Embed PHP in Templates

This hack lets you embed PHP code in templates. Simply add your code between a <? (not a <?php) and ?> tag and it will be eval'ed. All variables will be referenced in the global scope.

If you're using my Usergroup Tags in Templates hack then you're going to have an extraordinarily difficult time installing this hack. However the clever hacker can tell what has changed in this version.

You can somewhat use this to do conditionals in templates. Theoretically, this will work:

template...
<? $myvar = ($condition ? $truevalue : $falsevalue); ?>$myvar
...more template...

Just make sure that the variable to the left of the = and the variable right after the ?> match. Note that the entire <? and ?> tag itself will be stripped from the final template.

This hack also enhances the comments delimiting templates (if that option is turned on) to include the character count and PHP block count of the specified template.

[Tae-Hwan]

filburt, in your opinion does this render logician's conditionals hack obsolete? i'm fluent in php. i liked logician's conditionals a lot except that it was kinda slow..

[drives fast]

I have tried many combinations and haven't figured out this one yet

if someone would be so kind

this is what I had figured out in the vb3 conditionals:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$post[usergroupid]==11"><font color="#ffcc00" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="1"><b>Site Supporter</b></font> <img src="/forum/eimages/supporter.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" /></if> 


how can that be modified to work within the <? ?> in the earlier vbulletin version that I have installed this hack in?

I have tried several things but only get parse errors displayed above the header

stuff like:

PHP Code:

<?
if (condition = $post[usergroupid]==11) {
$var = "<font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=\"1\"><b>Site Supporter</b></font> <img src=\"/forum/eimages/supporter.gif\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\" />"
}
?>

and:

PHP Code:

<?
if ($post[usergroupid] != 11) {
$var = "<smallfontcolor='#ffcc00'><b>Site Supporter</b></smallfont> <img src='/forum/eimages/supporter.gif' width='11' height='11' border='0' />"
}
?>

I know it is just because I don't know the language to use

thanks a bunch for any help

[drives fast]

once again...I couldn't get bit by a dog even with a steak hanging around my neck

[Tae-Hwan]

Originally Posted by drives fast

once again...I couldn't get bit by a dog even with a steak hanging around my neck

hehe, i never heard that one before...

well, i don't have any experience in vbulletin 3, but if i'm understanding the code correctly, it should look something like this in php:

PHP Code:

<? 
if ($post[usergroupid]==11) { 
echo "<font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=\"1\"><b>Site Supporter</b></font><img src=\"/forum/eimages/supporter.gif\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\">";
} 
?>

[drives fast]

thank you...I will give that a try.

it looks like it will work though....I forgot about the "echo"

[gmarik]

We all forget some times about the quotes or the echo ...

[stephenv]

I read through some of the other messages AFTER modifying/fixing the original script, I would have added the <?php ?> <php> </php> stuff but I can't be arsed. On a deadline for other stuff.

That said, attached is an updated version that uses output buffering (in case you want to echo text) and also fixes the str_replace that didn't do squat



Mail me at stephen AT natnet DOT com if you want to say thanks or have questions, today was my first day on the board and I probably won't be back (fixed for a client who wanted to use phpAdsNew).

[NuclioN]

Very usefull! I hope this will possible in vb3 soon.

[spittingangels]

Originally Posted by stephenv

I read through some of the other messages AFTER modifying/fixing the original script, I would have added the <?php ?> <php> </php> stuff but I can't be arsed. On a deadline for other stuff.

That said, attached is an updated version that uses output buffering (in case you want to echo text) and also fixes the str_replace that didn't do squat

Mail me at stephen AT natnet DOT com if you want to say thanks or have questions, today was my first day on the board and I probably won't be back (fixed for a client who wanted to use phpAdsNew).

With these modifications, the hack works like a charm for what I needed it to do, which was to pull a php file into the header template via include(). the original hack would pull the file into the page but only at the top of the page and not where it was supposed to display.

For everyone else that had a similar problem, try this version. My thanks to both authors that worked on this.