Points per word?

[nathan42100]

Is it possible to make this points per word rather than points per post? My forum rewards for longer posts (www.psp-programming.com) such as a tutorial.

[matkins70]

A common request, its not actually implemented at the moment.  Basil or Daniel15 might be able to steer you in the right direction, but i believe they haven't actually used this method before.

[nathan42100]

Now its time to play the waiting game...

[matkins70]

Well daniel15 has got exams coming up, dunno where Basil is

[Basil Beard]

Use the implode($string) function to turn the post string into an array.
Then use the count($array) function to count the number of elements in an array.
That gives you the number of words. From there, you can apply your formula and be happy.

[Daniel15]

Use the implode($string) function to turn the post string into an array.
Then use the count($array) function to count the number of elements in an array.
That gives you the number of words. From there, you can apply your formula and be happy.

I'd just count the number of spaces in the message, using substr_count An even easier approach would be to count the number of characters instead.
Of course, an upper limit should apply, otherwise people will just post junk to get more points

Well daniel15 has got exams coming up

Well, 4 done, and 4 more to do next week

[Basil Beard]

But thats lame =P. Plus, someone could post alot of spaces. I don't know how implode works(I think you need to give it a string, and a substring to "implode" on), but you would be able to set it to implode on words. Which would fix the problem.

And yeah, when doing this, be very sure your memebers dont just post just and then edit their posts down to normal size.