<?php

$break_char = "\n";

define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = (defined('./localhost/phpbb3/')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup('mods/application');

include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_posting.' . $phpEx);

// Let's set the configuration, this is the ID of the forum where the post goes to
$forumid_send = 2;
$USER_ID = 2;

$submit = (isset($_POST['submit'])) ? true : false;

   if ($submit)
   {

// Setting the variables we need to submit the post to the forum where all the applications come in
$firstname  =   utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('firstname','', true));
$lastname       =   utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('lastname','', true));
$age            =   utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('age','', true));
$country            =   utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('country','', true));

//compiling the message
$apply_post = '';
$apply_post .= 'First Name: ' . $firstname . $break_char;
$apply_post .= 'Last Name: ' . $lastname . $break_char;
$apply_post .= 'Age: ' . $age . $break_char;
$apply_post .= 'Country: ' . $country . $break_char;
$apply_post .= 'Automatically posted by Bot!';

//making the subject
$apply_subject = 'Application: ' . $firstname . ' (Pending)';

// variables to hold the parameters for submit_post
$poll = $uid = $bitfield = $options = '';

generate_text_for_storage($apply_post, $uid, $bitfield, $options, true, true, true);

$data = array(
   'forum_id'      => $forumid_send,
   'icon_id'      => false,

   'enable_bbcode'      => true,
   'enable_smilies'   => true,
   'enable_urls'      => true,
   'enable_sig'      => true,

   'message'      => $apply_post,
   'message_md5'   => md5($apply_post),

   'bbcode_bitfield'   => $bitfield,
   'bbcode_uid'      => $uid,

   'post_edit_locked'   => 0,
   'topic_title'      => $apply_subject,
   'notify_set'      => false,
   'notify'         => false,
   'post_time'       => 0,
   'forum_name'      => '',
   'enable_indexing'   => true,
);

// Sending the post to the forum set in configuration above
submit_post('post', $apply_subject, '', POST_NORMAL, $poll, $data);
$message = $message . '<br /><br />' . sprintf($user->lang['RETURN_INDEX'], '<a href="' . append_sid("../../wordpress/") . '">', '</a>');
trigger_error($message);

   }
?>