Widget - Stats help

[IR15H]

Hi,

I'm trying convert "Forum Statistics", displayed at the bottom of forum.php into a widget by following Cellarius' Rendering templates and registering variables guide and by cross referencing with Lynne's "Who's Online" mod, but I'm not having much joy. Below are the steps I took;

1. Create a new template
   • Admin CP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Template
   • Title
     

     vbcms_widget_execphp_stats

   • Template
     

     <div class="cms_widget">
         <div class="block">
             <div class="cms_widget_header">
                 <h3><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/forum_stats.png" title="{vb:raw widget_title}" alt="" /> {vb:raw widget_title}</h3>
             </div>
             <div class="cms_widget_content">
                 <div>
                                             <dl>
     						<dt>{vb:rawphrase threads}</dt>
     							<dd>{vb:raw totalthreads}</dd>
     						<dt>{vb:rawphrase posts}</dt>
     							<dd>{vb:raw totalposts}</dd>
     						<dt>{vb:rawphrase members}</dt>
     							<dd>{vb:raw numbermembers}</dd>
     						<vb:if condition="$show['activemembers']">
                                                     <dt>{vb:rawphrase active_members}</dt>
                                                              <dd>{vb:raw activemembers}</dd>
                                                     </vb:if>
     					</dl>
     					<p>{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_our_newest_member_x, {vb:link member, {vb:raw newuserinfo}}, {vb:raw newuserinfo.username}}</p>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>

2. Create a widget
   • ADMIN CP > vBulletin CMS > Widgets > Create New Widget
     • Widget Type: PHP Direct Execution
     • Title: Statistics
     • Description: Site Statistics.
3. Configure widget
   • Enter PHP Direct (taken from forum.php);
     
     PHP Code:

     // get total threads & posts from the forumcache
$totalthreads = 0;
$totalposts = 0;
if (is_array($vbulletin->forumcache))
{
    foreach ($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forum)
    {
        $totalthreads += $forum['threadcount'];
        $totalposts += $forum['replycount'];
    }
}
$totalthreads = vb_number_format($totalthreads);
$totalposts = vb_number_format($totalposts);

// get total members and newest member from template
$numbermembers = vb_number_format($vbulletin->userstats['numbermembers']);
$newuserinfo = array(
    'userid'   => $vbulletin->userstats['newuserid'],
    'username' => $vbulletin->userstats['newusername']
);
$activemembers = vb_number_format($vbulletin->userstats['activemembers']);
$show['activemembers'] = ($vbulletin->options['activememberdays'] > 0 AND ($vbulletin->options['activememberoptions'] & 2)) ? true : false;


    $stats = array('totalthreads' => $totalthreads,
    'totalposts' => $totalposts,
    'numbermembers' => $numbermembers,
    'activemembers' => $activemembers,
    'newuserinfo' => $newuserinfo,
    );
    
    vB_Template::preRegister('vbcms_widget_execphp_stats', $stats); 

   • Template Name
     

     vbcms_widget_execphp_stats

From looking at the guide, I (incorrectly?) thought I defined the array I wanted to use, which includes all my variables, and then registered it for use in my pre-existing template. However, something is wrong as my outcome is;


The only difference in methodology I can find is the inclusion of "require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_bigthree.php'); " at the start of the PHP in Lynne's mod. I don't really understand it, but I think it's basically needed because something required for the mod to work is defined within functions_bigthree.php? As my threads is currently displaying 0, I'm guessing that "threadcount" (amongst others) hasn't been defined properly, as it's not adding this value onto 0.

I did a search for "functions" files containing"threadcount" and discovered it contained within the following files;

• includes/functions.php
• includes/functions_databuild.php
• includes/functions_forumdisplay.php
• includes/functions_forumlist.php

I then tried adding these to top of the widget PHP via require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_filename.php');, but to no avail. I'm now at a dead end as to what to try next to get it to work so any help would be appreciated.