[Forum] Forum block : how do i get a vbulletin->options['content'] into forum blocks ?

[Eqvaliser]

SOLVED!!


Experimenting with forumblocks to move some widgets into it..

But im stuck at getting options transfered...

esample code

$output = "hello <br /><hr />"; 
 
$output .= "ewen more hello - " . $vbulletin->options['ew_highcol'] ; 
 
return $output; 

Also tryed vB::$vbulletin->options['ew_highcol']
but that just causes entire site failure with error vB:: class not found..

tryed removeing ' ' in the braces, but no luck there either.

Any suggestions ?

[Eqvaliser]

nvm,, SOLVED

needed to add

global $vbulletin, $vbphrase;

infront of it all!!

[Lynne]

You don't return $output, so remove that line. $output just gets output into the default template. And I think you can either make $vbulletin global or use vB:: in front of it (probably didn't work because of your return line).

[Eqvaliser]

Hi lynne,, long time no see

i just tryed removeing the return $output;
which just makes the block entirely empty..

and again if i remove return and add the vB:: again then i get the missing class error..

for the record, using the lastet build currently 4.0.1 and latest php/mysql availible via Xampp (localhost)
so everything is up to date..

But i guess if it does nothing, but still works for me with it, and not without it. Im just gonna leave it there..

my complete test.

global $vbulletin;
$output = "hello <br /><hr />";
$myoption = $vbulletin->options['ew_highcol'];
$output .= "ew_highcol number = " .  $myoption;
return $output; 

Just tryed converting my wow recruitment CMS widget to forumwidget using this as princip
and it works, wery few changes needed for it to work in forumblocks.

[Lynne]

Ack! You know what, I was getting my widgets and blocks mixed up. (I don't know why since you clearly say forum block!) So sorry.

I just tried this as a block (had to change the option to something I had):

global $vbulletin;
$output = "hello <br /><hr />";
$myoption = $vbulletin->options['description'];
$output .= "ew_highcol number = " .  $myoption;
return $output;

That worked just fine for me.