lookup channels in local xchan table even if provided an unknown url - this will show their pseudo vcard and connect button if they've ever been seen on this site before.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mod/chanview.php b/mod/chanview.php
index abc7fc216..42e5e1ed9 100644
--- a/mod/chanview.php
+++ b/mod/chanview.php
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ function chanview_content(&$a) {
 		);
 	}	
 	elseif($_REQUEST['url']) {
-		$r = array(array('xchan_url' => $_REQUEST['url']));
+		$r = q("select * from xchan where xchan_url = '%s' limit 1",
+			dbesc($_REQUEST['url'])
+		);
+		if(! $r)
+			$r = array(array('xchan_url' => $_REQUEST['url']));
 	}
 	if($r) {
 		$xchan = $r[0];