Question(I think about arrays)

[Unholy Prayer]

Ok, I've seen in PHP programs such as PHPbb2 where they use I think arrays to use things like {SITE_NAME} instead of $sitename.  I keep seeing things like 'RANK_IMAGE' => $rank_image, and what not.  How do I do this?

[fert]

$array=array("key"=>"value","key2"=>"value2");

[Unholy Prayer]

Yeah, I didn't understand that at all.  You're going to have to explain that a bit for me.  Thanks.

[utexas_pjm]

It's an associateive array.  In java they inherit from the java.util.Dictionary class which is kind of a good way to think about them.  You have a key (think word) and a value think (definition).  This allows you you to do things like this:

 

<?php
$dictionary = array('bird' => 'Something that flies', 'dog' => 'something that barks');
echo $dictionary['dog'];
// prints: something that barks.
?>

 

Best,

 

Patrick

[Unholy Prayer]

Ok, So how do I get something like {SITE_NAME} to display a string that gets the site name from a database?  If my code is

 

$settings = mysql_query("select * from ubs_settings where id=1");

 

while($s=mysql_fetch_array($settings))

{

 

 

  $sitename=$s["sitename"];

  $slogan=$s["slogan"];

 

}

 

how would I make {SITE_NAME} to display $sitename?

 

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

From my understanding writing MODs for phpbb, you have to have the tpl files included, using a function.  I wrote a mod that will display the user's theme next to their post in viewtopic.php, I added this to the associative array:

 

'POSTER_THEME' => $poster_style,

 

Then, in the tpl file, I added this where I wanted the theme name to appear:

 

{postrow.POSTER_THEME}

 

postrow was the name of the array.  I don't know anything about how to associate the template file and the associative array, I'm sure other people here do though.

[Unholy Prayer]

I'm not writing a mod for PHPbb, but so far I have 'SITE_NAME' => $sitename,  as one of my things and I have {SITE_NAME} in one of my tpl files but it still displays {SITE_NAME} on the browser page.

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I know you weren't writing a mod, I was describing how I used this, and it just so happened to be when I was writing a mod.  sorry for the confusion.

[Unholy Prayer]

So how would I make {SITE_NAME} display the site's name if I were using this code:

    $variables = assign_block_vars('header', array(

      'SITE_NAME' => $sitename,
      'SLOGAN' => $slogan)

   );