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Well here we go...

First thing I tried was calling to pre-register the variables within the page file (sotw_cotw.php).

Here is the php file snippe :

PHP Code:

$result = $db->query_read("SELECT * FROM cotw_sotw_nominations");
if (mysql_num_rows($result) == $vbulletin->options['cotw_sotw_count']) {
    $cotw_sotw_nom_or_vote = "Nominations are closed for this contest.<br/>
                              Click <a href=intuitco/cotw/cotw_sotw_vote.php>here</a> to start voting.";
    $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_nom = "(Closed)";
    $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_vote = "(Open)";
}
if (mysql_num_rows($result) < $vbulletin->options['cotw_sotw_count']) {
    $cotw_sotw_nom_or_vote = "Nominations are open for this contest.<br/>
                              Click <a href=./intuitco/cotw/cotw_sotw_nominate.php>here</a> to start nominating.";
    $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_nom = "(Open)";
    $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_vote = "(Closed)";
}

vB_Template::preRegister('COTW_SIDEMENU', array('cotw_sotw_sidemenu_nom' , $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_nom));
vB_Template::preRegister('COTW_SIDEMENU', array('cotw_sotw_sidemenu_vote' , $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_vote)); 


The variables that I want to use in COTW_SIDEMENU are $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_nom and $cotw_sotw_sidemenu_vote . Using this method I was unable to get the results to display in the SIDEMENU template that's inside the page template COTW_SOTW . About the second option to be honest I have not dealt with globals a whole lot yet. If I am not mistaken (which I definitely could be) a global variable should be used within a function? I am not sure how to declare these variables globals using the code I have if it's not a function...

Any ideas ??