if category x contains new posts

[PinkMilk]

How do you write an if condition to show something if if category x contains new posts?

Dummy code explaination:

<if condition="category 3 has new posts">Show this text</if>

[exel]

Where are you trying to add that code?

[PinkMilk]

Originally Posted by exel

Where are you trying to add that code?

On forumhome, I don't use forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost so I'm probably just going to have to write a plugin to query db, tbh I have kind of given up on the idea but if you have a solution it would be much appreciated.

[BirdOPrey5]

In a plugin on global_start add this code

include('includes/functions_forumlist.php'); 
global $vbulletin, $lastpostarray;

// call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums
cache_ordered_forums(1);
if (!is_array($lastpostarray))
{
	fetch_last_post_array(-1);
}

   $forumidx = 999;  //Set your forum id to check here

   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);
   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];

   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);

   if ($isnew == "new")
  {
          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts
        



  }

Replace 999 with the forumid of the forum (or category) you want to check

This works for me, I repeat this code multiple times in the plugin to check multiple forumids-

   $forumidx = 998;  //Set your forum id to check here

   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);
   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];

   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);

   if ($isnew == "new")
       {
          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts
        



       }

[PinkMilk]

Thank you BOP but dosen't seem to work for me, I did everything as instructed and the execution code is just a simple if else

PHP Code:

if ($isnew == "new") {
 
     $newmsg = "Yes";  

  } else {

    $newmsg = "No";
} 


and added $newmsg to templates, so not sure where I'm going wrong.

[BirdOPrey5]

What template are you putting $newmsg in?

[PinkMilk]

Have tried, forumhome, forumhome_forumbit_level2_post and forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

[BirdOPrey5]

This exact code works for me...

include('includes/functions_forumlist.php'); 
global $vbulletin, $lastpostarray;

// call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums
cache_ordered_forums(1);
if (!is_array($lastpostarray))
{
	fetch_last_post_array(-1);
}

   $forumidx = 1;  //Set your forum id to check here

   $lastpostinfo = (empty($lastpostarray[$forumidx]) ? array() : $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumidx]"]);
   $forumx = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumidx"];

   $isnew = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumidx, $lastpostinfo, $forumx);

   if ($isnew == "new")
  {
          //Execute code here if the forumid chosen above contains new posts

     $newmsg = "Yes";   

  } else { 

    $newmsg = "No";         



  }

In your vBulletin Options -> General Settings -> Thread/Forum Read Marking Type, is it set to Database (automatic forum marking)? It may need to be for this to work.