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vBulletin Variables List
by veenuisthebest 20 May 2008
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vB variables list comes in handy now. Should be useful to all. Credits to http://www.vbulletinsetup.com

Site Statistics:-
  • $totalthreads - Displays the total number of threads in the forum
  • $totalposts - Displays total number of posts in the forum
  • $numbermembers - Display total number of members in the forum
  • $totalonline - Displays the number of total users currently online
  • $numberregistered - Displays the number of total registered users currently online
  • $numberguest - Displays the number of total guests currently online
  • $recordusers - Displays the number of most users ever online
  • $recorddate - Displays the date on which most users were ever online
  • $recordtime - Displays the time on which most users were ever online
  • $activeusers - Displays a list of currently active/online Users (i.e. logged in)
  • $activemembers - Displays the number of members who are active in the forum
  • $newusername - Displays the username of the newly registered user
  • $birthdays - Displays list of users whose birthday is today
  • $upcomingevents - Displays list of upcoming events

$BBuserinfo Array, this can show anything thats stored in the user table

  • $bbuserinfo[username] - Username
  • $bbuserinfo[userid] - User ID number
  • $bbuserinfo[posts] - Users postcount
  • $bbuserinfo[signature] - Users signature
  • $bbuserinfo[email] - User Email Address
  • $bbuserinfo[homepage] - Users homepage in profile
  • $bbuserinfo[msn] - Users MSN address from profile
  • $bbuserinfo[yahoo] - "" Yahoo ""
  • $bbuserinfo[icq] - "" ICQ ""
  • $bbuserinfo[usertitle] - Users custom usertitle

$VBoptions Array, these are the options stored in the settings table, i.e things that you configured from vbulletin AdminCP>>vbulletin Options.
  • $vboptions[forumactive] - Status of whether forum is turned on/off
  • $vboptions[bbclosedreason] - Reason why forum turned off
  • $vboptions[bbtitle] - Forum title
  • $vboptions[bburl] - Forum URL
  • $vboptions[hometitle] - Site homepage Title
  • $vboptions[homeurl] - Site homepage URL
  • $vboptions[copyrighttext] - Site copyright text
  • $vboptions[privacyurl] - URL to forum privacy statement
  • $vboptions[webmasteremail] - Webmaster email address
  • $vboptions[contactuslink] - contact us URL
  • $vboptiions[enablehooks] - Status of plugin/hook system
  • $vboptions[imagetype] - Determine if using GD or Imagemagick
  • $vboptions[timeoffset] - forum time offset
  • $vboptions[cookiepath] - forum cookie path
  • $vboptions[legacypostbit] - Determine if using legacy (side) postbit or new horizontal postbit
  • $vboptions[use_smtp] - If SMTP mail is enabled
  • $vboptions[smtp_host] - SMTP hostname
  • $vboptions[smtp_port] - SMTP port number
  • $vboptions[allowregistrations] - Determine if new users can register
  • $vboptions[welcomemail] - Determine if welcome mail is sent on registration
  • $vboptions[avatarenabled] - Check if avatars are enabled
  • $vboptions[reputationenable] - Check if reputation system is enabled
$stylevar Array, this contains all the paths to forum images and other style variables that are editable in the Styles and templates >> Stylevars
  • $stylevar[titleimage] - Path/filename for top banner
  • $stylevar[outertablewidth] - The width of your forum
  • $stylevar[spacersize] - Spacing betwen main body and content
  • $stylevar[cellspacing] - Inner border width
  • $stylevar[cellpadding] Table cell padding
  • $stylevar[formwidth] - Form width in pixels
  • $stylevar[imgdir_buton] - Path for forum buttons
  • $stylevar[imgdir_statusicon] - Path for status icons
  • $stylevar[imgdir_attach] - Path for attachment icons

$css array, this is where all the CSS attributed can be located
  • $css variables[body][background] - Body background colour
  • $css[body][color] - Body text colour
  • $css[body][LINK_N][color] - Body normal links
  • $css[body][LINK_V][color] - Body visited links
  • $css[body][LINK_M][color] - Body link hover colour
  • $css[.page][background] - Page background colour
  • $css[.page][color] - Page text colour
  • $css[.tborder][background] - Table border background colour
  • $css[.tborder][color] - Table border font colour
  • $css[.tcat][background] - Category strip background/colour
  • $css[.tcat][color] - Category strip font colour
  • $css[.thead][background] - Table header background gradient/colour
  • $css[.thead][color] - Table header background colour
  • $css[.tfoot][background] - Table footer background colour/gradient
  • $css[.tfoot][color] - Table footer text colour

Ad Location Template variables:-
  • $ad_location[ad_footer_end] - Displays content of ad_footer_end template
  • $ad_location[ad_footer_start] - Displays content of ad_footer_start template
  • $ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads] - Displays content of ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads template
  • $ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterforums] - Displays content of ad_forumdisplay_afterforums template
  • $ad_location[ad_header_logo] - Displays content of ad_header_logo template
  • $ad_location[ad_header_end] - Displays content of ad_header_end template
  • $ad_location[ad_navbar_below] - Displays content of ad_navbar_below template
  • $ad_location[ad_showthread_beforeqr] - Displays content of ad_showthread_beforeqr template
  • $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost] - Displays content of ad_showthread_firstpost template


Miscellenous:-

  • $notices - Used to display notices (for 3.7 onwards)
  • $notifications_total - Used to display total number of unread notifications (for 3.7 onwards)

Source: http://tech6.com/f51/vbulletin-variables-list-t123/

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