Hello!
I am all a bit new to plugin development.
I am trying to modify the avatar template to add a secondary image next to it.
But i cannot seem to find the right hook or something along those lines.
this is what i'm trying to do:
$plugins->add_hook("usercp_avatar_start", "plugin_avatarUpdate");
function plugin_avatarUpdate()
{
global $db, $mybb, $templates, $avatarUpdate, $lang, $headerinclude, $header, $footer, $usercpnav;
$action = $mybb->input['action'];
$sgids = $mybb->user['groupsin'];
if ($sgids!="")
{
$avatarquery = $db->query("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."avatarUpdate WHERE sgid IN ($sgids) ORDER BY name ASC");
while($avatarData = $db->fetch_array($avatarquery))
{
eval("\$avatarList .= \"".$templates->get("postbit_avatar")."\";");
}
}
}
Template: postbit_avatar
<div class="author_avatar"><a href="{$post['profilelink_plain']}"><img src="{$useravatar['image']}" alt="" {$useravatar['width_height']} /></a><a href="{$post['profilelink_plain']}"><img src="{$avatarData['logo']}"/></a></div>
I don't know how easy that is to follow, but i'd really appreciate the help, i don't quite get the eval thing haha.
plus it's getting late and i've been working for quite a while now haha.
Thank you in advance
Exactly where do you want to add the image in? Want you to replace the avatar image, add a new one besides it, or a new avatar field in posts?
The code you show displays attempts to hook into different places (UserCP, post bit).
I'm looking at adding an image next to the avatar image.
i was looking at the hooks page and there didn't seem to be a straight forward hook for just all places the avatar appears
Indeed, there is no just one hook for all places where an avatar is displayed. For the postbit you will need to hook to postbit (only for threads, for example.
You need to hook to postbit and then in the function you have to mention
$post and use
$post['whatever'] in the template!
// PostBit hook
$plugins->add_hook("postbit", "hello_world");
// _postbit
function hello_world(&$post)
{
global $templates;
eval("\$post['whatever'] = \"".$templates->get("your_template")."\";")
}
(2015-06-15, 11:52 AM)marcus123 Wrote: [ -> ]You need to hook to postbit and then in the function you have to mention $post and use $post['whatever'] in the template!
// PostBit hook
$plugins->add_hook("postbit", "hello_world");
// _postbit
function hello_world(&$post)
{
global $templates;
eval("\$post['whatever'] = \"".$templates->get("your_template")."\";")
}
Thank you marcus
This seems to be getting closer! i mean when i do a print_r($post['logo']); exit(); after the eval there seems to be the logo in there, but on the template where i'm trying to use it {$post['logo']} returns nothing.
Is there something i am missing?
function plugin_avatar(&$post)
{
eval("\$post['logo'] = \"".$templates->get("postbit_avatar")."\";");
$post['logo'] = $avatar['logo'];
}
Wait i think i am mistaken to how i should be using this all T_T
damn i'm new to this haha.
Right i was mistaken to what i was trying to do!
eval("\$post['logo'] = \"".$templates->get("postbit_avatar")."\";"); <---- this would make $post['logo'] equal the template.
but what i want to do is make it so the template can use {$post['logo']} as an image source.
but $post['logo'] = $avatar['logo']; does not seem to output anything before the template is made.
But when the function is called $post['logo'] is equal to something.
So what i need to work is $post['logo'] to be equal to something as the template is being called.
Aha! i have fixed the issue : (finally)
$post['logo'] = $avatar['logo'];
eval("\$post['useravatar'] = \"".$templates->get("postbit_avatar")."\";");
The issue was i needed to re-call the useravatar template, so that it could use the $post['logo'] after it was set!
I think explaining it out on the forum helped to solve my issue aha.
Thanks guys.