Including html/php to templates...

[Umit]

Hi, I've created a very basic addon and trying to includes a html file (it is a weather forecast data) to sidebar.

here is my addon;

<?php
class XenForo_Umiweather_kusweather
{
    public static function container_public_params(array &$params, XenForo_Dependencies_Abstract $dependencies)
    {
        ob_start();
        include('/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mydomaintest/weather/cache.html');
        $kusweather = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
 
        $params = array(
            'kusweather'  => $kusweather
        );

/*$dependencies->params = array_merge(
            $dependencies->params,
            $params
        );*/
    }
}

Code Event Listener: container_public_params
XenForo_Umiweather_kusweather::container_public_params

I can add this to page_include template and it is working but breaking javascript of the website.

I dont know what i am doing wrong but first i want to get rid of the errors and second i want to add the output to any template (for example sidebar templates).

Please help...

 

[Jeremy P]

Just a thought, try $params += array(...

Otherwise you're probably going to need to provide more information. How is the javascript broken? Are there messages in the console? What is the contents of the weather html?

 

[Umit]

Ohhh! That sorted out some errors. Thank you so much Jeremy.

But still, i can only use it on page_container, how can i use it in sidebar related templates?

 

[Jeremy P]

Hmm. You could try adding a <xen:sidebar> block to page_container, not sure if that would override or just append/prepend to pages where one already exists. Otherwise you'd probably have to use template hooks, or extend load_class_controller for the controllers of the templates you want the variable to be available in.

 

[Umit]

Thank you again Jeremy,

just want to add this {xen:raw $kusweather} to sidebar_online_users template, dont want to use page_container.

should i change "listen to event: container_public_params" to something else?

 

[Jeremy P]

Maybe adapt your listener for template_create?
Then when that template is created pass that as a param? Not 100% that would work though, it might not catch <xen:include> statements, I haven't looked much into how templates work/are compiled.

Otherwise you'd have to extend the controllers, pass that variable to the view parameters, and then edit the templates to include <xen:set var="$kusweather">{$kusweather}</xen:set> between the includes for sidebar_online_users..

 

[Umit]

Maybe adapt your listener for template_create?
Then when that template is created pass that as a param? Not 100% that would work though, it might not catch <xen:include> statements, I haven't looked much into how templates work/are compiled.

Otherwise you'd have to extend the controllers, pass that variable to the view parameters, and then edit the templates to include <xen:set var="$kusweather">{$kusweather}</xen:set> between the includes for sidebar_online_users..

Thank you Jeremy, how can i extend the controllers?

 

[Jeremy P]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/how-to-add-more-actions-to-an-existing-controller.11202/ might help a little.

Instead of creating more actions, just use the one for the page you need, and call it's parent. For example

public function actionIndex()
{
    $response = parent::actionIndex();
    $response->params += array('kusweather', $kusweather');

    return $response;
}

 

[ragtek]

Use the template hooks http://xenforo.com/community/threads/how-to-use-template-hooks.13167/

 

[Umit]

Thank you so much Jeremy and Ragtek. Template hooks working perfectly. Cant believe it is so easy.

But i have a question; what if the template does not contain any hook? then can we create something like this in the template;

our_custom_template:
<xen:hook name="our_custom_hook_name" />

 

[Jeremy P]

Yup

 

[Umit]

Yup

hmmm... just tried and didnt work...

 

[Jeremy P]

Should if your code is right.

public static function templateHook($hookName, &$contents, array $hookParams, XenForo_Template_Abstract $template)
	{
		switch ($hookName)
		{
			case 'your_hook_name':
				$weather = 'weather';
				$contents .= $weather;
				break;
		}
	}