need help on building output in template

[ageurtse]

hello,

i'm bussy on writing a plugin. but after a while i have the idea that what i'm doing is not right.
i do the output to the webpage with echo "...." but i think i have to parse the output somehow to the template.

but how do i do that.

i use a table to display the user attachments. but i realy would do this in the template.

i used this link to add a extra members tabhttps://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...light=profile*
This is done good, the template it self is not altert, the plugin so far i have now is below.

how do i output everything to the template. a specialy the table.
there should be a better way than i did.

please need help and or suggestions.

as i have solved this, there should be :
above the table a page navigation
in admincp-> options a settingsfield where maxcol,maxrow, .... can be alterd.
there should be an ability to alter te language of the outputed data.

but hese are all next steps in my project.

i have searched the inet but i'm getting stucked here.

i think the messed up left colum would be oke if i put the stuff in the template.

PHP Code:

$maxcolum = 4;
$maxrow = 4;
$maxwidth = 200;
$maxheight = 200;
$page = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('r', 'page', TYPE_INT);


$blocklist = array_merge($blocklist, array(
    'mymodification' => array(
        'class' => 'MyModification',
        'title' => 'Bijlagen',
        'hook_location' => 'profile_left_last'
        )
      ));

class vB_ProfileBlock_MyModification extends vB_ProfileBlock
{
    
    var $template_name = 'memberinfo_block_mymodification';

    function confirm_empty_wrap()
    {
        return false;
    }

    function confirm_display()
    {
        return ($this->block_data['mymodification'] != '');
    }

    function prepare_output($id = '', $options = array())
    {
        global $maxcolum, $maxrow, $maxwidth, $maxheight, $vbulletin, $page;

        $colum = 0;
        $forumids= null;
                
        $perpage = $maxcolum * $maxrow;
            
        foreach ($vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions'] AS $vbulletin->foruminfo[forumid] => $perm)
        {
            if (($perm & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
            {
                $forumids .= ','.$vbulletin->foruminfo[forumid];
            }
        }    
      
        $attachments = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
            SELECT attachment.attachmentid, attachment.contentid, attachment.userid, post.postid, post.threadid, post.visible,thread.forumid,
            thread.title, thread.open
            FROM vb3_attachment as attachment 
            LEFT JOIN vb3_post AS post ON (post.postid = attachment.contentid)
            LEFT JOIN vb3_thread as thread on(post.threadid = thread.threadid)
            LEFT JOIN vb3_deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(attachment.contentid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'post')
            WHERE attachment.userid = ".$this->profile->userinfo['userid']. "
            AND (
            thread.forumid IN(0$forumids)
            AND thread.visible = 1 
            AND post.visible = 1 
            AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL)");
        $totalattachments = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($attachments);            
      

        $totalpages = ceil($totalattachments / ($perpage));
        $perpage = $maxcolum * $maxrow;
        
        $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
            'perpage'    => TYPE_UINT,
            'pagenumber' => TYPE_UINT,
            ));  
      
        

        $attachments = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
            SELECT attachment.attachmentid, attachment.contentid, attachment.userid, post.postid, post.threadid, post.visible,thread.forumid,
            thread.title, thread.open
            FROM vb3_attachment as attachment 
            LEFT JOIN vb3_post AS post ON (post.postid = attachment.contentid)
            LEFT JOIN vb3_thread as thread on(post.threadid = thread.threadid)
            LEFT JOIN vb3_deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(attachment.contentid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'post')
            WHERE attachment.userid = ".$this->profile->userinfo['userid']. "
            AND (
            thread.forumid IN(0$forumids)
            AND thread.visible = 1 
            AND post.visible = 1 
            AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL) limit ".($page*$perpage). ",". (($page+1)*$perpage));      
      
        
      
      
        $output = "";
        $output .= "<br>Totaal aantal bijlagen ".$totalattachments. "<br>Huidige pagina : ". $curentpage. " van ". $totalpages. "
                    URL page : ".$page."<br>
                    <table border=1>";
        
         
        while ($post = mysql_fetch_array($attachments))
        {
            if ($colum == 0) {$output .= "<TR>";}
        
            $output .= "<td width=".$maxwidth." height=".$maxheight."><a target=blank href=attachment.php?attachmentid=".$post['attachmentid']."/>
                        <img border=0 src=attachment.php?attachmentid=".$post['attachmentid']."&thumb=1 width=100% height=100%/>
                        </a></td>" ;
        
            $colum = $colum + 1;

            if ($colum == $maxcolum){ 
                $colum = 0; 
                echo "</tr>";
                }
        }
        $output .= "</table>";
        $this->block_data['mymodification'] = $output;
    }
} 


and a screenshot of the outputed data.

[Lynne]

I don't see what the stuff you've circled in red in your image has to do with your code. The code you wrote just adds a tab to your profile, which is seen on the right in your image. I don't see any code that outputs anything where you circled stuff in red.

[ageurtse]

no that happend when i run my code.

that is a side affect. it is somthing i work on later.

it's more like should i rewrite te template so that it gets it's data from the plugin.
or do i create the output in the plugin itself.

if i have to rewrite the template where do i start, i couldn't find resources that helpt me with this problem. so please help me.

ps. forget the red circel, this is a side effect from my plugin.

[Lynne]

You can either output the html directly from the plugin or use templates. It really doesn't matter which way you do it. I have a couple of added tabs on my site and I use templates in one of them and just output html in the other. So, it's personal preference.

[ageurtse]

so what i do is pretty normal.

can i use sanitize_pageresults in a plugin so that it render a peace of code to insert in my page?

i had to try this befor using this link but there where some errors.

how do i use sanitize in a plugin?

[Lynne]

Did you create a template memberinfo_block_mymodification? What does it look like? (Did you make it similar to the other memberinfo_block_* ?)

[ageurtse]

Of you follow the first post that is what i put in my template. It looks like it feta à wrong class in it's div. I don't how to alter this. It looks like it's somewhere hardcoded

[Lynne]

The old template will not work for vb4.

[ageurtse]

oke but how do i fix it ?

do i need to register the outpu and put it that way in my template ?

[Lynne]

The only data that gets spit out in the template is the block_data ({vb:raw block_data.mymodification})which you are defining in the plugin, so you don't need to register any variables.