Php in templates

[blueuniverse]

Basically, I want the function to be able to use PHP in the template system.

Would anybody be able to do this?

[Johnny]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/templates_phpinclude_start" target="_blank">http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...pinclude_start</a>

vb docs explains it all.

[blueuniverse]

Ok, so if I had a load of code, that I wanted to be displayed on one page only, I'd have to include it on every page?

[Colin F]

Originally Posted by blueuniverse

Ok, so if I had a load of code, that I wanted to be displayed on one page only, I'd have to include it on every page?

No. Use a templateconditional in the form of:

PHP Code:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == bla">include(foo.php);</if> 


[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Colin F

No. Use a templateconditional in the form of:

PHP Code:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == bla">include(foo.php);</if> 


You cant do that, and you cannot use php in the templates, you need to hack the files

[blueuniverse]

So is there, absolutely no way to do it at the moment. If there isn't, would anybody be kind enough to make a hack?

[Andreas]

As already said, you can't use PHP in templates (except a few functions in <if ...>-statements.

What you can do is put code in phpinclude_start|end, you can also do this conditional by using

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'foobar') {
  // Do smth for that specific page
} 


Modifying vB so it is possible to use PHP in templates generally is a bad idea due to security issues.

[blueuniverse]

Well, Zachery just said

You cant do that, and you cannot use php in the templates, you need to hack the files

It may be a bad idea security wise, but I do need to find some way of getting this code onto some pages (maybe not through templates) as I need the code to use the styles that the user has set.

[Andreas]

Hmm ... and what's the problem with putting the code in phpinclude_start?

[blueuniverse]

So in the PHP start template, I'd put what (if I had loads of code, where would it go in the code you gave me).

if (THIS_SCITPT == 'foobar') {
  // Do smth for that specific page
}

It just seems weird having to put all the code for each page in the php include start template, when I only need it on one page.