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I figure out how to solve it:

hook: process_templates_complete

code: $footer .= 'text added to footer';

No idea if was the best solution, but that worked very well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by testebr (Post 1916821)

hook: process_templates_complete

code: $footer .= 'text added to footer';

Indeed, you can manipulate the already rendered template doing this. Also possible is str_replace:

PHP Code:


		
			
$search = "Terms of Service";
$replace = "Terms of Cooking Noodles";
$footer = str_replace($search,$replace,$footer);

Although this is a somewhat bad example, since "Terms of Service" is a phrase, of course, and will vary by language. Always make sure you use strings for replacement that are always present.

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Using str_replace, you can also add stuff in the middle of the template like so:

PHP Code:


		
			
$search = "Terms of Service";
$replace = " and Terms of Cooking Noodles";
$footer = str_replace($search,$search.$replace,$footer);

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Hi,

I'm trying to add something that requires PHP under the navbar. Back in vb 3.8.x I just used plugins for this. But, I'm not sure which hook to use if I want to display something under the navbar.

@David: This is not related to the topic of this article. You should open your own thread on this..

Also, I just added the bonus track about template caching.

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Originally Posted by cellarius (Post 1917658)

@David: This is not related to the topic of this article. You should open your own thread on this..

Also, I just added the bonus track about template caching.

Sure?
It's $cache[] = 'xxx'; and not $globaltemplate now;) ;)

Ah, damn, of course you're right. I had my example code for vB3 and the one I was about to change for vB4 side by side and then obviously copied/pasted the wrong one. Stupid me :)

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Originally Posted by cellarius (Post 1917809)

Ah, damn, of course you're right. I had my example code for vB3 and the one I was about to change for vB4 side by side and then obviously copied/pasted the wrong one. Stupid me :)

Yea, i know.
I made the mistake in all my add-ons on porting them to vB4:D

Thanks for the "cache your templates" info, I made use of this info after making my own Terms of Service and Privacy custom pages, very helpful, thank you.:up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by cellarius (Post 1916832)

Indeed, you can manipulate the already rendered template doing this. Also possible is str_replace:

PHP Code:


		
			
$search = "Terms of Service";
$replace = "Terms of Cooking Noodles";
$footer = str_replace($search,$replace,$footer);

PHP Code:


		
			
$search = "Terms of Service";
$replace = " and Terms of Cooking Noodles";
$footer = str_replace($search,$search.$replace,$footer);

Also can this be used on variables? ex: {vb:raw variable}

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OK I'm trying to do the same thing but on showthread, from this example is $footer a var already being used of is this an additional variable made up int he plugin? Right now I'm using $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit'] with the <hookname>process_templates_complete, should this something diffrent?

<hookname>showthread_query</hookname>
$vbulletin->templatecache['postbit'] = str_replace($find, $replace, $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit']);

Also can this be used on variables? ex: {vb:raw variable}

This isn't working for me. I'm probably doing something wrong, but at the moment I have a custom php page (I created following another tutorial elsewhere) that is calling a custom template.

The code for the php page:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php 

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ########################### 
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS ####################### 

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); 
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);   
// change this depending on your filename 

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ###################### 
// get special phrase groups 
$phrasegroups = array(); 

// get special data templates from the datastore 
$specialtemplates = array(); 

// pre-cache templates used by all actions 
$globaltemplates = array('TESTPAGE', 
); 

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions 
$actiontemplates = array(); 

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################ 
require_once('./global.php'); 

// ####################################################################### 
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################ 
// ####################################################################### 

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Test Page')); 
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits); 

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE ##### 
$pagetitle = 'My Page Title'; 

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ###### 

$templater = vB_Template::create('TESTPAGE'); 
$templater->register_page_templates(); 
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar); 
$templater->register('pagetitle', 'Test Page'); 
print_output($templater->render()); 

?>

And the HTML template (called TESTPAGE):

HTML Code:

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">

  <head>

    <title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</title>

    {vb:raw headinclude}

  </head>

  <body>

    

    {vb:raw header}

    

    {vb:raw navbar}

    

    <div id="pagetitle">

      <h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1>

    </div>

    

    <h2 class="blockhead">Title</h2>

    <div class="blockbody">

      <div class="blockrow">

        Text

      </div>

    </div>

    

    {vb:raw footer}

  </body>

</html>

And the plugin in global_start:

PHP Code:


		
			
$templater = vB_Template::create('TESTPAGE'); 
print_output($templater->render());

Where have I gone wrong? I've spent a good half an hour going through the tutorial and trying various things but can't seem to get it working. It always makes the whole site blank, but if I call another template (e.g. contactus instead of TESTPAGE) it works fine, so the problem seems to lie with the plugin.

Any help greatly appreciated - thanks in advance :)

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_html_printable (6)bbcode_php_printable (4)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (1)pagenav_pagelinkrel (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

Phrase Groups Available:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01664 seconds Memory Usage 1,775KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_html_printable (6)bbcode_php_printable (4)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (1)pagenav_pagelinkrel (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages: