Does $Post[Posts] return a String or Numeric ?

[Kirk Y]

Originally Posted by SirAdrian

Once it hits 1000 it is "1,000" so the comma is messing up your comparison.

I didn't realize that they were treated differently.

Originally Posted by mistyPotato

Thanks again for your help Kirk. It's VERY nice of you to give of your time like this.
It is definitely appreciated.:up:

I added the plug in in hook but I wasn't sure how to add the $Image in the Post Bit Template.
(Did I mention I'm using the Legacy Post Bit Template?)

Do I just put $Image in the template where I want the image to appear?

Sir Adrian, I was Wondering about that. But if that were the case, anything UNDER 1000 should work...but it doesn't seem to either.

MP

Yes, place $image wherever you'd like it displayed -- and remember $image and $Image are two totally separate variables.

[mistyPotato]

Kirk....Kirk....Kirk..............

I THINK YOU'VE DONE IT. :up:


I've looked over about 100 posts and so far, the image IS showing up exactly where it should!

After struggling with this all day, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your expertise and help with this. Thank you for taking the time to follow through on this.

I wonder why it wouldn't work the other way

I would NEVER have thought to use a plug in like that.

I owe ya!

Best Regards,
MP

[Kirk Y]

I really don't know why it wouldn't work; unless it is as SirAdrian suggested, that 1000 and 1,000 are treated differently.

In any event, I'm glad it's working for you.

[Adrian Schneider]

Your code works because the plugin is processed before it adds the commas in. But yeah, that's why (for future reference). I've seen this happen to 3-4 different people know so it's an easy one to spot!

[mistyPotato]

Thanks to you both :up:

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Like SirAdrian already mentioned, $post['posts'] is NOT numeric, but formatted so it is a string.

Doing a numeric comparison on a string will first cast the variable to numeric ('1,000' will result in the longest integer possible from the start of the variable, resulting in '1' - everything after the comma gets ignored).

If you want to run a conditional on this, you will need to create a plugin that stores the original numeric value in a seperate variable, before formatting occurs.

[Kirk Y]

Interesting, I never realized this.

[Dismounted]

Most numeric values displayed by vBulletin are formatted with vb_number_format().

[Kirk Y]

I actually discovered that last night while I was looking at the Forumhome statistics.