[HOW TO - vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide

[psypher]

nvm figured it out

[mokujin]

I have read all posts and dont know how to call 3 templates in one page.

I have this code:

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'page1')
{
  $templater = vB_Template::create('temp_page1');
  
    /* 
    how can I  fetch another template here? 
    in vb3: eval('$pagebit .= "' . fetch_template('page_bit') . '";');     ???
    
    */

  $mypage .= $templater->render();
}
 // called 2 templates 'temp_page1' and 'temp_home' OK, and what  'page_bit'?
    
$templater = vB_Template::create('temp_home');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('mypage', $mypage);
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render()); 


[derfelix]

I would fetch it before...

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'page1')
{

  $templater = vB_Template::create('page_bit');
 
  $mypage_bit .= $templater->render();

  $templater = vB_Template::create('temp_page1');
  $templater->register('mypage_bit', $mypage_bit);
  $mypage = $templater->render();
}

    
$templater = vB_Template::create('temp_home');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('mypage', $mypage);
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render()); 


F.

[ChopSuey]

Thanks for this, hopefully i'll be able to know what to do.

[TheSupportForum]

does anyone know how i can insert this into a template using plugin manager
to be placed in header

 
function bb2_insert_head() {
 global $bb2_javascript;
 echo $bb2_javascript;
}

[OcR Envy]

n/m I figured I was missing $templater->render();

[moonray]

I am not much of a coder at all, and hence need your help big time.

I want to call a simple php file to be placed just under the navbar. So, I created a plugin:
Product: vBulletin
Title: Insert Simple PHP
Execution order: 5 (it was default)
Hook Location: global_start
PHP code:

ob_start();
include('simple.php');
$insert_simple_php = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

Plugin is active: Yes

Now, I went to the NAVBAR template and inserted

{vb:raw insert_simple_php}

just under the code

{vb:raw ad_location.global_below_navbar}

Questions:
* Where does the 'register/pre-register' come?
* What is the exact change I need to make here?

Thanks for your help!

[FatalBreeze]

Great article!
but i have a problem.
I have a template which i want to show inside another template, and it seems to work with every template except for the header.
This is the plugin i used:

PHP Code:

$templateH = vB_Template::create('TopPanel')->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('header', array('TopPanel' => $templateH));
$TL = vB_Template::create('TopPanel')->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('vbcms_page', array('TopPanel' => $TL));
$TL2 = vB_Template::create('BarH')->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('vbcms_page', array('BarT' => $TL2)); 


the hook location is: process_templates_complete.
of course i have a template called TopPanel which i created, and it works great in vbcms_page for example but not in header.
Do you have an idea why is that?

Thanks in advance.

[cellarius]

As the name suggests, the hook you use is called when vB-internal template processing is already completed. No use in preregistering templates then anymore. Since that hook did not exist in 4.0.1 as far as I can see, you're using 4.0.2. Another hook that got added in 4.02 is template_register_var, and that would be the right one to use.

[cellarius]

Originally Posted by moonray

I am not much of a coder at all, and hence need your help big time.

I want to call a simple php file to be placed just under the navbar. So, I created a plugin:
Product: vBulletin
Title: Insert Simple PHP
Execution order: 5 (it was default)
Hook Location: global_start
PHP code:

ob_start();
include('simple.php');
$insert_simple_php = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

Plugin is active: Yes

Now, I went to the NAVBAR template and inserted

{vb:raw insert_simple_php}

just under the code

{vb:raw ad_location.global_below_navbar}

Questions:
* Where does the 'register/pre-register' come?
* What is the exact change I need to make here?

Thanks for your help!

Try this in the plugin:

PHP Code:

ob_start();
include('simple.php');
$templatevalues['insert_simple_php'] = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('navbar', $templatevalues);