New Templates and registering variables

[clubvr4]

Hi all,

I could really do with some guidance, I'm struggling to understand the whole process of registering variables in templates.

I have managed to get my head round creating new templates and presenting them via plugin within one of the default templates, for example.

Plugin.
Hook Location - Parse Templates.
Title - CVR4_Menu
Code -

PHP Code:

$templater = vB_Template::create('CVR4_Menu');
$CVR4_Menu = $templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', array('CVR4_Menu' => $CVR4_Menu)); 


I now call this from within navbar template using {vb:raw CVR4_Menu}

This works, i created a menu and this is showing - everything is cool here.

Now, what i want to achieve (for starters) is present the notifications to this template, i.e. the notifications will be added to the CVR4_Menu Template.

I followed several guides - threads i read include.

• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228078
• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=59
• https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entr...in-4-templates
• https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...ons-menu-place

But, i don't think im getting it, yet... What I did was as follows.

Plugin.
Hook Location - Parse Templates.
Title - CVR4_Menu
Code -

PHP Code:

$templater = vB_Template::create('CVR4_Menu');
$CVR4_Menu = $templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', array('CVR4_Menu' => $CVR4_Menu));
vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', array('notifications_menubits' => $notifications_menubits)); 


This didn't work, so i then create a much simpler version...

Plugin.
Hook Location - Parse Templates.
Title - CVR4_Menu_preregister_notifications
Code -

PHP Code:

vB_Template::preRegister('CVR4_Menu', array('notifications_menubits' => $notifications_menubits)); 


This also didnt work, but i noticed after much fiddling that if i change the pre-register (in above example) to navbar and place the notifications code in the navbar it works, just like in header.

It seems to be that the CVR4_Menu template needs to be registered just like the navbar template before it will accept the notifications variables, but i really don't know where to start.

I read in one of the above threads that you can define some variables, like..

PHP Code:

/* Some Code, setting variables, (multidimensional) array */
$my_var = "abc";
$my_array = array(
        'key1' => 'value1',
        'key2' => array(' 
                'key21' => 'value21',
                'key22' => 'value22'
        ')
    );

/* render template and register variables */
$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register('my_var', $my_var);
    $templater->register('my_array', $my_array);
$templater->render(); 


But i dont understand what the keys or values would/should be nor can i get my head around the above example.

Could someone please help me figure this out, i'm sure it will click for me soon but just now i'm just not getting it.

Maybe a working (simple) example of how to get notifications working in a custom template would aid me in my quest to understand.


Thanks for reading (all my waffle)