vb.org Archive - help rendering templates

okay im trying to learn how to use the template rendering system on vbulletin 4, and i tried something very easy to learn how to do stuff, this is just something simple i want to do to learn how to use templating system because this is a much more complex than vb3 templating system:

im making a simple modification to print a random generated message on the postbit, right under the post count, what i have so far is this:

plugin at postbit_display_complete:

PHP Code:


		
			
$randmsg[1] = "hello";

$randmsg[2] = "wazzap";

$randmsg[3] = "hola";

$randmsg[4] = "bonjour";

$randmsg[5] = "guten taj";

$randgen = rand(1, 5);



$finalvar = $randmsg[$randgen];



$templater = vB_Template::create('randtemplate');

    $templater->register('finalvar', $finalvar);

$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts] .= $templater->render();

template named randtemplate:

Code:

hello your random greeting is {vb.raw finalvar} !

<vb:if condition="$post[field5]"><div class="smallfont"> Gender: $post[field5]</div></vb:if>

$post[field5]

this template is supposed to display the value generated by the plugin AND print the gender field if there is any chosen by the user

now, the exact trouble im having is that i get printed EXACTLY the content of the template in my postbit, and the text inside the vb:if tags its completey ignored:

Code:

hello your random greeting is {vb.raw finalvar} ! $post[field5]

thats the text im getting, vb.raw finalvar doesnt changes as it is supposed nor $post[field5] does, all is printed just as i wrote it, and i have no idea why the text isnt being processed as it should

thanks for your help!

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 (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)bbcode_php_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (2)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 bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information

Page Generation 0.00949 seconds
Memory Usage 1,719KB
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
(2)bbcode_code_printable
(1)bbcode_php_printable
(1)footer
(1)gobutton
(1)header
(1)headinclude
(6)option
(1)post_thanks_navbar_search
(1)printthread
(2)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
bbcode_fetch_tags
bbcode_create
bbcode_parse_start
bbcode_parse_complete_precache
bbcode_parse_complete
printthread_post
printthread_complete

Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.00949 seconds Memory Usage 1,719KB 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 (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)bbcode_php_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (2)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 bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages: