Use array from plugin in template as conditional

[hilaryl]

Hey Guys,

I have read a lot about using variables from plugins inside the FORUMDISPLAY template. But nothing really covers what I'm trying to do.

What I'm trying to do is create a conditional based on specific parent forumids - but using an array.

I can access the parentlist id's on a page using

{vb:raw $foruminfo[parentlist]}

The parentlist is equal to something like '690,610,-1' (current forumid,parent forumid,no parent).

Once I have that, I want to basically say, if 'parentlist' CONTAINS '610' then show this.

I know you can't do a CONTAINS conditional that way because vbulletin doesn't allow it, and the parenlist is just a string, not an array.

So I need to make a plugin to turn the parentlist into and array. Then register it for use in the FORUMDISPLAY template. For that I used

PHP Code:

$parentarray = explode(',', $foruminfo[parentlist]);
vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMDISPLAY', $parentarray); 


The hook location for this plugin is set to parse_templates.

Now I want to say in my FORUMDISPLAY template. If $parentarray CONTAINS '610' then show this. For which is used:

<vb:if condition="in_array(610, parentarray)"><!-- It's working --></vb:if>

That doesn't validate in the template though, which is where I'm looking for some guidance.

I believe everything is working up to the conditional statement, and I'm not sure if I'm accessing the parentarray variable in the right way.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
hilaryl