possibility to block ip addresses from registration

QvitterPlugin.php

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class QvitterPlugin extends Plugin {
 		
 		// CUSTOM TERMS OF USE
 		$settings['customtermsofuse'] = false;
+		
+		// IP ADDRESSES BLOCKED FROM REGISTRATION
+		$settings['blocked_ips'] = array();
 
 
 		 /* · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
@@ -772,7 +775,26 @@ class QvitterPlugin extends Plugin {
                                 'top_nav_doc_faq');
     			
         return true;
-    }               
+    }      
+
+
+   /**
+     * No registration for blocked ips
+     *
+     * @return boolean hook flag
+     */
+    public function onStartUserRegister($profile)
+    {
+       	
+		if(is_array(self::settings("blocked_ips"))) {
+			if(in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], self::settings("blocked_ips"))) {
+				return false;
+				}
+			}	
+			
+        return true;
+    }        
+             
         
 
    /**

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Setup
 2. Put all files in /plugins/Qvitter
 
 3. Replace your lib/apiauthaction.php file with the one supplied in 
-edited-gnu-social-files/lib/apiauthaction.php.
+edited-gnu-social-files/lib/apiauthaction.php. (this might not be needed if you are
+running the latest GNU social nightly)
 
 4. Add `addPlugin('Qvitter');` to your /config.php file.
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ $config['site']['qvitter']['urlshortenerapiurl'] = 'http://qttr.at/yourls-api.ph
 $config['site']['qvitter']['urlshortenersignature'] = 'b6afeec983';	
 $config['site']['qvitter']['sitebackground'] = 'img/vagnsmossen.jpg';
 $config['site']['qvitter']['favicon'] = 'img/favicon.ico?v=4';
+$config['site']['qvitter']['blocked_ips'] = array();
 $config['thumbnail']['maxsize'] = 3000;
 ````
 

actions/qvitter.php

@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ class QvitterAction extends ApiAction
 		if(common_config('site','closed') == 1 || common_config('site','inviteonly') == 1) {
 			$registrationsclosed = true;
 			}
+
+		// check if the client's ip address is blocked for registration
+		if(is_array(QvitterPlugin::settings("blocked_ips"))) {
+			$client_ip_is_blocked = in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], QvitterPlugin::settings("blocked_ips"));			
+			}	
 			
 		$sitetitle = common_config('site','name');
 		$siterootdomain = common_config('site','server');
@@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ class QvitterAction extends ApiAction
 		$apiroot = common_path('api/', StatusNet::isHTTPS());
 		$attachmentroot = common_path('attachment/', StatusNet::isHTTPS());
 		$instanceurl = common_path('', StatusNet::isHTTPS());
+		
+		
 
 		common_set_returnto(''); // forget this
 
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ class QvitterAction extends ApiAction
 					window.siteEmail = '<?php print common_config('site', 'email'); ?>';										
 					window.siteLicenseTitle = '<?php print common_config('license', 'title'); ?>';
 					window.siteLicenseURL = '<?php print common_config('license', 'url'); ?>';
-					window.customTermsOfUse = <?php print json_encode(QvitterPlugin::settings("customtermsofuse")); ?>;					
+					window.customTermsOfUse = <?php print json_encode(QvitterPlugin::settings("customtermsofuse")); ?>;	
 					
 				</script>
 				<style>
@@ -401,7 +408,7 @@ class QvitterAction extends ApiAction
 							</form>
 						</div>
 						<?php
-						if($registrationsclosed === false) {
+						if($registrationsclosed === false && $client_ip_is_blocked === false) {
 						?><div class="front-signup">
 							<h2></h2>
 							<div class="signup-input-container"><input placeholder="" type="text" name="user[name]" autocomplete="off" class="text-input" id="signup-user-name"></div>