[CMS] How do I include php in Widget?

[Gator777]

Any of you smart coders out there can tell me how I can include a .php file in a PHP Direct widget. Any suggestions?

I tried this, but it does seem to work:

<?php include("menu.php"); ?>

[CallieJo]

If all else fails (no response), you might want to check vbulletin.org for an answer.

[Gator777]

I got the output to show up, but the output sits on top of the header and does not display in the block. What do I need to get the output to stay in the block?

Here is my code:

$output .= include ("http://www.myforum/forum/tsstatus/view.php]"); "<br />\n";

[Lynne]

You may have to rewrite your view.php page so that the output from it goes to the $output variable.

[steven s]

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I wish to do this too.

If you find a solution on your own, please post it here.

[Gator777]

I'm very much a novice at this, and I am not quite sure what you are telling me. Could you elaborate a little for me?

Here is a link to the event as described above:
Link Removed
As you can see, the widget displays the item at the top of the page, and paces a "1" in the content part of the block

[Lynne]

I can't explain it any better. You wrote a script, view.php, and I think you need to rewrite it so the output from that script goes to $output. Doing a return or echo doesn't work in that widget.

[Gator777]

I did not write the script, but thanks anyway! Maybe Brian over at vBAdvanced.com will release a new CMPS, so I can more easily add it to my site. The CMS would have been a good idea, but it's not user-friendly to the average user. I am really dissatisfied with vBulletin 4.0 at this point, and I am starting to regret having purchased it.

[Gator777]

For those who might have been following this post, the VB Customer Support department assisted me with this issue, and the fix is...

// UNTESTED
ob_start();
include("path/to/your.php");
echo "<br />\n";
$output .= ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean(); 

I actually removed the line containing "echo" to prevent the break at the bottom.

If this help you, please respond in this post and let the VB team know.

[steven s]

For those who might have been following this post, the VB Customer Support department assisted me with this issue, and the fix is...

This is going to help tremendously!
Thanks.

[lifanovsky]

Yes. Now it works as intented. Who its not enough just to put raw php in the wdiget code...

[pyd]

worked like a charm!

[ZoDesigns.com]

Hmm... I tried a simple

<?php
      echo "hello world!";
?>

and nothing was outputted.

[Lynne]

Hmm... I tried a simple

<?php
      echo "hello world!";
?>

and nothing was outputted.

I can't explain it any better. You wrote a script, view.php, and I think you need to rewrite it so the output from that script goes to $output. Doing a return or echo doesn't work in that widget.

Try

      $output= "hello world!"; 

[ZoDesigns.com]

thanks. What would I do with this code to get it to output (I am a designer, not a developer)?

<?php
                        $nameOfSlideshowToDisplay = "myslideshow"; 
                        $URLofyoursite = "http://www.xxxxxxxx.com";   
                        $AbsoluteServerPathofyoursite = "/home/xxxxx/domains/xxxxx.com/public_html"; 
                        include_once($AbsoluteServerPathofyoursite."/fpss/mod_fpslideshow.php");

?>