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<?php
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  This file is part of PunBB.

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  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
  or (at your option) any later version.

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  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

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  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
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************************************************************************/


// Make sure no one attempts to run this script "directly"
if (!defined('PUN'))
    exit;
    
//
// Generate the config cache PHP script
//
function generate_config_cache()
{
    global $pun_config, $db;

    // Get the forum config from the DB
    $result = $db->query('SELECT * FROM '.$db->prefix.'config', true) or error('Unable to fetch forum config', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());
    while ($cur_config_item = $db->fetch_row($result))
        $pun_config[$cur_config_item[0]] = $cur_config_item[1];
}


//
// Generate the bans cache PHP script
//
function generate_bans_cache()
{
    global $pun_bans, $db;

    // Get the ban list from the DB
    $result = $db->query('SELECT * FROM '.$db->prefix.'bans', true) or error('Unable to fetch ban list', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());
    
    $pun_bans = array();
    while ($cur_ban = $db->fetch_assoc($result))
        $pun_bans[] = $cur_ban;
}


//
// Generate the ranks cache PHP script
//
function generate_ranks_cache()
{
    global $pun_ranks, $db;

    // Get the rank list from the DB
    $result = $db->query('SELECT * FROM '.$db->prefix.'ranks ORDER BY min_posts', true) or error('Unable to fetch rank list', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

    $pun_ranks = array();
    while ($cur_rank = $db->fetch_assoc($result))
        $pun_ranks[] = $cur_rank;
}

// Load cached config
@include PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_config.php';
if (!defined('PUN_CONFIG_LOADED'))
{
    require PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
    generate_config_cache();
    require PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_config.php';
}

require PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
generate_config_cache();

// Load cached bans
@include PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_bans.php';
if (!defined('PUN_BANS_LOADED'))
{
    require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
    generate_bans_cache();
    require PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_bans.php';
}

require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
generate_bans_cache();

    // If not already loaded in a previous call, load the cached ranks
    if ($pun_config['o_ranks'] == '1' && empty($pun_ranks))
    {
        @include PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_ranks.php';
        if (!defined('PUN_RANKS_LOADED'))
        {
            require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
            generate_ranks_cache();
            require PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_ranks.php';
        }
    }

    // If not already loaded in a previous call, load the cached ranks
    if ($pun_config['o_ranks'] == '1' && empty($pun_ranks))
    {
        require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
        generate_ranks_cache();
    }

    // Display the "Jump to" drop list
    if ($pun_config['o_quickjump'] == '1')

    // Display the "Jump to" drop list
    if ($pun_config['o_quickjump'] == '1' && 1 == 2)