format_date($value->timestamp, 'small') : ' '; } function _forum_last_reply($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query_range('SELECT c.timestamp, u.name, u.uid FROM {comments} c INNER JOIN {users} u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE c.nid = %d AND c.status = 0 ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC', $nid, 0, 1)); return $value; } function _forum_format($topic) { if ($topic && $topic->timestamp) { return t('%time ago
by %author', array('%time' => format_interval(time() - $topic->timestamp), '%author' => format_name($topic))); } else { return message_na(); } } function forum_get_forums($tid = 0) { global $user; if (!$tid) { $tid = 0; } $cache = cache_get("forum:$tid"); if (empty($cache)) { $forums = array(); $_forums = taxonomy_get_tree(variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', ''), $tid); $n = 0; foreach ($_forums as $forum) { if (in_array($forum->tid, variable_get('forum_containers', array()))) { $forum->container = 1; } $forum->num_topics = _forum_num_topics($forum->tid); $forum->num_posts = _forum_num_replies($forum->tid) + $forum->num_topics; $forum->last_post = _forum_last_post($forum->tid); $forums[$forum->tid] = $forum; $n++; } cache_set("forum:$tid", serialize($forums), 1); } else { $forums = unserialize($cache->data); } return $forums; } function _forum_num_topics($term) { return db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.status = 1 AND f.shadow = 0', $term)); } function _forum_num_replies($term) { return db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM {comments} c INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = c.nid INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.nid = c.nid AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 AND n.type = 'forum'", $term)); } function _forum_topics_read($term, $uid) { // Calculate the number of topics the user has read. Assume all entries older // than NODE_NEW_LIMIT are read, and include the recent posts that user has // read. $ancient = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON f.nid = n.nid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.status = 1 AND n.created <= %d AND f.shadow = 0', $term, NODE_NEW_LIMIT)); $recent = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON f.nid = n.nid INNER JOIN {history} h ON n.nid = h.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND f.tid = %d AND h.uid = %d AND n.created > %d AND f.shadow = 0', $term, $uid, NODE_NEW_LIMIT)); return $ancient + $recent; } function _forum_last_post($term) { $topic = db_fetch_object(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, n.created AS timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY timestamp DESC", $term, 0, 1)); $reply = db_fetch_object(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, c.timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid INNER JOIN {users} u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC", $term, 0, 1)); $value = ($topic->timestamp > $reply->timestamp) ? $topic : $reply; return $value; } function forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page) { global $user, $forum_topic_list_header; $forum_topic_list_header = array( array('data' => ' '), array('data' => t('Topic'), 'field' => 'n.title'), array('data' => t('Replies'), 'field' => 'num_comments'), array('data' => t('Created'), 'field' => 'n.created'), array('data' => t('Last reply'), 'field' => 'date_sort', 'sort' => 'desc'), ); $sql_sortby = _forum_get_topic_order($sortby); for ($i = 0; $i < count($forum_topic_list_header); $i++) { if ($forum_topic_list_header[$i]['field'] == $sql_sortby) { $forum_topic_list_header[$i]['order'] = $sql_sortby; } } $term = taxonomy_get_term($tid); $voc = taxonomy_get_vocabulary($term->vid); $check_tid = $tid ? "'". check_query($tid) ."'" : 'NULL'; // show topics with the correct tid, or in the forum but with shadow = 1 // @TODO: this is not ANSI SQL! ("user error: 'n.created' isn't in GROUP BY") // @TODO: timestamp is a sql reserved word. are there more? $sql = "SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid, n.created AS timestamp, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments, n.comment AS comment_mode, f.tid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {term_node} r ON n.nid = r.nid INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid LEFT JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE n.nid = r.nid AND ((r.tid = $check_tid AND f.shadow = 1) OR f.tid = $check_tid) AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum' GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, u.name, u.uid, n.created, n.comment, f.tid"; $sql .= tablesort_sql($forum_topic_list_header); $sql_count = "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(n.nid)) FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {term_node} r ON n.nid = r.nid WHERE n.nid = r.nid AND ( (r.tid = $check_tid AND f.shadow = 1) OR f.tid = $check_tid) AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum'"; $result = pager_query($sql, $forum_per_page, 0, $sql_count); $topic_num = db_num_rows($result); $n = 0; while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($user->uid) { $history = _forum_user_last_visit($topic->nid); // folder is new if topic is new or there are new comments since last visit if ($topic->shadow > 0) { $topic->new = 0; } else { $topic->new_replies = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(c.nid) FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.nid = %d AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 AND c.timestamp > %d', $topic->nid, $history)); $topic->new = $topic->new_replies || ($topic->timestamp > $history); } } else { // you're not logged in eh? $topic->new_replies = 0; $topic->new = 0; } $topic->last_reply = _forum_last_reply($topic->nid); $topics[] = $topic; } return $topics; } function _forum_new($tid) { global $user; $result = db_query("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n, {history} h, {forum} f WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND h.nid = n.nid AND f.nid = h.nid AND f.tid = %d AND h.uid = %d", $tid, $user->uid); while ($r = db_fetch_object($result)) { $read[] = $r->nid; } $nid = db_result(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND f.nid = n.nid AND n.status = 1 AND f.tid = %d ". ($read ? "AND NOT (n.nid IN (". implode(',', $read) .")) " : '') ."ORDER BY created", $tid, 0, 1)); return $nid ? $nid : 0; } function forum_page() { global $sortby, $forum_per_page, $from, $user; $op = $_POST['op']; if (module_exist('taxonomy')) { $tid = arg(1); if (arg(2) == 'new') { if ($nid = _forum_new($tid)) { drupal_goto("node/view/$nid"); } } if (empty($sortby)) { $sortby = isset($user->sortby) ? $user->sortby : variable_get('forum_order', 1); } if (empty($forum_per_page)) { $forum_per_page = isset($user->forum_per_page) ? $user->forum_per_page : variable_get('forum_per_page', 25); } $offset = ($from / $forum_per_page) + 1; $forums = forum_get_forums($tid); $parents = taxonomy_get_parents_all($tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get('forum_containers', array()))) { $topics = forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page); } print theme('forum_display', $forums, $topics, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } else { print theme('page', forum_help('admin/system/modules/forum'), t('Warning')); } } /** * @addtogroup themeable * @{ */ /** * Format the forum body. * * @param forums * @param topics * @param parents * @param tid * @param sortby * @param forum_per_page * @param offset * * @return the output for the forum body. */ function theme_forum_display($forums, $topics, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { // forum list, topics list, topic browser and 'add new topic' link $vocabulary = taxonomy_get_vocabulary(variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', '')); $title = $vocabulary->name; /* ** Breadcrumb navigation: */ $breadcrumb[] = l(t('Home'), ''); if ($tid) { $breadcrumb[] = l($title, 'forum'); } if ($parents) { $parents = array_reverse($parents); foreach ($parents as $p) { if ($p->tid == $tid) { $title = $p->name; } else { $breadcrumb[] = l($p->name, "forum/$p->tid"); } } } if (count($forums) || count($parents)) { $output = "
"; $output .= theme('forum_list', $forums, $parents, $tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get('forum_containers', array()))) { $output .= theme('forum_topic_list', $tid, $topics, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } $output .= "
"; } else { $title = t('No forums defined'); $output = ''; } print theme('page', $output, $title, $breadcrumb); } /** * Format the forum listing. * * @param forums * @param parents * @param tid * * @return output for the forum listing. */ function theme_forum_list($forums, $parents, $tid) { global $user; if ($forums) { $header = array(t('Forum'), t('Topics'), t('Posts'), t('Last post')); foreach ($forums as $forum) { if ($forum->container) { $description = "
depth * 30) ."px;\">\n"; $description .= "
". l($forum->name, "forum/$forum->tid") ."
\n"; if ($forum->description) { $description .= "
$forum->description
\n"; } $description .= "
\n"; $rows[] = array(array('data' => $description, 'class' => 'container', 'colspan' => 4)); } else { $forum->old_topics = _forum_topics_read($forum->tid, $user->uid); if ($user->uid) { $new_topics = $forum->num_topics - $forum->old_topics; } else { $new_topics = 0; } $links = array(); $description = "
depth * 30) ."px;\">\n"; $description .= "
". l($forum->name, "forum/$forum->tid") ."
\n"; if ($forum->description) { $description .= "
$forum->description
\n"; } if ($links) { $description .= "
". t('Jump to: %links', array('%links' => implode(', ', $links))) .".
\n"; } $description .= "
\n"; $rows[] = array( array('data' => $description, 'class' => 'forum'), array('data' => $forum->num_topics . ($new_topics ? "
". l(t('%a new', array('%a' => $new_topics)), "forum/$forum->tid", NULL, NULL, 'new') : ''), 'class' => 'topics'), array('data' => $forum->num_posts, 'class' => 'posts'), array('data' => _forum_format($forum->last_post), 'class' => 'last-reply')); } } } return theme('table', $header, $rows); } /** * Format the topic listing. * * @param tid * @param topics * @param sortby * @param forum_per_page * @param offset * * @return output for the topic list. */ function theme_forum_topic_list($tid, $topics, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { global $user, $id, $status, $pager_total, $forum_topic_list_header; if ($topics) { foreach ($topics as $topic) { // folder is new if topic is new or there are new comments since last visit if ($topic->tid != $tid) { $rows[] = array( array('data' => _forum_icon($topic->new, $topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode), 'class' => 'icon'), array('data' => $topic->title, 'class' => 'title'), array('data' => l(t('This topic has been moved'), "forum/$topic->tid"), 'colspan' => '3') ); } else { $rows[] = array( array('data' => _forum_icon($topic->new, $topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode), 'class' => 'icon'), array('data' => l($topic->title, "node/view/$topic->nid"), 'class' => 'topic'), array('data' => $topic->num_comments . ($topic->new_replies ? "
". l(t('%a new', array('%a' => $topic->new_replies)), "node/view/$topic->nid", NULL, NULL, 'new') : ''), 'class' => 'replies'), array('data' => _forum_format($topic), 'class' => 'created'), array('data' => _forum_format($topic->last_reply), 'class' => 'last-reply') ); } } if ($pager = theme('pager', NULL, $forum_per_page, 0, tablesort_pager())) { $rows[] = array(array('data' => $pager, 'colspan' => '5', 'class' => 'pager')); } } if (user_access('create forum topics')) { $output = '

'. t('You can post new forum topics.', array('%post' => url("node/add/forum/$tid"))) .'

'; } else if ($user->uid) { $output = '

'. t('You are not allowed to post new forum topics.') .'

'; } else { $output = '

'. t('You must login to post new forum topics.', array('%login' => url('user/login'))) .'

'; } $output .= theme('table', $forum_topic_list_header, $rows); return $output; } /** @} End of addtogroup themeable */ function _forum_icon($new_posts, $num_posts = 0, $comment_mode = 0) { $base_path = variable_get('forum_icon_path', ''); if ($base_path) { if ($num_posts > variable_get('forum_hot_topic', 15)) { $icon = $new_posts ? 'hot-new' : 'hot'; } else { $icon = $new_posts ? 'new' : 'default'; } if ($comment_mode == 1) { $icon = 'closed'; } // default $file = $base_path ."/forum-$icon.gif"; $output = "\"\""; } else { $output = ' '; } if ($new_posts) { $output = "$output"; } return $output; } function _forum_user_last_visit($nid) { global $user; static $history = array(); if (empty($history)) { $result = db_query('SELECT nid, timestamp FROM {history} WHERE uid = %d', $user->uid); while ($t = db_fetch_object($result)) { $history[$t->nid] = $t->timestamp > NODE_NEW_LIMIT ? $t->timestamp : NODE_NEW_LIMIT; } } return $history[$nid] ? $history[$nid] : NODE_NEW_LIMIT; } function _forum_get_topic_order($sortby) { switch ($sortby) { case 1: return 'date_sort DESC'; break; case 2: return 'date_sort ASC'; break; case 3: return 'num_comments DESC'; break; case 4: return 'num_comments ASC'; break; } } ?>