PHP in Templates / Complex Templates

This is a relatively small plugin, but seems that a number of people wanted such a thing, so... here it is.

This plugin will allow you to use:

• PHP in templates, using <?php ... ?> tags
• Shortcut template conditionals, using <if ... then>...<elseif ... then>...<else>...</if>
• Some shortcut string functions (see below), eg <func htmlspecialchars>...</func>
• Call another template, using <template ...>, eg <template header>
  

For those that do not wish to allow arbitrary PHP code execution that this plugin offers, take a look at the Template Conditionals plugin.

Here's an example of some of the functions that this can be used for - for example, you may use this code in your postbit:

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{$post['user_details']} <if $post['fid5'] then> Your game tag is <func htmlspecialchars_uni>{$post['fid5']}</func> <elseif $post['fid6'] and $mybb->user['cancp'] then> This user's lucky number is <func intval>{$post['fid6']}</func> <else />Some other profile field: {$post['fid7']}</if> <?php echo "Hi from PHP"; ?>

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Some notes:

• PHP tags must be closed with ?>
• PHP runs slower than conditionals, so unless you need to use PHP, I recommend the conditionals
• PHP inside the <?php ... ?> tags must be well formed, ie the following will not work:
  
  PHP Code:

  <?php if(true) { ?> some stuff <?php } ?>

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  I'm thinking about whether to add support for the above, but there are performance reasons for me choosing not to.

• The template insertion function is really basic - it performs no caching, so you should not call a lot of templates this way (there really isn't any nice way to get around this) however should be fine for small things.  Also, as it is basic, ensure that you don't stuff it up with recursive calls, that is, it's possible to try to get a template to call itself, but that will obviously cause MyBB to stuff up
• As of v1.5, I've included the ability to perform additional cache checks, and enabled this option by default.  If you wish to disable this feature, it can be done by modifying a define in the .php file, but this is not necessary for most people (see post below this one for more info).
• As of v2.1, PHP 5.3 or later is required
  

The functions available, with the shortcut, are:
htmlspecialchars, htmlspecialchars_uni, intval, file_get_contents, floatval, urlencode, rawurlencode, addslashes, stripslashes, trim, crc32, ltrim, rtrim, chop, md5, nl2br, strrev, strtoupper, strtolower, my_strtoupper, my_strtolower, alt_trow, get_friendly_size, filesize, strlen, my_strlen, my_wordwrap, random_str, unicode_chr, bin2hex, str_rot13, str_shuffle, strip_tags, ucfirst, ucwords, basename, dirname, unhtmlentities

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

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[enmanuel99]

Hi all, sorry for my english, I speak spanish.. I want to do some like this in the menu of header template:

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<div class="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="index.php" <?php if ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == '/index.php') { ?>class="active"<?php }?>>Foro</a></li> <li><a href="pagina2" <?php if ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == '/portal.php') { ?>class="active"<?php } ?>>{$lang->toplinks_portal}</a></li> <li><a href="pagina3.php" <?php if ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == '/private.php') { ?>class="active"<?php } ?>>Mensajes</a></li> </ul> </div>

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I try to put the part of the conditional so, but it not work

PHP Code:

<?php<if $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == '/portal.php' then> ?>class="active"<?php </if>?>

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How should be placed?
Help me please

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Remove the "<?php" and "?>" parts in the second piece of code above.

[Lilly]

Is there a way to allow php scripts to be ran in only one template only?

..for this plugin, upon activation, how does it allow php to be run in all templates?

And can we use the same method to only allow php to be run in one template only?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(10-07-2012 03:18 AM)Lilly Wrote:  Is there a way to allow php scripts to be ran in only one template only?

What's the point in doing that?

[Sama34]

Probably the same as here.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

If so, I fail to understand the "obvious reason".
I might guess that the person thinks it increases security or something?  It most certainly doesn't.

[someoneee]

Hello,I am using 1.9 version of this plugin,as I can see there is a change here like <if , <elseif , </func> etc.
And on 1.9 I use simple PHP syntax,if I will upgrade will I have to manually find my php codes and change them?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

I don't believe so.

[Seabody]

PHP in Templates randomly started throwing this error at me.

   

The most recent thing I did was add this code to my header_welcomeblock_moderator template:

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<?php require_once("inc/functions_indicators.php"); $staff_unread = fetch_unread_count(16); $contus_unread = fetch_unread_count(24); $unreadmod = $staff_unread + $contus_unread; ?>

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Though I fail to see how that could cause this issue, especially since I deleted it afterwards. The issue vanishes when PHP in Templates is deactivated, however doing so causes my index page to be blank.