I'll repeat... Please use the html/php tags. It is very difficult to read code when you don't use those. They are right here in the Quick Reply box - very easy to use. I don't care about your original code, I just want to see the code in your plugin. And, again, I'll repeat that you should be putting the *variable* name into a template. You CANNOT use php in a template, which means you CANNOT do an echo statement. You need to simply put the variable in there - and I would NOT name it php (I don't know that that variable named is reserved, but it sounds like it should be).

i dont understand. i dont use any html or php tags in the plugin. $php is taken from the yahoo site that i scrape the financial data.

i thought you were not suppose to use php or html in the plugins?. again, i simply use vb 3.8.1 and set up a plugin called currency using vbulletin and global_start as the hook i guess and inserted this code below only:

then in the header template, i used the variable

to produce the philippine peso rate to show on the page. it worked, but then after you refresh the page, it goes away. i just thought it was because of using global_start as the hook and maybe there is a better hook to use? or what is the problem? is this the info u needed?

--------------- Added [DATE]1242104548[/DATE] at [TIME]1242104548[/TIME] ---------------

its working now. lol. not sure what was wrong before but in the future, is there a better hook to use than global_start or does it matter?

or should you create your own hook? how hard is that?

When I was talking about the php/html tags, I'm talking about the tags on this site (that you used to surround your code in your last post). Thank you - it's much easier to read.

This is the line I think you may want to rename your variable in:
And then this is going to cause problems because it is invalid html:
You need an </td> in there before the </tr>.

Are you only trying to show this on the forumhome (index.php) page? I would pick a plugin that is just on that page, if so - forumhome_start maybe.

You should rename $php to something like $currency_php or similar. As Lynne suggested, $php is confusing because PHP is also the language you're coding in.

As far as hook location goes, I'd go with forumhome_start (as Lynne also suggested) or if you need it on every page, global_complete.