Registering variables and calling templates...where am I 8still* going wrong?

[Mark.B]

I still can't this new system of calling templates and variables to work.

I have followed the article on it to the letter.

Currently I have a plugin at search_start.

I have the following at the bottom:

$templater = vB_Template::create('threadoftheday_day2');
    $templater->register('devebds', $devebds);
    
$template_hook['totd'] = $templater->render();

Nothing will output at all when {vb:raw template_hook.totd} is inserted into search_resultlist. Not the contents of the threadoftheday_day2 template, not anything.

I have even tried stripping it down to:
$template_hook['totd'] = 1;

To see if I can make it just output the number "1", as a test. But *still* nothing.

I don't understand where I'm going wrong in what would appear to be a perfectly simple process.

[Lynne]

Whenever I debug, I start real basic.

PHP Code:

$template_hook['search_results_top'] = 'HELLO WORLD!'; 


That template_hook already exists. So, start there and go backwards to see why things aren't working. I then changed the template hook name and added {vb:raw template_hook.totd} right below the other one. Still works. So, something else is going wrong for you - check your error_logs.

[Mark.B]

Thanks Lynne, that's sort of what my "1" was aiming at, it works if all the other code is removed.

Only obvious thing that springs at me, is this:

while ($devebd = $db->fetch_array($devebds))

Is $db->fetch_array still valid in vB4? That would certainly stop it working if it wasn't.

[Lynne]

Try $vbulletin->fetch_array instead? Although usually $db should work.

Did your error_logs say anything?