Data Grid in Custom Page

[thezman]

I have created a customer page that works just fine. I used this process to create the custom page. I can add some html to the template and it works like a charm.

What I need to do is add some PHP code to display a data grid. I have a data grid class that I can use in html pages to fetch and display data in a fancy grid control. Can I do this through the template system? I only want authenticated users to see the page and the data.

Any help is appreciated.

[Lynne]

If you have php code to use, then it needs to be put in the php page. The templates only use html.

[thezman]

Hmmmm.... I thought that was the case and out my code after $pagetitle = 'Grid Test'; and before $templater = vB_Template::create('GridTest'); with 'GridTest' being the name of my file and template. I get a blank page that lacks all the headers and footers from vbulletin.

When should I put my code?

--------------- Added [DATE]1362352177[/DATE] at [TIME]1362352177[/TIME] ---------------

OK, I have the grid rendering, but the navbar and vbulletin headers are rendering below the grid. That means I'm putting my customer code in correctly, but not in the right place.

[Lynne]

I can't really help without seeing your code. But, I can tell you that you cannot use echo statements. You need to assign your output to a variable and output that variable into the template.

[thezman]

Originally Posted by Lynne

I can't really help without seeing your code. But, I can tell you that you cannot use echo statements. You need to assign your output to a variable and output that variable into the template.

I suspected that was the case. I saw an article here on assigning a template to a variable to use in another template.