Using a vbulletin variable as the default for a setting in XML file

[MarkFL]

Hello,

I am working on modifying a product I wrote, and for the product's option settings in the AdminCP, I want to present the user with radio buttons to select a forum, rather than having to enter the forumid manually. This I have working, however, I want the default value to be the forum that has been chosen to receive user-reporting of posts.

Here is my code for the setting:

<setting varname="markfl_par_report_forumid" displayorder="35">
<optioncode><![CDATA[" . eval('$options = "";
foreach($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forumid => $forum)
{
if ($forum[parentid] > 0)
{
$options .= "\\t\\t<label for=\\"setting[$setting[varname]]$forumid\\" title=\\"forumid: $forumid\\"><input type=\\"radio\\" tabindex=\\"1\\" name=\\"setting[$setting[varname]]"."[]\\" id=\\"setting[$setting[varname]]$forumid\\" value=\\"$forumid\\"" . iif(strpos(",$setting[value],", ",$forumid,") !== false, \' checked="checked"\') . iif($vbulletin->debug, " title=\\"name=&quot;setting[$setting[varname]]&quot;\\"") . " />$forum[title]</label><br />\\n";
}
}
return "<span class=\\"smallfont\\">\\n$options\\t</span>";') . "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"setting[$setting[varname]][]\" value=\"-1\" />]]>
</optioncode>
<datatype>free</datatype>
<defaultvalue><![CDATA[" . eval('return $vbulletin->options[\'rpforumid\'];') . "]]></defaultvalue>
</setting>


The code in red is what's not working, and I would like to know what I need there. :D

[kh99]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the defaultvalue in the xml is only used at the time the product is actually being installed, and I don't think you can put code there. Maybe what you want is to include some install code that sets the initial value of your option by reading the other option?

[kh99]

...but it looks like it's a bit complicated bcause when the install code is run, the settings haven't been created yet. So I think what you want to do is set
$arr['options']['settinggroup']['groupname']['setting']['settingname']['defaultvalue']

where groupname and settingname are replaced by the actual group and setting varnames.

[MarkFL]

I wasn't able to get this to work, so what I decided to do as a workaround is if the user does not select a forum, then the report forum is used as the default. Perhaps I can get the report forum to be checked by default for a future update.