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Spinball

01-07-2007 12:02 PM

How do I set a $_REQUEST variable so that an included vB script will use it?

I am trying to display a thread (minus the header/footer and some other bits) in a webpage on the same server as my vB installation.
I have created a cut-down version of SHOWTHREAD template called SHOWTHREAD_inline.
I have made a copy of showthread.php to showthread_inline.php and changed it to use the SHOWTHREAD_inline template.
I have then included showthread_inline.php into my custom php script.

It works but just shows the 'no thread specified' error. I can't set the ID of the thread I want to display.
I have tried :

PHP Code:


		
			
$_REQUEST['t'] = 123456;
include_once("path/to/showthread_inline.php");

but the value of t is not taken into the included code.

How do I do this, please?
Thanks

RedTyger

01-07-2007 12:59 PM

Code:

if ($_REQUEST['t'] == '123456')

{

include_once("path/to/showthread_inline.php"); 

}

Should do the trick. Note the == instead of the = you had.

= means This is now the same as That.
== means This has the value of That.

Spinball

01-07-2007 01:16 PM

Thanks for replying but you've got the wrong end of the stick.
What I need to know is how to have the showthread_inline.php script pick up on the value of the thread id.
Assigning $_REQUEST['t'] to it's value before including the code doesn't work.
THis is my test script:

PHP Code:


		
			
chdir("/home/sites/avforums/public_html/forums");
$_REQUEST['t'] = 452805;
include("/home/sites/avforums/public_html/forums/showthread_inline.php");

which just displays the 'No Thread specified' error.
I have looked at some of the vB code to see where request variables are 'received' to get a clue on how to do this. I have looked in init.php and global.php but don't see any sign of such code.

(P.S.

Quote:

= means This is now the same as That.
== means This has the value of That.

No offense but I've been programming computers for 25 years :))

RedTyger

01-07-2007 01:30 PM

Oh I see. Request variables come from the URL itself. Look at the URL for this page, it'll either have a t (thread) or p (post) variable. Request is like POST or GET but with a few extras thrown in.

Spinball

01-07-2007 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedTyger (Post 1152606)

Oh I see. Request variables come from the URL itself. Look at the URL for this page, it'll either have a t (thread) or p (post) variable. Request is like POST or GET but with a few extras thrown in.

Yes I'm aware of all that. I'm trying to do something different.
As I stated in my first post, I'm trying to include a (only slightly modified) version of showthread.php within my own php script. I want to send it a specific thread id.

Paul M

01-07-2007 02:05 PM

PHP Code:


		
			
$threadid = 123;

include_once("path/to/showthread_inline.php");

Spinball

01-07-2007 02:59 PM

Bingo!.
Who could possibly have thought it would be as blindingly simple as that!
Cheers, Paul.

Supplemental question.
Rather than using

PHP Code:


		
			
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('SHOWTHREAD_inline') . '");');

To output the page immediately, is there a quick way to assign it to a string for incorporation into my own web page?

Kirk Y

01-07-2007 04:18 PM

Code:

eval('$var = "' . fetch_template('SHOWTHREAD_inline') . '";');

Spinball

01-07-2007 05:10 PM

Awesome! Thanks - I'm nearly there.
Implementing into the website, now and I'm getting a problem because I'm including the showthread_inline.php script within a function. (I don't have any choice at this point).
I get an error:

Quote:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/sites/avforums/public_html/forums/global.php on line 22

I don't get the same error when including it in the main code (rather than a function).
Is there any way I can include it within a function?
Many thanks

Paul M

01-07-2007 05:41 PM

Add

PHP Code:


		
			
global $vbulletin ;

to the top of your function.

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