Vairables help

[Imad]

Hi guys, some scripts out their have something like this:

 

$something = 'something';

 

Then call it in another file as {$something}

 

How does this work, does anyone know?

Thanks.

[BlueSkyIS]

do you have an example?

[wildteen88]

Unless the page you are wanting to use the variable is included in the file that the variable was defined in then you do this:

$myvar = 'some value';

include 'some_file.php';

 

<?php

echo $myvar;

?>

 

If its not then either set a cookie or use sessions.

[benphp]

More information needed. Code? Better explanation?

[Imad]

Head over to mybboard.net, if you use the software you'll notice that their template system uses these {$something} to call variables and or arrays from php files. Here's a sample from the template system:

 

			{$lang->copyright} © 2002-{$copy_year} <strong><a href="http://www.mybboard.com" target="_blank">MyBB Group</a></strong>
			<!-- End copyright -->
<br>
			{$lang->copyright} © 2006-{$copy_year} 

 

 

[wildteen88]

I am familiar with mybb.

 

myBB uses eval() to parse the variables from the templates stored in the database. The variables are defined from the mybb core system and other places such as the mybb settings file/table. Thier template system is rather complex.

[DarkWater]

Check out Smarty if you like.  It's a similar templating system that actually works quite well.  I use it sometimes, and it's very quick and rich in features.

[Imad]

Thanks for your input guys.

[DarkWater]

No problem.