template parsing variable

[Bilderback]

This may be a weird question but how do I stop a vbulletin variable from parsing in templates?
I am trying to create a help page and every time I add $bbuserinfo[username] inside the template,
it shows the users name instead of just displaying $bbuserinfo[username] as text.
Thanks

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Try adding a backslash (or maybe even 2 or 3, try it) in front of the $, so \$bbuserinfo....

[Bilderback]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Try adding a backslash (or maybe even 2 or 3, try it) in front of the $, so \$bbuserinfo....

backslash does not work and I have also tried different html tags noparse/html/php/code
bbcode does not parse inside template so that doesnt work.:erm:

update:
It will work only once by using ascii ie,
$bbuserinfo[username] as &#36bbuserinfo[username]
But as soon as you reopen template editor, all your ascii turns back to symbols.

[Dismounted]

<if condition="$text = '$bbuserinfo[username]'">$text</if>

Ugly, I know - but it should work.

[Bilderback]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

<if condition="$text = '$bbuserinfo[username]'">$text</if>

That throws a parse error - unexpected T_STRING

[Opserty]

Originally Posted by Bilderback

It will work only once by using ascii ie,
$bbuserinfo[username] as &#36bbuserinfo[username]
But as soon as you reopen template editor, all your ascii turns back to symbols.

You could maybe post that as a bug on the bug tracker at vBulletin.com (assuming someone else hasn't already pointed it out) see if they can fix it.

[Dismounted]

Try:

<if condition="$text = '\$bbuserinfo[username]'">$text</if>