Insert HTML or (pre-processed!) PHP file above specific forum
Mod Version: 1.00, by Spinball
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| vB Version: 3.0.3 | Rating:  (1 vote - 5.00 average) |
Installs: 24 |
| Released: 03 Aug 2004 | Last Update: Never | Downloads: 33 |
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This is a very simple but very powerful hack for VB 3 which I've not been able to find elsewhere so decided to write.
It inserts a named external file (or files) above a specific forum (or forums). I use it to insert some HTML from HTML AND PHP (!) files above specific forums.
It works perfectly on my forums with over 28,000 members.
It requires editing one file and one template.
The amazing thing I discovered is that if the php function used (file_get_contents) is used on a php file, the php is processed BEFORE the file contents are read into the string.
The first attached image shows this hack 'including' a php file which dynamically builds a list from a database on a different server into a drop-down list box.
The second image shows the inclusion of a banner and beneath it a HTML file showing latest news (which is created automatically).
* Updated August 7 2004. Altered the text file to include instructions on how to insert the file at the top of your forum list *.
Please note that the forum list instructions are untested. If someone uses it, please let me know if it works ok.
One question, though. This hack is so simple but so powerful, howcome nobody has done it before? Or have they already?
It inserts a named external file (or files) above a specific forum (or forums). I use it to insert some HTML from HTML AND PHP (!) files above specific forums.
It works perfectly on my forums with over 28,000 members.
It requires editing one file and one template.
The amazing thing I discovered is that if the php function used (file_get_contents) is used on a php file, the php is processed BEFORE the file contents are read into the string.
The first attached image shows this hack 'including' a php file which dynamically builds a list from a database on a different server into a drop-down list box.
The second image shows the inclusion of a banner and beneath it a HTML file showing latest news (which is created automatically).
* Updated August 7 2004. Altered the text file to include instructions on how to insert the file at the top of your forum list *.
Please note that the forum list instructions are untested. If someone uses it, please let me know if it works ok.
One question, though. This hack is so simple but so powerful, howcome nobody has done it before? Or have they already?
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