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Starting with vB4, templates no longer get output using eval:
PHP Code:
eval('$mytemplate = "' . fetch_template('mytemplate') . '";'); 
is outdated.
What's more: Variables and arrays from plugins that are executed on a page no longer can automatically be accessed in the templates of that page. They need to be registered first.
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 Basic functionality to render templates and register all variables/arrays you want to use inside

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);
$templater->render(); 
  • The first line provides the template that is to be rendered, using the new vB_Template class (vB_Template::create). The method gets passed the name of the template as an argument.
  • The following two lines register a variable and an array that we want to use in our template. Arguments passed are 1. the name you want to use to access the variable, and 2. the variable from the code you want to register. You can register as many variables/arrays as you want. Just remember you have to register every variable and array that you want to use in your custom template in this way. If you don't register them, they will not be available.
  • The fourth line renders the template ($templater->render()).
In the template you know will be able to use the registered variables/arrays in this way:
HTML Code:
{vb:raw my_var}
{vb:raw my_array.key1}
{vb:raw my_array.key2.key21}
Note the last one: multidimensional arrays are perfectly possible.
.
.
.
Now, with the result of the rendering we can do several things:
.
Output template directly - custom pages

PHP Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register_page_templates(); 
    $templater->register('my_var', $my_var);
    $templater->register('my_array', $my_array);
print_output($templater->render()); 
This immediatly outputs the template. Use this if you have created your own page, for example.
Note the second line, which is special for this type of use:
PHP Code:
$templater->register_page_templates(); 
This auto-registers the page level templates header, footer and headinclude that you will use in the template of your custom page.
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Use a template hook

PHP Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register('my_var', $my_var);
    $templater->register('my_array', $my_array);
$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2] .= $templater->render(); 
The template will be shown using the choosen template hook (for example: $template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2]). See the dot before the = in the last line? The hook may be used by other modifications, too, so we don't want to overwrite it, but rather append our code to it, conserving everything that might already be there.
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Save into a variable for later use in custom template
PHP Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register('my_var', $my_var);
    $templater->register('my_array', $my_array);
$mytemplate_rendered = $templater->render(); 
Now we have saved the rendered template into a variable. This variable in turn we can later on register in another template, if we want:
PHP Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('my_other_template');
     $templater->register('my_template_rendered', $my_template_rendered);
 print_output($templater->render()); 
Again, inside my_other_template we now could call
HTML Code:
{vb:raw my_template_rendered}
If you're running the first template call inside a loop, you may want to use .= instead of = in the last line, so that the results of every loop get added instead of overwriting the existing. But that depends, of course.
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Save into an array and preregister to use in an existing/stock template
PHP Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register('my_var', $my_var);
    $templater->register('my_array', $my_array);
$templatevalues['my_insertvar'] = $templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMHOME', $templatevalues); 
  • This is another, more flexible method to save the rendered template into a variable for future use in an already existing template. In this example, we want to show our own rendered template on forumhome.
  • Problem is: We have no direct way to register variables for already existing templates like FORUMHOME. It's created and rendered in the files, and we don't want to mess there.
  • To help with this, a new method was created for vB_Template class, called preRegister. Using this, we can pass our data to FORUMHOME before it is rendered. Note that the data needs to be saved into an array ($templatevalues['my_insertvar']), a simple variable will throw an error. In the last line the array is preregistered; you need to pass as arguments 1. the name of the existing template and 2. the array that contains the data. Again, this can be done for as many arrays as needed.
  • Of course, the preRegister functionality can be used for any kind of variables or arrays, no matter whether you have saved a rendered template (like in our example) into it or it contains just a simple boolean true/false statement.
To access the data inside the template it was preregistered for use:
HTML Code:
{vb:raw my_insertvar}
Note: it is not {vb:raw templatevalues.my_insertvar}!

Essentially the same as what I put for preRegister would be the following two lines. They could replace the last two lines in the above php codebox:
PHP Code:
$my_insertvar = $templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMHOME',array('my_insertvar ' => $my_insertvar)); 
Of course you could add further pairs to that array if you need to preregister more than one variable.
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Bonus track: ...whatever you do, cache your templates!

Now you know how to get your templates on screen - once you succeeded in doing that, make sure to do it in a fast and ressource saving manner: make use of vB's template cache. To see whether your templates are cached or not, activate debug mode by adding $config['Misc']['debug'] = true;to your config.php (don't ever use that on your live site!). Among the debug info is a list of all templates called, and non-cached templates will show up in red.

To cache your templates, add a plugin at hook cache_templates with the following code:
PHP Code:
// for a single template
$cache[] = 'mytemplate'; 

// for more than one templates in one step
$cache = array_merge((array)$cache,array(
    'mytemplate',
    'myothertemplate',
    'mythirdtemplate'
)); 
.
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Hope this helps!
-cel

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Addendum - There are now two blog posts on vb.com related to this topic:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry...in-4-templates
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry...-4-based-files
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Old 04-04-2012, 06:25 AM
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Well, obviously $statar is an array. I have no idea how you set it up, but just as you can't do echo $array in PHP, you can't just use {vb:raw array}. In PHP you would do echo $array['key'] to output the value. In the template you need to use {vb:raw array.key} accordingly.

Just as described in the first chapter of the article.
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Appreciate it Cellarius.
I looked through some of the other vbulletin, so I had to do something like.

while yada yada
{ something = something['']}

And everything started working. Mental error on my part. The only thing now is trying to complete a new mod for vbulletin.
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Old 04-22-2012, 06:12 PM
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If anyone is able to guide me, I am trying to hack the Post Thanks Plugin so I can pass a variable to a template as a conditional.

Here is the function I need to create a conditional for:

PHP Code:
function can_thank_this_post($postinfo = array(), $threadisdeleted = 0, $check_security = false, $securitytoken = '')
{
    global $vbulletin;

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

    if ($postinfo['postid'] == 0 || $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 0 || $postinfo['isdeleted'] || $threadisdeleted || (!($vbulletin->options['post_thanks_poster_button']) && $postinfo['userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if (post_thanks_in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], $vbulletin->options['post_thanks_usergroup_using']) || post_thanks_in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], $vbulletin->options['post_thanks_user_useing']))
    {
        return false;
    }

    if ($vbulletin->userinfo['posts'] < $vbulletin->options['post_thanks_post_count_needed'])
    {
        return false;
    }

    if ($vbulletin->options['post_thanks_max_per_day'])
    {
        global $count_thanks_so_far_totay;

        if ($count_thanks_so_far_totay === null)
        {
            $count_thanks_so_far_totay = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM " .TABLE_PREFIX. "post_thanks WHERE userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . " AND date > " . (TIMENOW - (60 * 60 * 24)) . "");
        }

        if ($vbulletin->options['post_thanks_max_per_day'] <= $count_thanks_so_far_totay['total'])
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    if ($vbulletin->options['post_thanks_days_old'])
    {
        if (TIMENOW > (($vbulletin->options['post_thanks_days_old'] * 60 * 60 * 24) + $postinfo['dateline']))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    if ($vbulletin->options['post_groans_integrate'])
    {
        require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_post_groans.php');
        if (groaned_already($postinfo))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    if ($check_security && function_exists(verify_security_token))
    {
        if (!verify_security_token($securitytoken, $vbulletin->userinfo['securitytoken_raw']))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

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

    return true;
} 
And I want to be able to use:

HTML Code:
<vb:if condition="$post['can_thank_post']">Button code here</vb:if>
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Old 04-24-2012, 10:37 PM
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LW (linkworth ) has given me a php file to include in the navigation bar. It will show rotating ads via rss feed. How can I include that file

I wrote the following code in global_start

PHP Code:

ob_start();
  include('rss_reader.php');
  $linkmura = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$templater = vB_Template::create('mytemplate');
    $templater->register('my_var', $linkmura);

$templatevalues['linkmura1'] = $templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', $templatevalues); 
And using {vb:raw linkmura1} to show that. But nothing is been shown (on navbar http://www.dstreetdirect.com )

Also the code in the rss_reader.php is :

PHP Code:

<?php
$insideitem = false;
$tag = "";
$title = "";
$description = "";
$link = ""; 

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs)
{
    global $insideitem, $tag, $title, $description, $link;

    if($insideitem)
    {
        $tag = $name;
    }
    elseif($name == "ITEM")
    {
        $insideitem = true;
    }
}

function endElement($parser, $name)
{
    global $insideitem, $tag, $title, $description, $link;
   
    if ($name == "ITEM")
    {
        printf("<dt><b><a href='%s' title='%s'>%s</a></b></dt>",
        trim($link),htmlspecialchars(trim($description)),htmlspecialchars(trim($title)));
        printf("<dt>%s</dt><br/><br/>",htmlspecialchars(trim($description)));

        $title = "";
        $description = "";
        $link = "";
        $insideitem = false;
    }
}

function characterData($parser, $data)
{
    global $insideitem, $tag, $title, $description, $link;

    if($insideitem)
    {
        switch($tag)
        {
            case "TITLE":
                $title .= $data;
                break;
            case "LINK":
                $link .= $data;
                break;
            case "DESCRIPTION";
                $description .= $data;
                break;
        }
    }
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");

//====================================================================
//====================================================================
//====================================================================
// ENTER YOUR UNIQUE RSS URL BELOW WHERE YOU SEE THE XXXX's
//====================================================================
//====================================================================
//====================================================================
$fp = fopen("XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "r")
   or die("Error reading RSS data.");


while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
   xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))
      or die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
         xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
         xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
fclose($fp);
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

?>
Please smbdy help and tell me easiest way to do that....
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I'm just curious if registering the navbar is always necessary if you're creating a template for your own vB page, and if so, should the first post be updated to illustrate this?

And where the hell is the documentation on things like this:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boofo View Post
Try this in the parse_templates hook:

Code:
require_once(DIR . '/includes/class_template_parser.php');
$parser = new vB_TemplateParser('<div id="toplinks" class="toplinks">');
$parser->dom_doc = new vB_DomDocument($parser->fetch_dom_compatible());
$find = trim($parser->_parse_nodes($parser->dom_doc->childNodes()));

$parser = new vB_TemplateParser('<div style="float:right; margin: 5px -12px 5px 10px;">{vb:raw mycode}</div>');
$parser->dom_doc = new vB_DomDocument($parser->fetch_dom_compatible());
$replace = trim($parser->_parse_nodes($parser->dom_doc->childNodes()));

$vbulletin->templatecache['header'] = str_replace($find, $find . $replace, $vbulletin->templatecache['header']);
unset($find, $replace);
Or do you have to go through all the various files yourself to learn all of the functions and hope you stumble on what you're looking for?
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You won't stumble on to that anywhere in the files.
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Pls help me
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=282142
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If I have this:
PHP Code:
$my_array = array(1,2); 
How can I render my template in order to show it? I don't know which key it is being used. If I do this:
Code:
{vb:raw my_array}
It is rendered like:
Code:
Array
PS: By the way, do you know any tutorial about how to send queries to the database from vBulletin?
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{vb:raw my_array.0} = 1
{vb:raw my_array.1} = 2
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Quote:
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If I have this:
PHP Code:
$my_array = array(1,2); 
How can I render my template in order to show it? I don't know which key it is being used. If I do this:
Code:
{vb:raw my_array}
It is rendered like:
Code:
Array
See the article:
PHP Code:
{vb:raw my_var}
{vb:raw my_array.key1} 
Quote:
PS: By the way, do you know any tutorial about how to send queries to the database from vBulletin?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119350
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