Manually adding code!

[steve]

If I was manually edit any phpbb 3.1.x files will they be lost when phpbb releases an update?

[bonelifer]

If you manually edit them, you'll then have to use the automatic updater files to go between releases. That will mean you'll have to manually merge files that where changed. Instead you should really be doing things using Extensions.

[steve]

Thanks boner ,at least phpbb still support merging files.
Not been around much for a while so thought I would ask here

[RMcGirr83]

Further, the extension will never get approved if you manually add edits to the files.

[steve]

It's for my forum rich ,I'm up to date with extensions just no so clued up on how phpbb handles updates.

[bonelifer]

I personally wouldn't suggest using the auto-update/merge approach. Do things right and you'll have no troubles. This is the whole reason Extensions were added to 3.1. Why go backwards in time.

[steve]

Because some tweaks are not worthy of writing up extension files!!

[bonelifer]

That line of reasoning just doesn't add up.

[steve]

This forum seems pointless then: viewforum.php?f=129

[Pete]

Take for example this one line of code added to ucp_register.php

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$auth->login($data['username'], $data['new_password']);

Does the job just fine in both 3.0.12 and 3.1.x and is useful to me.

Why would someone write up a bunch of code and add extra files to make that 1 line of code work... that wouldn't make sense to me.

[Pond Life]

Why would someone write up a bunch of code and add extra files to make that 1 line of code work... that wouldn't make sense to me.

+1

I'm sticking with 3.0 for the foreseeable future. Extensions are a great idea for larger modifications/plugins but for small tweaks like that are just daft . I'm also concerned that the server resource usage in 3.1 appears to be rather excessive. 3.0 does everything I want and it works perfectly on my reasonably priced shared hosting.

[Stoker]

Why would someone write up a bunch of code and add extra files to make that 1 line of code work... that wouldn't make sense to me.

+1

Couldnt agree more
Also small edits are not possible with extensions.

However there is a workarund for this. You can create an extension an put all your edits in this extension.
Call it myphpbbedits