[vBulletin 4] Simple way of including an external PHP file

[robert garrett]

o.k. I got that to work, now how to get scripts that call the same page to work?

[ehsanix]

woooooooooooooooooooooow
very nice
thanx
thanx man
gooood job
exelent

[ehsanix]

How can I php file in my Sidebar include?
help

[MMODisneyForums]

This is a nice tutorial you have, I have read many, but this one is very clear and simple. But from all the tutorials I've tried, I can never get this to work. I want to have a php file output into the postbit_legacy template. So I made a plugin following this tutorial, using this:

Hook Location: global_start
Title: Testing
Execution Order: 5
And the PHP Code:

PHP Code:

ob_start();
 require_once('http://**********/creds.php');
  $php_include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('php_include' => $php_include)) 


Then in the postbit_legacy template I added in {vb:raw php_include} where it should go. Nothing shows up, and I get an error at the top of the page:

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/****/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 7 


I get that error on pages that have posts on it. On the forum homepage, nothing shows up except:

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/mmodis/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 7

Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_portal_output() in /home/mmodis/public_html/index.php on line 46 


If anyone can help me with this thanks, I have had problems with using plugins to include php files in the templates for too long. It always worked perfectly fine for me in vB 3.4. Thankyou for your time.

Note: Where the "****" are, just for posting the code here, I put those in to censor where the files are, just to be safe. I really do have the correct paths in the files uploaded to the site.

[risestar]

Well global_start hook location is now obsolete as of 4.0.3+ and 4.1. You should probably use the global_bootstrap_init_start hook instead if you are using a recent version. Also using $php_include as your variable might be causing problems so rename it to something unique. Your plugin code should probably be more like this

ob_start();
  require_once('http://www.xxxxxxx.com/creds.php');
  $creds = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('creds' => $creds));

and of course the call in the postbit_legacy template {vb:raw creds}


The parse error in your code is due to your missing the ";" at the end of your statement

Originally Posted by MMODisneyForums

This is a nice tutorial you have, I have read many, but this one is very clear and simple. But from all the tutorials I've tried, I can never get this to work. I want to have a php file output into the postbit_legacy template. So I made a plugin following this tutorial, using this:

Hook Location: global_start
Title: Testing
Execution Order: 5
And the PHP Code:

PHP Code:

ob_start();
 require_once('http://**********/creds.php');
  $php_include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('php_include' => $php_include)) 


Then in the postbit_legacy template I added in {vb:raw php_include} where it should go. Nothing shows up, and I get an error at the top of the page:

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/****/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 7 


I get that error on pages that have posts on it. On the forum homepage, nothing shows up except:

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/mmodis/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 7

Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_portal_output() in /home/mmodis/public_html/index.php on line 46 


If anyone can help me with this thanks, I have had problems with using plugins to include php files in the templates for too long. It always worked perfectly fine for me in vB 3.4. Thankyou for your time.

Note: Where the "****" are, just for posting the code here, I put those in to censor where the files are, just to be safe. I really do have the correct paths in the files uploaded to the site.

[MMODisneyForums]

Thanks for the help. I tried all of that, and now every page in the forum is completely blank when I turn the plugin on. If I turn it off the forums are back. Is there any reason for this?

[Boofo]

I still don't understand why you guys just don't use the require_once to include the file in the php hook right before the code you want to use it with. You are taking the long way around doing it this way. Unless you need the included file for every page, it makes no sense to put it in the global hook.

[risestar]

What version of vbulletin are you using?

If you type in the script location directly from your browser, does it work? If not, then its a problem with your script.

Also, your php.ini might be set to disallow http php include calls, if you so need to enable it, or use the path call instead

ob_start();
  require_once('/path/to/your/website/creds.php');
  $creds = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('creds' => $creds));

Otherwise, its a typo, if you are using this code, make sure you cut and paste it, have the path/url correct

Originally Posted by MMODisneyForums

Thanks for the help. I tried all of that, and now every page in the forum is completely blank when I turn the plugin on. If I turn it off the forums are back. Is there any reason for this?

[MMODisneyForums]

I'm using version 4.1.0. I tried changing my creds.php file to just simply echo "Test", and I still just get a plain white page on the forums. If I open the php file in my browser it correctly says Test. Should I change the hook location? Is there a better location for postbit_legacy? And I have copy pasted that code exactly in, and replaced the URL. What could be going wrong here? Thanks

Edit: I have noticed something else that is interesting. If I remove the {vb:raw creds} from the postbit_legacy template, there is still a blank page. If the plugin is on, theres a blank page, even if its not being called from the template. Hope this helps.

[risestar]

The plugin is fairly straight forward, as long as you have a valid script that you are calling and your plugin code is valid, you should be good to go.

you might have a php.ini config issue going on.

Create a new file in your forum root, call it test.php

Insert this

<?php include ("/server/path/to/your/test.php"); ?>

<?php include ("http://www.yoursite.com/forum/test.php"); ?>

/insert this

Then open the test.php in your browser

If they BOTH work, you should have your echoed text inserted twice. If only ONE works, or you get a php error, you have a php.ini config issue to work out.