Variable not showing up in postbit template

[shridevimoogi]

Hi,

I want to add an ad after the first post.
This I am able to do by adding the below code in postbit template

<if condition="!$GLOBALS['FIRSTPOSTID']">
<div class="firstpostad">
Ad Code Here
</div>
</if>
Now the problem is I want some part of the ad code change dynamically based on url.
For this I have written a php code which works fine independently and in header template as well. But not in postbit template.
I tried using $global, then writing in plugin and as a separate php file but in vain.
Please help.
My vb version is 3.8.1 patch level1
My code is as below

<?php



function ad_after_first_post()
{
$hostname=$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];
$urls = array('test.forums.v3.co.uk','test.forums.accounta ncyage.com','test.forums.businessgreen.com','test. forums.computeractive.co.uk');

$brand_name['test.forums.v3.co.uk']='vn2.uk';
$brand_name['test.forums.accountancyage.com']='aa2.uk';
$brand_name['test.forums.businessgreen.com']='bg2.uk';
$brand_name['test.forums.computeractive.co.uk']='ca2.uk';

foreach($urls as $url)
{
if ($hostname==$url)
{
$brand_var_for_ad=$brand_name[$url];
}

}
return $brand_var_for_ad;
}

$ad=ad_after_first_post();




?>

[Rogue_SSEi]

I had the same issue with some plugin code I tried to write for postbit. Didn't show that variable for me no matter what I tried. In fact, my help request is a few posts down. We tried a bunch of stuff but I was never able to make it work. Hopefully someone can help you and thus me as well.