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eviljoker7075

04-05-2013 11:29 AM

Include PHP in an advert

Hey I asked the following question over at vBulletin.com:

Quote:

I am using the ad management system in vBulletin (Admin CP> Advertising> Manage Ads). I would like to place an include to a php file in one of my ads. Is that possible?

They responded saying that I should ask at vbulletin.org and that it might be possible with a plugin... Can anyone help me out with that?

Basically, all I need to do is place an include to one php file in an advert. I don't mind hard coding the reference into the remplate if necessary, rather than going through the ad system.

Thanks

kh99	04-05-2013 12:08 PM

You should be able to do something like this: create a plugin using hook location parse_templates, and code like this:

Code:

ob_start();

include "path/included_file.php";

$included_file = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();



vB_Template::preRegister('template_name', array('included_file' => $included_file));

And then in the ad template, use {vb:raw included_file}. Of oucrse you need to use the actual path and file name, use the right template name for the ad location, and you can change 'included_html' to comething else if you want.

eviljoker7075

04-06-2013 08:44 AM

Thanks for the suggestion, I've given it a go but it doesn't seem to work. Would you be able to sanity check what I've done?

1. I setup a new plugin with the following details:
Product: vBulletin
Location: parse_templates
Name: included_html
Code:

Code:

ob_start();

include "/path/to/file.php";

$included_file = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();



vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', array('included_file' => $included_file));

2. Created an add
Location: Below Navbar
Ad HTML:

Code:

{vb:raw included_html}

What am I missing?

--------------- Added [DATE]1365242536[/DATE] at [TIME]1365242536[/TIME] ---------------

Ok, I can see my ad code should probably be:

Code:

{vb:raw included_file}

But even when I make that change nothing is showing up...

kh99	04-06-2013 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eviljoker7075 (Post 2414674)

Ok, I can see my ad code should probably be:

Code:

{vb:raw included_file}

Yeah, sorry, that was a mistake in my post.

Try using 'ad_navbar_below' as the template name (in place of 'navbar').

eviljoker7075

04-06-2013 10:21 AM

No worries. It's still not working though :-/

Am I asking for an extra level of complexity here, I don't mind putting the variable directly into the template, would that be easier?

kh99	04-06-2013 10:31 AM

You could certainly try that. So then you *would* use 'navbar' for the template name.

If that doesn't work, try temporarily adding a line to the plugin, like this:

Code:

ob_start();

include "/path/to/file.php";

$included_file = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();



$included_file = "Included File";

vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', array('included_file' => $included_file));

and see if that shows up.

eviljoker7075

04-06-2013 10:56 AM

So I switched the template to 'navbar' and added in the {vb:raw included_file} line to the template directly and that worked!

I also tried your debug code (while using the ad too), but it had no effect.

I think I'll stick to putting the code directly into the template - but if you have any more suggestions why the original attempt failed I'd be interested in learning more.

Thanks!

kh99	04-06-2013 11:15 AM

I don't see why it didn't work - I'd have to run some tests. But if you have it working, I guess it doesn't really matter which template you had to edit. :)

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