if ($show['forumdescription']) doesn't work in process_templates_complete

[Scanu]

Ok the question is simple the conditional "if ($show['forumdescription'])" always retur false..
this code works

$replace = '<h2 class="forumtitle"><div id="scanu"><a ';
$replace .= 'title="<scanu>\' . $forum[\'description\'] . \'</scanu>" ';
$replace .= 'href="\' . vB_Template_Runtime::linkBuild("forum", $forum) . \'">\' . $forum[\'title\'] . \'</a></div></h2>';

And this doen't work

$replace = '<h2 class="forumtitle"><div id="scanu"><a ';
if ($show['forumdescription']) {
$replace .= 'title="<scanu>\' . $forum[\'description\'] . \'</scanu>" ';
}
$replace .= 'href="\' . vB_Template_Runtime::linkBuild("forum", $forum) . \'">\' . $forum[\'title\'] . \'</a></div></h2>';

[kh99]

So I guess that's in a plugin using hook forumbit_display? The problem is that $show['forumdescription'] hasn't been set yet. But the line that sets it looks like this:

$show['forumdescription'] = ($forum['description'] != '' ? true : false);

so you should just be able to use $forum['description'] != '' instead.

[Scanu]

No the hook is process_templates_complete (it is another plugin) however i'll try again

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[kh99]

The same thing might work in that template, but you may need to add

global $forum;

to the beginning of the plugin code.

[Scanu]

It return false even if there's a description that's my code

global $forum;
$show['forumdescription'] = ($forum['description'] != '' ? true : false);
$replace = '<h2 class="forumtitle"><div id="scanu"><a ';
if ($show['forumdescription']) {
$replace .= 'title="<scanu>\' . $forum[\'description\'] . \'</scanu>" ';
}

[kh99]

It could be that $forum isn't set yet, I'm not sure.

Oh...what are you doing with the value, are you changing a cached template? The problem probably is that displaying the forum page uses the template many times but process_templates_complete is only called once (I think). You'll probably have to figure out some other way of doing it. Maybe insert a variable into the template then set the variable from anotehr hook depending on the current value of $forum[description].

[Scanu]

what hook for example? And the code would be something like this?

if ($show['forumdescription']) {
$description = true;
} else {
$description = false;
}

Do i understand you?

[kh99]

Right, but you'd have to get that in the template so that it all ran OK. I really can't tell you which hook to use without knowing exactly what you're trying to do. Just try to find a hook that's called each time that template is used.

[Scanu]

you'd have to get that in the template so that it all ran OK
What do you mean?

[kh99]

Are you trying to modify a cached template?