The problem you are experiencing Becca has to do with the ampersand in your username. (The & symbol.)

The & symbol is an identifier in code. In PHP, it tells the code that a variable must exist to keep going. Also in PHP, depending on where it is being used, it needs to be escaped before it is processed. When passing the variable to the url (which we do a lot on this site), it needs to be written differently so it is interpreted correctly.

The chat script isn't handling the escape the way it should, so it is flagging you as trying to inject something via the login. (A safe guard to prevent malicious code from being executed on the site.)

I will make an attempt to locate where the login is being executed, but there are no guarantees with it. If I can find it, I can rewrite it to work properly. (I bought this script and just integrated it with our site.) If its being processed by one of the encrypted files, which there are 3, I won't be able to correct it.

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Worse comes to worse, your username could be changed to not include the &.

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My name is Liz
Do what's best for the animal, not what's best for you.

We already did that. lol I am actually going to be preventing the use of identifiers in usernames so this won't be an issue in the future. Up to now, I have been able to access the source code for everything and simply use an ereg replace function for characters. So it hasn't been an issue. Live and learn.

Thanks Rich! I was able to sign into chat successfully.

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You are very welcome. I told you it would be painless. lol It took all of 15 seconds to fix.

I have already disabled the use of special characters in usernames upon registering. I have also added a note to the registration form for users to know that ONLY numbers and letters will be accepted. If a user tries to use a special character, the registration page will redirect them back and show them an error reminding them for the second time that ONLY letters and numbers are allowed. (In bold print in the error box. lol)

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The chat indicator has been removed temporarily. There is a conflict in the code that needs to be worked out.

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Liz broke it didnt she....

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Yep!
Got cupcake crumbs in it!

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

Yep! She didnt share either

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The problem we were experiencing was the chat stats were housed outside the forums directory. The way the stats were called were being trapped in an iframe. The iframe, depending on some other variables, was displaying incorrectly at times and then fine other times.

I went in yesterday and wrote my own code to call the statistics for who is chatting, so the indicator is back. The word "chat" is also a link directly into the chat.

Liz is happy again. lol

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