How do I assign a trigger(?) to a template?

I created a template that mentions all the super mods and admins of the board. We used to have it in the header, but with more styles, differing from each other, it gets a bit complicated to update it if needed.

So what I want is to assign a trigger like $modslist or something, so I can put that in each header and have it called from the template that way.

How would I do that?

[slideboxer]

Whenever I want to add something like this I usually do it in my global.php.

I have a button appear on the top of my header for my moderators to link to the moderator cp. In my global.php I entered this code

PHP Code:

if (($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)) {
        $modbutton="<a href=\"http://www.abudokan.com/mod_directory/index.php\"><img src=\"http://www.abudokan.com/images/top_mod.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Moderator Panel\"></a>";
    } else {
        $modbutton='';
    } 

above

PHP Code:

$header=''; 

I hope I read your question right and was able to answer for you.

[Lanigironu]

This isn't quite what I need though.

Basically I want to be able to put "$modslist" in a template, and it would show whatever "$modslist" is assigned as. I want "$modslist" to actually show the template called "modslist".

Is this clear enough? I really don't know how to explain this better.

[bigmattyh]

It really depends on where you're going to use it. If you're sure you'll be using it on several pages, then you may want to edit global.php and define $modslist there. On the other hand, if you know you're probably only going to use it on the main page, or the forumdisplaypage, you'd want to define $modslist there. The idea is that you don't want to clutter global.php with a bunch of extra code, if you really don't need it there.

So step 1: where are you doing to use it?

As for defining the variable (step 2), this takes a little experience with MySQL and the vB functions and database class. You just need to create a query that returns the moderators for the given forum and pass those values into $modslist.

As for the specific code, hopefully someone will be able to help you, if you need it.

[slideboxer]

This is the string to use to assign your term to a template:

PHP Code:

eval("\$my_message .= \"".gettemplate("my_message")."\";"); 

[Lanigironu]

I just replace my_message with whatever I need, right?

Thanks a lot.

[slideboxer]

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