Does $Post[Posts] return a String or Numeric ?

[mistyPotato]

Hello All!

I would appreciate anyone giving me a bit of advice on this.....

I cannot get the value of $Post[Posts] to act like a number so I'm beginning to wonder if maybe this variable needs to be converted to a number for certain operations to work on it?

Thanks for your time :up:

[Kirk Y]

It returns an integer. Where are you trying to use it?

Keep too in mind, that $Post and $post are two totally different variables. If you're using $Post[Posts], you should be using $post[posts].

[mistyPotato]

Hello Kirk and thanks for the reply :up:

Gee, you're the first to tell me that Post and post are different variables. Now I'll go back and see if maybe that's been the problem. I've been trying to use a post count conditional in the post bit legacy template to place a graphic on the left (in the Users information box) based on their post count but so far I haven't been able to get it to work.

Here's the suspect code....

<if condition="$post[posts] > 1000"><img src="images/misc/Contributor1.gif"></if>

I've tried changin this every way I could imagine but it still doesn't work. Should I be using the CAPITAL P?

Thanks a million!
MP

[Kirk Y]

Nope, that's how it should be. Make sure you've got the image pointing to the correct path. You should also be using a self-closing tag: <img src="/image/gif.gif" />; but that wouldn't affect it displaying either way.

[mistyPotato]

Wow.

This is my dilemma. Everyone's told me "Yep. it's correct"....but it doesn't work :erm:

If I change the condition to something other than > 1000, such as == 1000, then it works...
so I know the image location is correct.

Seems the conditional does not like the greater than symbol

[Kirk Y]

Are you certain that the user's have more than 1,000 posts?

[mistyPotato]

We'll, their post count says over 3000 and when I look in the SQL tables I see members with over 1000 posts.

Isn't this odd ?

[Kirk Y]

Hmm... quite.

Okay, let's try going about this another way. Create a new plugin using hook location "postbit_display_start" with the following:

if ($this->post['posts'] > 1000){
$image = '<img src="images/misc/Contributor1.gif" />';
}

Place $image in your postbit where you'd like the image.

[Adrian Schneider]

Once it hits 1000 it is "1,000" so the comma is messing up your comparison.

[mistyPotato]

Thanks again for your help Kirk. It's VERY nice of you to give of your time like this.
It is definitely appreciated.:up:

I added the plug in in hook but I wasn't sure how to add the $Image in the Post Bit Template.
(Did I mention I'm using the Legacy Post Bit Template?)

Do I just put $Image in the template where I want the image to appear?

Sir Adrian, I was Wondering about that. But if that were the case, anything UNDER 1000 should work...but it doesn't seem to either.

What's the difference between posts and postcount?

MP