put an "include" call in template file ?

[MiF]

Is banners.dat getting loaded? Make sure banners.dat is in the right place with right permissions.

Does the file contain blank lines?

Another change I would make, not related to the problem:

$select=count($banners) > 1 ? rand(0, count($banners)-1) : 0; 

[Grandmaster]

Yeah, banners.dat works, becuase i tested it on a page not on vb.

[MiF]

What about the code that uses $fullbutton? What is the HTML result of that?

[Grandmaster]

It wouldnt show up, it was black, the "&fullbutton" was like i added nothing at all.

[MiF]

Try this, add

global $fullbutton; 

Right before this line

$fullbutton = "<a href=\"$banner[1]\" target=\"_new\"><img src=\"$banner[0]\" border=\"0\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\"></a>" 

Then, in the footer template, use
$GLOBALS['fullbutton'] or $GLOBALS[fullbutton]

[Grandmaster]

This is the code as it is last:

<?

srand((double)microtime()*1000000); 
$banners="banners.dat";
$banners=file($banners);
$select=rand(0, count($banners)-1);
$banner=explode("|", $banners[$select]);
echo "<a href=\"$banner[1]\" target=_new><img src=\"$banner[0]\" border=0 width=88 height=31></a>";

?>

Now im guessing you want me to change echo to $fullbutton =

And with that, the new code should look like:

<?

srand((double)microtime()*1000000); 
$banners="banners.dat";
$banners=file($banners);
$select=rand(0, count($banners)-1);
$banner=explode("|", $banners[$select]);
global $fullbutton;
$fullbutton = "<a href=\"$banner[1]\" target=_new><img src=\"$banner[0]\" border=0 width=88 height=31></a>";

?>

...

[MiF]

Yes.

You should never echo anything from phpinclude unless you are buffering the output.

Anyway, try my last suggestion.

[Grandmaster]

Ok, I changed the code.

When I used $GLOBALS['fullbutton'] It gave me these errors:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/sites/site31/web/global.php(255) : eval()'d code on line 39

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/sites/site31/web/global.php(255) : eval()'d code:39) in /home/sites/site31/web/admin/functions.php on line 1459

When I changed it to $GLOBALS[fullbutton] without the quotes it didn't give me any errors, but nothing showed up. It didnt even add anything to the html when I viewed the source.

[wertis]

sorry,
there i can find phpinclude template?

[Steve Machol]

That template does not exist in vB 3.5. This is the vB2 forum.