No Submission to Top Catego...

This mod simply disallows all submissions to top level categories. Works for phpLD 3.2 & 3.3. A more complex version, fully configurable from the admin that allows/disallows links by type is available in the free phpLD Expansion Pack
Important: backup all files before modifying them!

1. Open include/functions_validate.php
   Add before the closing

   ?>

   this code

   /**
   * [mod] No submissions to top categories
   * Author: Paul Martin (www.phpldaddons.com)
   */
   function validate_not_top($value, $empty, &$params, &$formvars)
   {
   global $db;
   global $tables;
   $valid = 1;
   $cdata = $db->GetRow("SELECT * FROM `{$tables['category']['name']}` WHERE `ID`=$value");
   if (0 == $cdata['PARENT_ID'])
   $valid = 0;
   unset($cdata);
   return $valid;
   }
   

2. Open templates/Core/messages.tpl
   Add anywhere you feel like (code should be entered as one line)

   {capture name='no_url_in_maintop'}<span class="errForm">Links cannot be submitted to top 
   categories. Please choose a suitable subcategory.</span>{/capture}
   

3. Open submit.php
   Find

   SmartyValidate :: register_criteria('isBannedEmail'    , 'validate_is_banned_email', 'submit_link');
   

   Replace with

   SmartyValidate :: register_criteria('isBannedEmail'    , 'validate_is_banned_email', 'submit_link');
   SmartyValidate :: register_criteria('isNotTop'         , 'validate_not_top'        , 'submit_link');
   

   Find

   SmartyValidate :: register_validator('v_CATEGORY_ID'   , 'CATEGORY_ID:0'      , 'isNotEqual', false, false, null, 'submit_link');
   

   Replace with

   SmartyValidate :: register_validator('v_CATEGORY_ID'   , 'CATEGORY_ID:0'      , 'isNotEqual', false, false, null, 'submit_link');
   SmartyValidate :: register_validator('v_CATEGORY_TOP'  , 'CATEGORY_ID'        , 'isNotTop'  , false, false, null, 'submit_link');
   

4. Open your template's category_select.tpl
   Find (you should do the replacement for all 3 instances you find)

   {validate form="submit_link" id="v_CATEGORY_ID" message=$smarty.capture.no_url_in_top}
   

   Replace with

   {validate form="submit_link" id="v_CATEGORY_ID" message=$smarty.capture.no_url_in_top}
   {validate form="submit_link" id="v_CATEGORY_TOP" message=$smarty.capture.no_url_in_maintop}
   

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