Can someone explain this in a bit more detail?

[Brent W]

I don't have a lot of experience with MVC and I am still trying to wrap my head around it, from a non programmer state of mind...

This post: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/tinhte-xentag.32231/page-20#post-431288

I don't really get where I would do that? In the helper.php file? Can someone give me a push in the right direction?

 

[xfrocks]

You can always ask me

Anyway, the idea is adding a event listener for init_dependencies, something like this:

XenForo_Template_Helper_Core::$helpers['bamastangguy_ucwords'] = 'ucwords'

Then in the template, just use it like this:

{xen:helper BamaStangGuy_ucwords, $tag.tag_text}

Notice

• The lowercase in $helpers['bamastangguy_ucwords'] is required
• The mixedcase in {xen:helper} is not required, you can use bamastangguy_ucwords or bAmAsTaNgGuY_uCwOrDs or anything in between.
• This code is not tested

 

[Brent W]

You can always ask me

Anyway, the idea is adding a event listener for init_dependencies, something like this:

XenForo_Template_Helper_Core::$helpers['bamastangguy_ucwords'] = 'ucwords'

Then in the template, just use it like this:

{xen:helper BamaStangGuy_ucwords, $tag.tag_text}

Notice

• The lowercase in $helpers['bamastangguy_ucwords'] is required
• The mixedcase in {xen:helper} is not required, you can use bamastangguy_ucwords or bAmAsTaNgGuY_uCwOrDs or anything in between.
• This code is not tested

Thanks, I didn't want to bug you too much. You've been very helpful.

 

[Brent W]

Bump, I never got around to looking too much into this. With the latest updates I'd like to take a stab at it again (i hacked my copy on one site a lot and would rather do it right with the update). Anyone with more knowledge than me care to take a stab at making this happen? Where would I actually put this code?

 

[Brandon Sheley]

You'll need to enable debug to see the developer tab and add an event listener.
Then maybe this will help out?
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/how-to-add-more-actions-to-an-existing-controller.11202/

 

[Brent W]

That seems like a lot of work just to ucwords one variable

 

[Brent W]

Well I took a shot at this and still can't get it to ucwords the title tag.

Code:

Helpers.php

<?php
//Our class helper (we can put any helpers in here we want)
class UcWords_Helpers
{
    public static function ucWords($string)
    {
        //We only return the argument, dont do nothing.
        return $string;
    }
}

Listeners.php

<?php
//Our class name
class UcWords_Listener
{
    public static function init(XenForo_Dependencies_Abstract $dependencies, array $data)
    {
        //Get the static variable $helperCallbacks and add a new item in the array.
        XenForo_Template_Helper_Core::$helperCallbacks += array(
            'ucwords' => array('UcWords_Helpers', 'ucWords')
        );
    }
}

Event Listener: