Evaluating a conditional from a variable in the template

[CyberRanger]

I have a variable called $pagetext that contains this information:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 9)">Member of Group</if>More words ...

I want to have that variable evaluated by a template

eval('$html .= "' . fetch_template('pagetext') . '";');

and eventually output by another template

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('shell') . '");');

When I try to do that, the conditional is simply ignored, ie even if the user is not a member of group 9, the "Member of Group" text still appears.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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Okay, here's a nasty solution I found. First, let me explain the situation better. I have a custom table in the forums db that holds text to be output on a custom webpage. I process that page through vbulletin to use vb's styles, permissions, etc. In my example above, the variable $pagedata, holds the content for the page. It also contains vb conditionals. If I just evaluate the variable in a template, the template was simply ignoring the conditionals.

So .... here is my ugly solution. When the information for that page is updated in my custom table, I create a template for that page.

PHP Code:

    $db->query("DELETE FROM `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "template` WHERE `title` LIKE '$pageurl'");
    $db->query("INSERT INTO `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "template` (`styleid`,`title`,`template`,`template_un`,`templatetype`,`dateline`,`username`,`version`) VALUES (1, '".$pageurl."','".mysql_real_escape_string(compile_template($pagedata))."','".mysql_real_escape_string($pagedata)."','template',".TIMENOW.",'Brent Layman','3.5.0')"); 


then I rebuild my templates:

PHP Code:

    require_once(DIR . '/includes/adminfunctions.php'); 
      build_all_styles(); 


Now, when I want to display the page, I first call the template and evaluate the bbcode:

PHP Code:

    eval('$pagedata = "' . fetch_template($pageurl) . '";');
    
    $parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list()); 
    $parsed_text = $parser->do_parse($pagedata, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, $cachable); 
    $pagedata = $parsed_text; 


and now evaluate into my original template:

PHP Code:

eval('$html .= "' . fetch_template('pagetext') . '";'); 


There's gotta be a better way!!

[TyleR]

Well, first off, you didnt define what the member is of in the conditional.. it should be this:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], 9)">Member of Group</if>More words ...

as for the other stuff, I dont have a clue..not in tune with vB's 3.5.x API.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by TyleR

Well, first off, you didnt define what the member is of in the conditional.. it should be this:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], 9)">Member of Group</if>More words ...

Weird ... I'd say you are absolutely correct but oddly my conditional does work like that!? Maybe it defaults to usergroupid??

Edit - if you check out the bottom of this page (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...n_conditionals) that is the correct usage to search both the primary and secondary groups. :surprised:

[TyleR]

hmm...weird..because mine worked and yours didnt for me on both my 3.5.0 and a private 3.0.10

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by TyleR

hmm...weird..because mine worked and yours didnt for me on both my 3.5.0 and a private 3.0.10

Yeah, that is weird. But, that was just an example. Anyone know how to do what I originally requested? (besides the create a template example I showed above?)

To restate the question:

I'm pulling text from a database table. The text contains template conditional code. All of the text is placed in a variable.

That variable is then called in a template. When the template is evaluated, the conditional is being ignored. Any ideas on how to make the conditional work in this situation?