PHP Code within templates? How?

[cditty]

I am trying to execute some php code within the fivelinks template, but when I add the code, it shows up in the source. If I leave for the < > tags, then it shows on the page.

How can I get the php code to parse there?

Thanks

CDitty

[tubedogg]

you can't parse code from the templates.

[cditty]

Bummer.

Any idea then on how I can get my parsed code into that spot?

[Freddie Bingham]

Put it in the phpinclude template and then reference the variables from your other templates. Any code your put in phpinclude will be executed on every page so make sure it isn't resource intensive.

[cditty]

Can you be a little more specific? A quick search doesn't find any phpinclude template.

[Freddie Bingham]

phpinclude is only in version 2.0

[cditty]

I was afraid of that. Any other suggestions?

[Wayne Luke]

Put your code into global.php and then reference the variables as needed.

[cditty]

This won't work either. If I can't parse php code within the templates, putting the code I need parse in the global.php file only executes it. I still can't reference it from the template files.

Correct?

[Wayne Luke]

If you stick the parsed code into variables you can reference it anywhere. That is what all the $words in the templates are... PHP Variables.

[cditty]

I know what variables are.

I tried your suggestion and the code appears at the top of the page and not in the template.

[Mike Sullivan]

I'm guessing you're printing your code out directly, so we can only help you if you show us what you're trying to do.

[cditty]

Not really much to show. Just trying to put an ad banner on the fivelinks template.

Using WebAdverts for banner script and calling it with virtual("/cgi-local/ad_site.pl")

Don't know what else to say.

[Mike Sullivan]

virtual() outputs directly. You need to put it into a variable.

One way is to do this (PHP4 only):

ob_start();
virtual("/cgi-local/ad_site.pl");
$var = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

You can then reference $var.

[cditty]

Just tried that and it still spits it out at the top of the page. Before it gets to the variable.