Plugin Variables, and Templates Help

[C Braithwaite]

Hiya, i was trying to make a plugin which would display in any template on my site. i simplified the plugin to:

vBulletin
global_start

$mytestvariable = "Hello World";

and then placed the $mytestvariable variable into my template, but it would not show.

Anyone know how i can create a variable that i can use on any page?

Thanks in advance

[Adrian.]

I put the PHP in the hook location, to where i want my variable.

If that makes sense, for example, if i wanted to display the variable on the forum home, i would choose the location "forumhome_start".

That should work.

[C Braithwaite]

Originally Posted by Adrian.

I put the PHP in the hook location, to where i want my variable.

If that makes sense, for example, if i wanted to display the variable on the forum home, i would choose the location "forumhome_start".

That should work.

Yep that makes sense, however what i need is the variable to be available on all pages, including my custom pages (well, page) - is that possable?

if not, i could code the plugin into my custom page - where would i put the hook for displaying threads?

ps, cheers for the reply

[Kirk Y]

Try hook location 'global_start'.

[C Braithwaite]

Originally Posted by acidburn0520

Try hook location 'global_start'.

yeh i tried that after reading another one of your posts, but it wouldnt work for me. :S

[Kirk Y]

What template are you trying to access the variable in? Because it should work.

[C Braithwaite]

Originally Posted by acidburn0520

What template are you trying to access the variable in? Because it should work.

POSTBIT, and a custom one.

for postbit, it works in postbit_display_complete, but not global_start

[Kirk Y]

What version of vBulletin are you using?

[C Braithwaite]

Originally Posted by acidburn0520

What version of vBulletin are you using?

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.6.2

[Kirk Y]

Weird. I always assumed that global_start was... well, global.

I guess you'll just have to use postbit_display_start. For your Custom Page, it'd probably be simpler to just include the PHP code within the file itself, rather than using hooks.