Please help me call this template!

[zglows]

I'd like to display $similarthreads in POSTBIT.
I've been working on this for days but I can't seem to make it happen.

If you help me, I'll pay you through Paypal. Please PM me.

[ReCom]

err .. why do you need to show $similarthreads in POSTBIT? if on one page there are 10 postbits, all of them will be showing the same list of threads over and over, you want that?

[zglows]

I want $similarthreads in postbit so I can display similar threads after the first post.
Then I'll make them display just once.

[ReCom]

Looking at showthread.php for vb 3.7.4, seems like there's no hook for putting stuff after first posts of showthread pages. Plus the codes that generate the simir threads listing are located way after (in term of execution flow) the codes that generate the postbits. The only choice is to totally modify your showthread.php by moving the codes that generate similar threads listing to before codes that generate the postbits. Easier said than done: you will have to be proficient in PHP and vBulletin architecture to understand the execution flow to make sure you don't mess up the file.

[SEOvB]

what about using global_start?

[zglows]

Thanks for your replies guys

I've made a plugin out of this code from showthread.php

PHP Code:

// *********************************************************************************
// get similar threads
if ($vbulletin->options['showsimilarthreads'] AND $thread['similar'])
{
    // don't show similar threads from coventry
    if ($coventry = fetch_coventry('string'))
    {
        $globalignore = "AND thread.postuserid NOT IN ($coventry)";
    }
    else
    {
        $globalignore = '';
    }

    $hook_query_fields = $hook_query_joins = $hook_query_where = '';
    ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('showthread_similarthread_query')) ? eval($hook) : false;

    if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] AND in_coventry($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], true))
    {
        $tachyselect = "
            IF(tachythreadpost.userid IS NULL, thread.lastpost, tachythreadpost.lastpost) AS lastpost,
            IF(tachythreadcounter.userid IS NULL, thread.replycount, thread.replycount + tachythreadcounter.replycount) AS replycount
        ";
        $tachyjoin = "
            LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "tachythreadpost AS tachythreadpost ON
                (tachythreadpost.threadid = thread.threadid AND tachythreadpost.userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . ")
            LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "tachythreadcounter AS tachythreadcounter ON
                (tachythreadcounter.threadid = thread.threadid AND tachythreadcounter.userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . ")
        ";
    }
    else
    {
        $tachyselect = "thread.lastpost, thread.replycount";
        $tachyjoin = "";
    }

    $simthrds = $db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT thread.threadid, thread.forumid, thread.title, thread.prefixid, thread.taglist, postusername, postuserid,
            $tachyselect,
            forum.title AS forumtitle
            " . iif($vbulletin->options['threadpreview'], ",post.pagetext AS preview") . "
            " . iif($vbulletin->options['threadsubscribed'] AND $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], ", NOT ISNULL(subscribethread.subscribethreadid) AS issubscribed") . "
            $hook_query_fields
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
        INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum AS forum ON (forum.forumid = thread.forumid)
        " . iif($vbulletin->options['threadpreview'], "LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post ON (post.postid = thread.firstpostid)") . "
        " . iif($vbulletin->options['threadsubscribed'] AND $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread AS subscribethread ON (subscribethread.threadid = thread.threadid AND subscribethread.userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . " AND canview = 1)") . "
        $hook_query_joins
        $tachyjoin
        WHERE thread.threadid IN ($thread[similar]) AND thread.visible = 1
            " . iif (($permissions['adminpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_adminpermissions['cancontrolpanel']) OR ($permissions['adminpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_adminpermissions['ismoderator']) OR can_moderate($forumid), '', "AND forum.password = ''") . "
            $globalignore
            $hook_query_where
        ORDER BY lastpost DESC
    ");

    $similarthreadbits = '';
    $forum_active_cache = array();
    while ($simthread = $db->fetch_array($simthrds))
    {
        if (!isset($forum_active_cache["$simthread[forumid]"]))
        {
            $current_forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$simthread[forumid]"];
            while (!empty($current_forum))
            {
                if (!($current_forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['active']))
                {
                    // all children of this forum should be hidden now
                    $forum_children = explode(',', trim($current_forum['childlist']));
                    foreach ($forum_children AS $forumid)
                    {
                        if ($forumid == '-1')
                        {
                            continue;
                        }
                        $forum_active_cache["$forumid"] = false;
                    }
                    break;
                }

                $forum_active_cache["$current_forum[forumid]"] = true;
                $current_forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$current_forum[parentid]"];
            }
        }

        if (!$forum_active_cache["$simthread[forumid]"])
        {
            continue;
        }

        $fperms = fetch_permissions($simthread['forumid']);
        if (($fperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND
            (($fperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers']) OR ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 0 AND $simthread['postuserid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))

        )
        {
            // format thread preview if there is one
            if ($ignore["$simthread[postuserid]"])
            {
                $simthread['preview'] = '';
            }
            else if (isset($simthread['preview']) AND $vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] > 0)
            {
                $simthread['preview'] = strip_quotes($simthread['preview']);
                $simthread['preview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbcode($simthread['preview'], false, true), $vbulletin->options['threadpreview']));
            }

            $simthread['lastreplydate'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $simthread['lastpost'], true);
            $simthread['lastreplytime'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $simthread['lastpost']);

            if ($simthread['prefixid'])
            {
                $simthread['prefix_plain_html'] = htmlspecialchars_uni($vbphrase["prefix_$simthread[prefixid]_title_plain"]);
                $simthread['prefix_rich'] = $vbphrase["prefix_$simthread[prefixid]_title_rich"];
            }
            else
            {
                $simthread['prefix_plain_html'] = '';
                $simthread['prefix_rich'] = '';
            }

            $simthread['title'] = fetch_censored_text($simthread['title']);

            ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('showthread_similarthreadbit')) ? eval($hook) : false;

            eval('$similarthreadbits .= "' . fetch_template('showthread_similarthreadbit') . '";');
        }
    }
    if ($similarthreadbits)
    {
        eval('$similarthreads = "' . fetch_template('showthread_similarthreads') . '";');
    }
    else
    {
        $similarthreads = '';
    }
    unset($similarthreadbits);
}
else
{
    $similarthreads = '';
} 


I placed it at postbit_display_start, postbit_display_complete, global_start.
Tried all 3 with no results.

Same thing with the templates

PHP Code:

$globaltemplates = array(
    'showthread_similarthreadbit',
    'showthread_similarthreads',
); 


This is how I tried to call the templates from POSTBIT

$similarthreads
$similarthreadbit

but nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?

[zglows]

is it at least possible to make?

[Lynne]

Yes it's possible since you can see they do it here in the Modification forums.

You should be using the cache_templates hook for your templates.

I would have tried to use a hook location at the beginning of showthread and then spit it out after the first postbit.