[mdevour]

Okay, I have my variable showing up where I wanted, but I still have a question, below.

I had to analyse the way the scripts call each other and the templates before I could get things right...

• index.php calls the function construct_forum_bit (which is found in functions_forumlist.php)
  
• construct_forum_bit fetches the template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

The only way I could get my array, $something, to be available in the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template was to add another hook:

The hook named forumbit_display, which is near the end of construct_forum_bit, now contains:

PHP Code:

global $something; 


I can now make the template conditional in the forumbit template use the $something variable, and it works except for one problem...

The forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template now contains this (the code I added is in color):

<tbody>
	<tr>
...code that shows the moderator column if enabled...

		<if condition="in_array($forum[forumid],$something)">

			$forum[title] 

		<else />
	
...original code that displays the forum title as a link, and the collapse button...

		</if>

...code that displays the forum description... 
	</tr>
</tbody>
...code that displays any subforums...

Let me stress again that this code works. If the forum is a category and the forumid is in the $something array, my simplified code executes. If not, the original code executes and the category is displayed as the designers intended.

The only problem is that when I put the in_array($forum[forumid],$something) function in the template conditional and try to save the template, it reports:

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3537) : eval()'d code on line 5

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

I tinkered with this for a long time before I discovered that if I forced it to continue everything would work just fine. Several minor variations I had attempted all worked as well when I tried them again.

So am I bumping up against a limitation of the Template Manager's parsing algorythms, or what? Is my code still flawed, despite the fact it works?

I'd like these final questions answered so I can learn all I can from this attempt, before I move on to doing it the way Marco suggested above.

I'm getting better. I really am! Thanks for all the help people!

Mike D.