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if category x contains new posts

How do you write an if condition to show something if if category x contains new posts?

Dummy code explaination:

Code:

<if condition="category 3 has new posts">Show this text</if>

Where are you trying to add that code?

Quote:

Originally Posted by exel (Post 2439194)

Where are you trying to add that code?

On forumhome, I don't use forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost so I'm probably just going to have to write a plugin to query db, tbh I have kind of given up on the idea but if you have a solution it would be much appreciated.

In a plugin on global_start add this code

Code:

include('includes/functions_forumlist.php'); 

global $vbulletin, $lastpostarray;



// call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums

cache_ordered_forums(1);

if (!is_array($lastpostarray))

{

        fetch_last_post_array(-1);

}



   $forumidx = 999;  //Set your forum id to check here



   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);

   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];



   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);



   if ($isnew == "new")

  {

          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts

        







  }

Replace 999 with the forumid of the forum (or category) you want to check

This works for me, I repeat this code multiple times in the plugin to check multiple forumids-

Code:

   $forumidx = 998;  //Set your forum id to check here



   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);

   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];



   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);



   if ($isnew == "new")

       {

          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts

        







       }

Thank you BOP but dosen't seem to work for me, I did everything as instructed and the execution code is just a simple if else

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($isnew == "new") {

 

     $newmsg = "Yes";  



  } else {



    $newmsg = "No";

}

and added $newmsg to templates, so not sure where I'm going wrong.

What template are you putting $newmsg in?

Have tried, forumhome, forumhome_forumbit_level2_post and forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

This exact code works for me...

Code:

include('includes/functions_forumlist.php'); 

global $vbulletin, $lastpostarray;



// call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums

cache_ordered_forums(1);

if (!is_array($lastpostarray))

{

        fetch_last_post_array(-1);

}



   $forumidx = 1;  //Set your forum id to check here



   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);

   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];



   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);



   if ($isnew == "new")

  {

          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts



     $newmsg = "Yes";   



  } else { 



    $newmsg = "No";         







  }

In your vBulletin Options -> General Settings -> Thread/Forum Read Marking Type, is it set to Database (automatic forum marking)? It may need to be for this to work.

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