[RESOLVED] Template switches

[Reddaggerz]

Hello, everyone.

I'm somewhat of a backyard php programmer but I only went as far as Turbo Pascal in school, everything I'm learning now is just through seeing patterns while looking at code.

I am trying to make a template switch within another template switch and not having much luck. I'll post the code, if anyone can point out the problem I would appreciate it.

The problem is the switches will not display.

viewtopic.php

for($i = 0; $i < $total_posts; $i++)
{
	$poster_id = $postrow[$i]['user_id'];
	$poster = ( $poster_id == ANONYMOUS ) ? $lang['Guest'] : $postrow[$i]['username'];

$post_date = create_date($board_config['default_dateformat'], $postrow[$i]['post_time'], $board_config['board_timezone']);

$poster_posts = ( $postrow[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? $lang['Posts'] . ': ' . $postrow[$i]['user_posts'] : '';

$poster_from = ( $postrow[$i]['user_from'] && $postrow[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? $lang['Location'] . ': ' . $postrow[$i]['user_from'] : '';

$poster_joined = ( $postrow[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? $lang['Joined'] . ': ' . create_date($lang['DATE_FORMAT'], $postrow[$i]['user_regdate'], $board_config['board_timezone']) : '';

$poster_avatar = '';
if ( $postrow[$i]['user_avatar_type'] && $poster_id != ANONYMOUS && $postrow[$i]['user_allowavatar'] )
{
	switch( $postrow[$i]['user_avatar_type'] )
	{
		case USER_AVATAR_UPLOAD:
			$poster_avatar = ( $board_config['allow_avatar_upload'] ) ? '<img src="' . $board_config['avatar_path'] . '/' . $postrow[$i]['user_avatar'] . '" alt="" border="0" />' : '';
			break;
		case USER_AVATAR_REMOTE:
			$poster_avatar = ( $board_config['allow_avatar_remote'] ) ? '<img src="' . $postrow[$i]['user_avatar'] . '" alt="" border="0" />' : '';
			break;
		case USER_AVATAR_GALLERY:
			$poster_avatar = ( $board_config['allow_avatar_local'] ) ? '<img src="' . $board_config['avatar_gallery_path'] . '/' . $postrow[$i]['user_avatar'] . '" alt="" border="0" />' : '';
			break;
	}
}
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	if ( $postrow[$i]['urp'] = 0 )
	{
	$template->assign_vars('switch1', array());
	}
	else
	{
	$template->assign_vars('switch2', array());
	}
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viewtopic_body.tpl

<!-- BEGIN postrow -->
	<tr> 
		<td width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}"><span class="name"><a name="{postrow.U_POST_ID}"></a><a href="javascript:emoticon('[b]{postrow.POSTER_NAME}[/b], ')"><b>{postrow.POSTER_NAME}</b></a></span><br /><span class="postdetails"><strong>{postrow.CUSTOM_TITLE}</strong>{postrow.POSTER_RANK}<br />
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<!-- BEGIN switch1 -->
{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}<br />{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}
<!-- END switch1 -->

<!-- BEGIN switch2 -->
{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}<br />{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}
<!-- END switch2 -->
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Thanks in advance,
Red.

[thorpe]

hey mate, sorry cant help here, but it might help if you let someone know what template class your using.

[Reddaggerz]

Maybe this is what you are referring to (I hope 🙂 )

table class="forumline" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0">
	<tr align="right">
		<td class="catHead" colspan="2" height="28"><span class="nav"><a href="{U_VIEW_OLDER_TOPIC}" class="nav">{L_VIEW_PREVIOUS_TOPIC}</a> :: <a href="{U_VIEW_NEWER_TOPIC}" class="nav">{L_VIEW_NEXT_TOPIC}</a> &nbsp;</span></td>
	</tr>
	{POLL_DISPLAY} 
	<tr>
		<th class="thLeft" width="150" height="26" nowrap="nowrap">{L_AUTHOR}</th>
		<th class="thRight" nowrap="nowrap">{L_MESSAGE}</th>
	</tr>

<!-- BEGIN postrow -->

[thorpe]

no. this line here;

$template->assign_vars('switch1', array());

suggests that you have an instance of a class assigned to the $template variable. this class has a method called assign_vars(). can we see the line where you assign an instance to $template? should look something like;

$template = new whatevertheclassiscalled();

these classes are not part of php itself.... i was just trying to point out that you might want to mention what template class your using so that someone who has used the same class may be able to help.

i personally use my own class, and it doesnt have such a thing as a 'template switch'. so i dont know what your talking about. but someone who has used the same class may have a better idea.

[Reddaggerz]

Nevermind, I found an alternate solution.

if ( $postrow[$i]['urp'] == '1' ) 
{
$switchtemp = $rank_image;
$rank_image = $poster_avatar;
$poster_avatar = $switchtemp;  

} 

It's not exactly what I wanted, because I cannot control the <BR /> spaces in the template file this way, but oh well. 

Thanks anyway.  ;)