SMF 2.0 SSI.php Examples

Recent Topics Function

Code (simple mode)

<?php ssi_recentTopics(); ?>

Code (advanced mode)

<?php ssi_recentTopics($num_recent = 8, $exclude_boards = null, $include_boards = null, $output_method = 'echo'); ?>

Result

[Everything Else]	You people are still here! by eds1275	Today at 02:31:27 pm
[GroovyMAME]	CRT Emudriver - Non emulated compatible games by darknezz19	Today at 01:04:39 pm
[GroovyMAME]	GroovyArcade reinstall HELP - monitor black when launching games - config issue? by skottles	July 03, 2026, 02:20:24 pm
[GroovyMAME]	GuncCon2 on CRT with GroovyMame by nix999	July 03, 2026, 11:28:22 am
[MaLa Frontend]	A 0 games found workaround for MAME v.162 and later with Mala. by motoschifo	July 03, 2026, 02:40:33 am
[MaLa Frontend]	Mala 2.0 is being developed by loadman	July 03, 2026, 01:43:29 am
[MaLa Frontend]	MaLa development? by loadman	July 03, 2026, 01:37:28 am
[Main Forum]	LEDBlinky issues freezes in CoinOps by jlcpremier	July 02, 2026, 07:44:12 pm

Recent Poll Function

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<?php ssi_recentPoll(); ?>

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Top Boards Function

Shows top boards by the number of posts.

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<?php ssi_topBoards(); ?>

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Board	Topics	Posts
Main Forum	48607	505107
Everything Else	13303	250333
Project Announcements	6561	198336
Software Forum	16096	130127
Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail	17939	96761
Monitor/Video Forum	12490	88845
Consoles	4048	58101
Miscellaneous Arcade Talk	4140	46873
Artwork	5399	42279
GroovyMAME	2954	37536

	Views	Replies
DemulShooter (Dual light gun on DEMUL, Model2, Dolphin, Silent Hill, etc...)	2974949	3681
LEDBlinky - Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor - v8.2	1545686	2094
Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards	1433526	2420
CNC Cut Bartop Kits - Orders Open! New Models Available!	1405812	2633
Control Panel Database: Post a picture of your Control Panel!	1285862	1042
PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread	1197978	2775
hiscore diff (with no nag/white box removal)	1174502	1245
GUN4IR - The Ultimate 4 Points Lightgun System	1165069	1130
Switchres: modeline generator engine	1122805	1297
Mission Control Project: 5 years on, what to do with the leftovers?	1105439	1809

	Views	Replies
DemulShooter (Dual light gun on DEMUL, Model2, Dolphin, Silent Hill, etc...)	2974949	3681
PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread	1197978	2775
CNC Cut Bartop Kits - Orders Open! New Models Available!	1405812	2633
Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards	1433526	2420
LEDBlinky - Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor - v8.2	1545686	2094
Re: NOT A PROJECT - Thread for Posting Images to Link in our project threads	889764	1944
Arcadeemulator.net, semi ann. clearance sale has begun look for the thread	710587	1917
WOW New LightGUN Info !!! Woot!!! :)	723344	1886
Mission Control Project: 5 years on, what to do with the leftovers?	1105439	1809
Retro-Futuristic Mame cabinet	825157	1749

Top Poll Function

Shows the most-voted-in poll.

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<?php ssi_topPoll(); ?>

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Latest Member Function

Shows the latest member's name and profile link.

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<?php ssi_latestMember(); ?>

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Please welcome tusken4, our newest member.

Member of the Day

Shows one random member of the day. This changes once a day.

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<?php ssi_randomMember('day'); ?>

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gbuckme2

Log Online Presence

This function logs the SSI page's visitor, then shows the Who's Online list. In other words, this function shows who are online inside and outside the forum.

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<?php ssi_logOnline(); ?>

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10213 Guests, 3 Users
YoBoys, fcolmedo, DrAlves

Login Function

Shows a login box only when user is not logged in.

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<?php ssi_login(); ?>

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Logout Function

Shows a logout link only when user is logged in.

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<?php ssi_logout(); ?>

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Welcome Function

Greets users or guests, also shows user's messages if logged in.

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<?php ssi_welcome(); ?>

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Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Today's Calendar Function

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<?php ssi_todaysCalendar(); ?>

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Today's Birthdays Function

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<?php ssi_todaysBirthdays(); ?>

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Today's Holidays Function

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<?php ssi_todaysHolidays(); ?>

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Today's Events Function

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<?php ssi_todaysEvents(); ?>

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Recent Calendar Events Function

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<?php ssi_recentEvents(); ?>

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Forum Stats

Shows some basic forum stats: total members, posts, topics, boards, etc.

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<?php ssi_boardStats(); ?>

Result

Total Members: 56513
Total Posts: 1732835
Total Topics: 152713
Total Categories: 7
Total Boards: 47

News Function

Shows random forum news.

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<?php ssi_news(); ?>

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Support this site
Shop Amazon Video Games through our link. Thank you!

This site is being essentially DDOSed by bots slamming the forum, taking down the web server. We�re looking into mitigation options but they�re kicking our bottom right now.

Board News Function

Shows the latest posts from read only boards, or a specific board.

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<?php ssi_boardNews(); ?>

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MOVED: VECTREX ARCADE - My own Vectrex arcade cabinet

June 27, 2026, 05:20:30 am by PL1

This topic has been moved to Project Announcements.

https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=170310.0

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LEDBlinky issues freezes in CoinOps

June 06, 2026, 03:30:30 pm by jlcpremier

I just got a Ultimarc Pac Drive board and set up LEDBlinky (trial version for now) When CoinOps starts the buttons light up and animate for a few seconds, then freeze. If I launch a game though, the buttons used will light up correctly. Exiting out of the game the same stuck buttons light up in CoinOps FE. If I exit CoinOps I get an error from LEDBlinky.

Any idea how to fix this?

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Cloning a Golden Tee 2025 spring drive to ssd

June 05, 2026, 09:53:28 am by ericb215

Hello,

I have made several attempts to clone a spinning hard drive to SSD with no luck. I have tried R Disk Image, Macrium, Disk Genius. I have read the raw copy is the best, but I am having a difficult time with it since the source drive is 500gb and my target is 128gb. Golden Tee only uses about 55gb of space. Has anyone done this recently, any tips?

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New mame build, need to power monitor help??

June 03, 2026, 09:53:55 pm by excaliburlives

Hello, i'm making a new mame build from an empty gutted arcade 1up cab. I already built the pc and want to install a a 23" acer monitor that runs off a 12V power supply. Can i just tap into a 12v rail on my pc's PSu and get abarrel connector to power ir? I'm thinking i might mess something up. I'm afraid of the amps not the volts. Is this possible anybody? Looking for an expeert in this sort of thing. Thnaks for any help or advice i can get.

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Upgrading current single LED buttons to RGB and control

May 28, 2026, 05:45:43 pm by jlcpremier

I have a standard 2 player controller setup with 6 buttons per player, plus start/select and 4 admin buttons, all are static lit by the encoder board when the PC is on.

I only really care about controlling the 8 buttons per player and just leaving the admin buttons static so a Pac64 LED should be all I need from a LED control standpoint and then I�m planning to use LEDBlinky with the latest CoinOps ARISE build. This should work with that right? I�m currently using a single 2P encoder board from Amazon but my concern is the potential for the ports to change between the input board and LED control board. In which case maybe the iPac Ultimate would ensure that isn�t an issue. Is there a different option for a controller I can use? My buttons currently have labels for A,B,C etc so which RGB buttons would allow me to retain use of those?

Really just looking for the most economical way to accomplish this. Thanks!

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Menubar Function

Displays a menu bar, like one displayed at the top of the forum.

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<?php ssi_menubar(); ?>

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Quick Search Function

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<?php ssi_quickSearch(); ?>

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Recent Attachments Function

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<?php ssi_recentAttachments(); ?>

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File	Posted by	Downloads	Filesize
screen4.png	motoschifo	21	179.31kB
screen3.png	motoschifo	22	152.85kB
screen2.png	motoschifo	18	134.52kB
screen1.png	motoschifo	21	116.24kB
IMG_3695 Large.jpeg	skottles	35	276.47kB
IMG_3692 Large.jpeg	skottles	34	229.91kB
neoSD_-_4.jpeg	Joaquim2020	105	228.02kB
Happyfishb.jpg	Joaquim2020	102	43.21kB
IMG_5071.jpg	TheViz	105	811.22kB
IMG_5068.jpg	TheViz	100	241.11kB

Show Single Poll

Shows a poll in the specified topic.

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<?php ssi_showPoll($topicID); ?>

Result

Not shown because it needs specific topic ID that contains a poll.

Show Single Post

Fetches a post with a particular IDs. By default will only show if you have permission to the see the board in question. This can be overriden by passing the 2nd parameter as true.

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<?php ssi_fetchPosts($postIDs, $isOverride); ?>

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Not shown because it needs a specific post ID.

Show Single Member

Shows the specified member's name and profile link.

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<?php ssi_fetchMember($memberIDs); ?>

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Not shown because it needs a specific member ID.

Show Group Members

Shows all members in a specified group.

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<?php ssi_fetchGroupMembers($groupIDs); ?>

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Not shown because it needs specific membergroup IDs.

Home Page Sample

This sample uses the following features: ssi_recentTopics(), ssi_logOnline(), ssi_welcome(), and ssi_boardNews(). ssi_recentTopics() is fetched using the array method, to allow further customizations on the output.

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<?php require("SSI.php"); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
	<title>SSI.php example for home page</title>
	<style type="text/css">
		body { font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 80%; background: #DFDFDF; color: #FFFFFF; margin: 0 }
		ul,ol { padding-left: 19px; margin: 0; }
		li { font-size: 11px; }
		h1,h2,h3 { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
		h3 { font-size: 15px; }
		a:link,a:visited { color: #FF9000; text-decoration: none; }
		a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

		#container { background: #52514E; width: 100%; border: 1px solid midnightblue; line-height: 150%; margin: 0; }
		#header,#footer { color: lightgray; background-color: #2A2825; clear: both; padding: .5em; }
		#leftbar { background: #DF7E00; float: left; width: 160px; margin: 0; padding: 1em; }
		#leftbar a { color: #000000; text-decoration: underline; }
		#content { margin-left: 190px; padding: 1em; }
		#navigation { float: right; }
		#navigation a:link,#navigation a:visited { color: #FF9000; }
	</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
	<div id="header">
		<div id="navigation">
			<a href="#">Link</a> | <a href="#">Link</a> | <a href="#">Link</a> | <a href="#">Link</a> | <a href="#">Link</a>
		</div>
		<h1 class="header">YourWebsite.com</h1>
	</div>
	<div id="leftbar">
		<h3>Recent Forum Topics</h3>
		<ul>
<?php
// Using array method to show shorter display style.
$topics = ssi_recentTopics(8, null, null, 'array');

foreach ($topics as $topic)
{
	// Uncomment the following code to get a listing of array elements that SMF provides for this function.
	// echo '<pre>', print_r($topic), '</pre>';

	echo '
			<li><a href=\"', $topic['href'], '\">', $topic['subject'], '</a> ', $txt['by'], ' ', $topics[$i]['poster']['link'], '</li>';
}

unset($topics);
?>
		</ul><br />
		<h3>Online Users</h3>
		<?php ssi_logOnline(); ?>
	</div>
	<div id="content">
		<?php ssi_welcome(); ?><br /><br />
		<h2>News</h2>
		<?php ssi_boardNews(); ?>
	</div>
	<div id="footer">
		<a target="_blank" rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/publicdomain/88x31.png" /></a>
		This sample website layout is dedicated to the <a target="_blank" rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/">Public Domain</a>.
	</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

[Everything Else]	Re: You people are still here! by eds1275	Today at 02:31:27 pm
[GroovyMAME]	Re: CRT Emudriver - Non emulated compatible games by darknezz19	Today at 01:04:39 pm
[GroovyMAME]	Re: CRT Emudriver - Non emulated compatible games by CRTFTW	Today at 12:09:20 pm
[GroovyMAME]	Re: CRT Emudriver - Non emulated compatible games by darknezz19	Today at 03:23:05 am
[GroovyMAME]	Re: GroovyArcade reinstall HELP - monitor black when launching games - config issue? by skottles	July 03, 2026, 02:20:24 pm
[Everything Else]	Re: You people are still here! by Drnick	July 03, 2026, 01:43:58 pm
[GroovyMAME]	GuncCon2 on CRT with GroovyMame by nix999	July 03, 2026, 11:28:22 am
[MaLa Frontend]	Re: A 0 games found workaround for MAME v.162 and later with Mala. by motoschifo	July 03, 2026, 02:40:33 am

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Recent Topics Function

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Recent Posts Function

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Recent Poll Function

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Top Boards Function

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Top Topics

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Top Poll Function

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Top Poster Function

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Latest Member Function

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Member of the Day

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Who's Online Function

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Log Online Presence

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Login Function

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Logout Function

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Welcome Function

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Today's Calendar Function

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Today's Birthdays Function

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Today's Holidays Function

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Today's Events Function

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Recent Calendar Events Function

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Forum Stats

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News Function

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