Board Optimization - Plugin Based Template Cache

3.6 Thread for Support

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=121876

[orban]

It saves the eval(template). eval() is kind of "bad", because it can't be cached by a PHP cache.

[Kihon Kata]

I'm coming back to post that this hack has sped up my site sooo much faster! Thanks ORban

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by orban

I don't know what the plugin authors thought with modifying templates on run time.

Not having to edit templates and making installs easier for the end user.

[orban]

Uhm, you can add templates to product.xmls?

Also you might have modified the templates so the str_replace doesn't even work anymore.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Urban

Hum, you can add templates to product.XML?

You can do it with search and replace. Check out my Last 15 Searches hack. I did it in there. More products are being released that do this now. I do it whenever I can for the reasons stated above.

[orban]

$vbulletin->templatecache['search_forums'] = str_replace('$navbar', '$navbar' . ' $last15searches', $vbulletin->templatecache['search_forums']);

Somebody might not have a $navbar.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by orban

$vbulletin->templatecache['search_forums'] = str_replace('$navbar', '$navbar' . ' $last15searches', $vbulletin->templatecache['search_forums']);

Somebody might not have a $navbar.

So far, that hasn't happened yet and really shouldn't unless they are REALLY screwing with their templates. That is standard in alot of templates for vb. When I do search and replaces, I only work from the Master Template set (the default one) and no other products or hacks that I know of use that spot in that certain template.

[orban]

Why not add $last15searches to the navbar template?

Like $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'] = $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'].'.$last15searches'; or something, because would work with the template cache too.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by orban

Why not add $last15searches to the navbar template?

Like $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'] = $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'].'.$last15searches'; or something, because would work with the template cache too.

Because the replace for that is a template edit. You would then have to manually edit the template. With the way I did it, you don't have to touch the template and it will be better on ungrades where vb adds to or changes to the template.

[orban]

No you don't? That's PHP code to be run in the plugin, instead of your str_replace.