Plugin Variables, and Templates Help

[C Braithwaite]

Hiya, i was trying to make a plugin which would display in any template on my site. i simplified the plugin to:

vBulletin
global_start

$mytestvariable = "Hello World";

and then placed the $mytestvariable variable into my template, but it would not show.

Anyone know how i can create a variable that i can use on any page?

Thanks in advance

[Adrian.]

I put the PHP in the hook location, to where i want my variable.

If that makes sense, for example, if i wanted to display the variable on the forum home, i would choose the location "forumhome_start".

That should work.

[C Braithwaite]

I put the PHP in the hook location, to where i want my variable.

If that makes sense, for example, if i wanted to display the variable on the forum home, i would choose the location "forumhome_start".

That should work.


Yep that makes sense, however what i need is the variable to be available on all pages, including my custom pages (well, page) - is that possable?

if not, i could code the plugin into my custom page - where would i put the hook for displaying threads?

ps, cheers for the reply :)

[Kirk Y]

Try hook location 'global_start'.

[C Braithwaite]

Try hook location 'global_start'.
yeh i tried that after reading another one of your posts, but it wouldnt work for me. :S

[Kirk Y]

What template are you trying to access the variable in? Because it should work.

[C Braithwaite]

What template are you trying to access the variable in? Because it should work.


POSTBIT, and a custom one.

for postbit, it works in postbit_display_complete, but not global_start

[Kirk Y]

What version of vBulletin are you using?

[C Braithwaite]

What version of vBulletin are you using?

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[Kirk Y]

Weird. I always assumed that global_start was... well, global.

I guess you'll just have to use postbit_display_start. For your Custom Page, it'd probably be simpler to just include the PHP code within the file itself, rather than using hooks.

[C Braithwaite]

Weird. I always assumed that global_start was... well, global.

I guess you'll just have to use postbit_display_start. For your Custom Page, it'd probably be simpler to just include the PHP code within the file itself, rather than using hooks.


i thought it was global also, and supprisingly in the global_start works for my custom page but not the postbit template! lol

[Paul M]

global_start is called on all vb pages.

I believe the postbits are built from within functions so you are likely to need to call global $yourvariable in a postbit hook to get it to work.

An easier way would be to create your own array $vbulletin->myvars and then use $vbulletin->myvars['var1'] etc, as $vbulletin is already globalised in most places.

[C Braithwaite]

global_start is called on all vb pages.

I believe the postbits are built from within functions so you are likely to need to call global $yourvariable in a postbit hook to get it to work.

An easier way would be to create your own array $vbulletin->myvars and then use $vbulletin->myvars['var1'] etc, as $vbulletin is already globalised in most places.


that's a good idea, ill give that a shot. :D

[Xyzzy]

Weird. I always assumed that global_start was... well, global.

I guess you'll just have to use postbit_display_start.
I wish I had seen this, oh, about 18 freaking hours ago.

:)

:up:

[Marco van Herwaarden]

global_start is called once on each page. The postbit_* hooks are called for each post.