[Tip] Fix for malformed activation links

[NanoSector]

This was brought up in IRC just now. It seems like when activation mails get sent out, some e-mail clients like Hotmail like to replace ; with %3b in the URL.

This tweak will cause the user to be redirected to a proper URL, fixing this issue at the forum side.

Manual installation:

Sources/QueryString.php
Find:

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// Make sure we have a valid REMOTE_ADDR.

Add before:

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if (!empty($_REQUEST['action']) && substr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], 0, 18) == 'action=activate%3b')
{
header('Location: ' . $scripturl . '?' . str_replace('%3b', ';', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']));
exit;
}

Attached is a mod package which automatically applies this tweak.

[Colin]

Thank you.

[Arantor]

Might be useful to get that into 2.0.9 if there's still time or at least put it into the list of possible candidates for 2.0.10 if/when that happens.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Good tips. +1