well, its me again, with some more questions about templates

now, i just wonder, if i have an array with 1 or more rows of data, which is the best way to print it on a template?

well, for being more clear, lets suppose im reading seveal data from a table, and im getting an array with all the data, like userid, user favorite url, user fav coulor and stuff, on plain php, i would use a while to print this, using the data on the array, something like

and go on, taking out all my data, using the properly <table> tags and derivates to give it a shape, but, what if i wanted to do this on a template? how can i print this on a template?

You'll have to use the so called "bits". Here's a real simple example:

Note the change from $isdata to $isdatas.
In the while function you'll have to use $isdata[something], and it will show the [something] field of the row its parsing at that time.

The isdatalistbit template would look kinda like this:
And it will output the above template with different information for every row X amount of times, where X is the number of rows.

Than below the ending of the condition you'll have to call for the "shell" template, where you must put:

Ofcourse, for the sake of clarity I only included a very, very basic "bit". A good way to study bits is to open up the postbit template and the showthread.php file of 3.0.x, thats how I learned most of it ;).

Hope this helps! If you have any other questions or questions about this post, don't hesitate to ask ;).

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0k, thank you for your answer, now, if i want to include $isdatabits inside the main template named MAIN_DATA

do i have to to put the "isdatabits" on the $globaltemplates = array( ) option in the php file? or i need to also put it somewhere else?

Nope, if you were to include that in a template your code would look a little like this:

And you'd have to include the "isdatalistbit" in your $actiontemplates() array, else it would take up an extra query.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by include in the template though, you mean display the information, right?

well, what i mean is

i have MAIN_DATA as the main template for the program, the template showed up when i get into www.myforum.com/board/main.php, in other words, when i access the php im codding, MAIN_DATA is the main template used, so, i want to show $isdatalistbit when MAIN_DATA is displayed on the browser

Right, than the above code will do.

Btw, you can also replace
with

sothat the code becomes:

That however hard codes your "bit" (which is a bad thing), but it might help you understand a bit better how the bits work.

the replacwmwnt you're suggesting, im supposed to then have something like this?

and use $isdata $isdata2 $isdata3 and such on the main template? or i just need to use the same variable $isdata with all the array data?

That's nearly right ;).

This is the code you need:

Say you have 2 users in your user table. One is called "Matt", with the userid "1". His fav_url is set to "http://www.vbhackers.com", and his fav_coulor is set to "red".
Then there's "Tedd", he's got the userid "2". His fav_url is set to "http://www.flosoft.biz", and his fav_coulor is set to "Blue". With this information the above could would output:

If there would be a third user with userid 3, a fav_url of "http://www.vbulletin.org" and a fav_coulor of Pink it'd be the following:
As you can see, it's not very clear but it should do as an example. Once you understand that concept you can move onto using templates, allowing you to add more complex features like an html comment (<!-- -->), which is useful for debugging.

A vital element of this method which you must understand is the ".=". This is very different from the "=", as ".=" basicly adds to the value. It's quite hard to explain, but I guess you understand from the above code.

If you don't understand something, or have something else you'd like to ask please do post it.. we're here to help ;).

EDIT: Oh, and, with the above code you'd simply need to add "$isdatabits" to the template in order to output the above code.

guy, you're a genius!

this worked for me quet good

that one about the ".=" thing is something new for me, is php standar? or is something into vbulletin own codding?

Hehe, thank you and no problem .

".=" is indeed a default PHP feature. I'm not sure in which PHP version this was introduced, as I've used it for as long as I can remember. ;)