Thank you Rendril!

array|boolean mds_is_itc(string $itc)

Returns false if invalid ITC is supplied,
otherwise it returns an array with item information.

["id"] - The ID of the item itself.
["uid"] - The ID of the owner!

["playername"] - The playername of the owner
["name"] - The name of the object (ie: "Silver Coin")
["creationdate"] - When it was created (as epoch seconds I think?)
["transferdate"] - last transfer date (also as epoch secondS?)
["tag"] - Tag ("tool", "Valuable", "enchanted, consumable", etc)


When inputting an item transfer code, never use the full string, it will be treated as invalid and return false.
I find it best to copy from the ITC to MDI of the code, that is all it needs to identify the creature.

if(isset(@input['submit']))//check that button was clicked
{
@vc= mds_is_itc(@input['ctc0']);
if (@vc) {
echo "<table border=1>";
echo "<tr><td>Item Name:</td><td>".@vc["name"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Item ID:</td><td>".@vc["id"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Owner ID:</td><td>".@vc["uid"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Owner Playername: </td><td>".@vc["playername"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Created:</td><td>".date("F j, Y, g:i a",@vc["creationdate"])."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Last Transfer:</td><td>".date("F j, Y, g:i a",@vc["transferdate"])."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Tags:</td><td>".@vc["tag"]."</td></tr>";
echo "</table>";
echo @content[0];
} else {
echo "Sorry, it appears that is not a va"."lid Item Transfer Code.<br>";
echo @content[0];
}

} else {
//echo the html, it is not shown by default
echo @content[0];
}
 
if(isset(@input['submit']))//check that button was clicked
{
@vc= mds_is_itc(@input['ctc0']);
if (@vc) {
echo "<table border=1>";
echo "<tr><td>Item Name:</td><td>".@vc["name"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Item ID:</td><td>".@vc["id"]."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Owner ID:</td><td>".@vc["uid"]."</td></tr>";

echo "<tr><td>Created:</td><td>".date("F j, Y, g:i a",@vc["creationdate"])."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Last Transfer:</td><td>".date("F j, Y, g:i a",@vc["transferdate"])."</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>Tags:</td><td>".@vc["tag"]."</td></tr>";
echo "</table>";
echo @content[0];
} else {
echo "Sorry, it appears that is not a va"."lid Item Transfer Code.<br>";
echo @content[0];
}

} else {
//echo the html, it is not shown by default
echo @content[0];
}

<form method="post" action="">
Enter an ITC to check<br />
<input name="ctc0" type="text" /><br />
<br />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/><br />
<br />
<font size="1px">*Copy from "ITC" to "MDI", not the entire code</font>
</form>

Edited June 9, 201313 yr by Chewett

What's the significance behind this function and mds_is_ctc being designed to return the owner's UID but not their name? It's simple enough to manually find someone's name from their UID, so spoilers/secrets wouldn't seem to be an issue.

What's the significance behind this function and mds_is_ctc being designed to return the owner's UID but not their name? It's simple enough to manually find someone's name from their UID, so spoilers/secrets wouldn't seem to be an issue.

 

Probably because thats what information was available and therefore easy to access, i have added playername and updated the docs for both functions