compile_template

[NathanLedet]

I'm working on updating a plugin that was made for 3.5.x - 3.8.x

Throughout the plugin, I see code that searches for a string and adds a string to it (in order to avoid template edits)

But I'm confused what exactly the compile_template() function does. Any documentation on that? does it even work in vb 4?

PHP Code:

$find_string = compile_template('some html code here');
$add_string = compile_template('some more html code here');

$vbulletin->templatecache['SHOWTHREAD'] = str_replace($find_string, $find_string . $add_string, $vbulletin->templatecache['SHOWTHREAD']);