Registering $variables for Forumhome

[TheSupportForum]

Hello

i need help with registering some $variables for use in Forumhome
within a plugin, the variables are already registered within a admincp file

but i want to show the same data from those $variables in a plugin
for the following Hook Location: forumhome_complete

i need to output data from $whattoecho variable

so the question is how do i register this variable to work in the plugin

[kh99]

I'm not sure what you're asking. You only need to register variables for use in a template, not a plugin. So when you say "the variables are already registered within a admincp file", what does that mean exactly? Maybe you're Using "registered" in some way other than what I think it means?

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by kh99

I'm not sure what you're asking. You only need to register variables for use in a template, not a plugin. So when you say "the variables are already registered within a admincp file", what does that mean exactly? Maybe you're Using "registered" in some way other than what I think it means?

say for example in my admincp file whatever.php
i have the following variables registered :

PHP Code:

$whattoecho = "";
if ($httpbl != 0) {
    $whattoecho .= "httpBL: " . $httpbl . " | ";
} 


i have a template hook i want this information to appear in

PHP Code:

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2] .= ''; 


i have already done the following to start it off



now i need the data to appear below that so i need the data from $whattoecho
to appear below that

[Lynne]

I don't see any code that is registering the variables. Cellarius wrote a really good article that you may be interested in - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide It will show you the code to register your variables for use in the FORUMHOME template.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by simonhind

now i need the data to appear below that so i need the data from $whattoecho to appear below that

You need to calculate $whattoecho in a plugin that's called when the forumhome page is being displayed. It doesn't do any good to have it in an admincp script - you can't register it to a template from there. If you can build $whattoecho in the forumhome_complete plugin, then that's what you want to do. If there's no way to do it from there, then you'd have to figure out a way to save it in the database and read it back in when you need it.

If you do have the value in the forumhome_complete plugin, if you're using a template hook thenyou don't need to register the variable.

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by Lynne

I don't see any code that is registering the variables. Cellarius wrote a really good article that you may be interested in - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide It will show you the code to register your variables for use in the FORUMHOME template.

Originally Posted by kh99

You need to calculate $whattoecho in a plugin that's called when the forumhome page is being displayed. It doesn't do any good to have it in an admincp script - you can't register it to a template from there. If you can build $whattoecho in the forumhome_complete plugin, then that's what you want to do. If there's no way to do it from there, then you'd have to figure out a way to save it in the database and read it back in when you need it.

If you do have the value in the forumhome_complete plugin, if you're using a template hook thenyou don't need to register the variable.

thank you both, i managed in the end to do it with both your help