Call a template

[TheRaven57]

I'm new to all of this. I'm installing a "Video Game Cheats" hack. Basically I'm setting it up so that the information is in a template and I'd create an index page that would call the template.

My question is: What is the PHP code that would call the template? Thanks!

[SVTBlackLight01]

<?php

error_reporting(7);

require('./global.php');

eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("templatename")."\");");

?>

[TheRaven57]

I put exactly what you said (added the template name of course). And I got the following error:

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/theraven/public_html/cheats/index.php on line 5

What does that mean?

[SVTBlackLight01]

It means that index.php is not in the same directory as global.php.

If you want to call the template from outside your forum directory you can try this instead:

<?php

error_reporting(7);

chdir('/path/to/forums/directory/');
require('./global.php');

eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("donate")."\");");

?>

You will probably need to make all the header and footer links absolute (/forums/search.php), as well as the path to the images folder, to make everything work correctly.

[DiscussAnything]

What i did was put the following in member.php:


// Description here
if ($action=="NAME") {
$templatesused = 'templatename';
include("./global.php");
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("templatename")."\");");
}

then , in your forum, just link to member.php?action=NAME and it works. Don't forget to create a template for the templatename tho, with full content (whole page)

[Dean C]

// Description here
if ($action == 'name')
{
$templatesused = 'templatename';
require("./global.php");
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("templatename")."\");");
}

[SVTBlackLight01]

I knew someone would jump in who really knew what they were doing. Thanks guys. ;)

[Dean C]

Always use single quotes on strings and double quotes on strings containing variables :)

Makes the script faster...

- miSt

[filburt1]

I seriously doubt it makes the script faster than an msec...I always use double-quotes everywhere for consistency except for array keys. :)

[TheRaven57]

Thanks for your help, I'm having just one more problem.

I'm using index.php to call the template. How do I eliminate the other elements on the page? The template keeps getting generating the index page and then it puts the template stuff at the bottom.

[Dean C]

Really? Now that is interesting fiburt...

Its a standard conformity with a lot of people I work with :)

- miSt

[noppid]

Filburt hit me with that "it don't matter" statement too. I just dropped it though as I've seen it matter. Don't want a ++++ing match, but it seems to matter.