Template mods in a plugin - template_compile

[AusPhotography]

Based on this discussion... http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...=1#post2138507

I've moved all our site template mods into a plugin hook@process_templates_complete which does this (proforma)

if (!empty($vbulletin->templatecache['TEMPLATE']))
{
    $vbulletin->templatecache['TEMPLATE'] = str_replace($findtext,$replacetext,$vbulletin->templatecache['TEMPLATE]);
}

It works quite well and we don't have a lot of modifications.
Note: If it's a special template like $header you apply the same code directly to the parsed $header variable.

BUT! the problem is that the code is executed every page load (digitalpoint's post above).
Ideally I should modify the template one at compile time via the hook@template_compile.

The problem I have is how to force a re-compile of the templates in the site database
a) when the product is 1st installed
b) maybe when a product upgrade occurs

Any suggestions on how to force a template re-compile for an array of template names?

It would ideally run on product installation and upgrade!


Thanks!