Php and templates

[alecf]

Hi,
I'm interested in developing plugins/modifications for mybb and have basic php/mysql knowledge but im a bit lost as to how the php files and the template files come together and so how I pass the data calculated in the php files to existing or new templates.

I've looked around for exisiting guides but only found information about the plugin activation/deactivation file and hooks.

Thanks,
Alec

[Yumi]

It'd be easier if you specified a little more information, but I'll try to give an example.

Say we have a template named my_custom_template:

The value of <em>my sum</em> is <strong>{$mysum}</strong>!

And the PHP code:

$mysum = 5 + 2;

eval('$mytemplate = "'.$templates->get('my_custom_template').'";');

After executing the above code, the variable $mytemplate will have the following data:

The value of <em>my sum</em> is <strong>7</strong>!

Hope that helps.

[alecf]

Ah so you just pass through a variable and the eval grabs the template file to display it. What about where there is a template inside a template for instance there is 'portal_stats' inside the 'portal' template?

Thanks,
Alec

[Yumi]

Eval the first one into a variable, then eval the second template.

eg

eval('$stats = "'.$templates->get('portal_stats').'";');
eval('$portal = "'.$templates->get('portal').'";');

The {$stats} variable should be in the portal template.