XenOption inside of ismemberof conditional?

[IFeelYourPain13]

Im trying to get a variable inside of another variable to work. Any ideas?

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, {$xenOptions.permissions}}">

 

[Jake Bunce]

The ismemberof helper accepts user_group_ids. See this example:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/usergroup-checking-in-the-templates.9447/#post-282874

Your code is syntactically valid, but {$xenOptions.permissions} will need to contain a user_group_id that you want to check for.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

I know the code is valid, but it only works for one usergroup. Multiple will not work. 1,2,3 1, 2, 3 for example.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Multiple groups must be specified like this:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/usergroup-checking-in-the-templates.9447/#post-282874

A variable like {$xenOptions.permissions} can only represent one group, not multiple. Multiple groups must be separate parameters. To clarify, these two are very different:

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, 2, 3, 4}">

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, '2,3,4'}">

I suspect you might be attempting the latter by way of {$xenOptions.permissions} which does not work. Each group must be a separate parameter. You can't use a single string parameter to specify multiple groups.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, {$xenOptions.permissions}}">
I have $xenOptions.permissions set to 1, 2, 3 but it is not working. What could I do to get it to recognize it altogether instead of just the 1st character?

 

[Jake Bunce]

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, {$xenOptions.permissions}}">
I have $xenOptions.permissions set to 1, 2, 3 but it is not working. What could I do to get it to recognize it altogether instead of just the 1st character?

Per my previous post, that won't work. The string of group ids needs to be split up.

I just posted a suggestion about this:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/ismemberof-mixed-type.25933/

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

Ok so currently no way to do it?

I remember in vB you could run an explode query.

 

[Jake Bunce]

vB has never allowed explode() in template syntax. But it does allow an array of ids to be used in this circumstance, unlike XF. That's what my suggestion is about.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

Not template. PHP code. In my old modification I used explode for permissions.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Absolutely you can use explode() in PHP. But we are working with template syntax. You can write an addon to do your group checking using PHP code instead of template code.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

But unlike vb I used the variable I set up with the explode to be referred back to in template.
<php>
$usergroups = explode();
</php>

<xen:if is="{xen:helper ismemberof, $visitor, $usergroups}">

 

[Jake Bunce]

That works in vB (passing an array of group ids), but not in XF. That is what my suggestion is about.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

Im just not use to the whole requiring a listener. Im use to just putting the code that I need in the xml. How would I go about the permission for the mod without the passing of arrays?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Here is an example of group checking in the PHP code:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/enforce-no-shouting-for-one-group.19154/

You get the visitor object and call isMemberOf(). That function also accepts arrays of ids.

 

[IFeelYourPain13]

I assume this cant be used in templates can it...

 

[Jake Bunce]

I assume this cant be used in templates can it...

Nope. That is for use in the PHP code, such as in listeners.