Topic: Tabbed Content - Blocks in Block

[FireDitto]

:/

The problem is, I don't know the bare basics of PHP at all. I've been playing with the code, but I honestly don't know how to change it or edit it to do... whatever it is you just said haha XD

I'll keep playing, but yeah. I know nothing xD

[AngelinaBelle]

If you keep playing, you will probably learn something

Like I said -- take it one step at a time.  If you can
1) create php block 121 that works ( and then set block 121 inactive).
2) create another php block that just has the code I posted in http://simpleportal.net/index.php?topic=13176.msg65306#msg65306, then you will have made a good start on the whole thing.

Maybe Tarista will be interested in this, as well.

[FireDitto]

Yeah... I can't get it to work.

[AngelinaBelle]

replace 64 with the number that is for the block you already saved -- the one that is already working.

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$myBlock = 64;
$block_info = getBlockInfo(,$myBlock);
$parameters = $block_info['parameters'];
sp_php($parameters,0);


[FireDitto]

Okay; did and tried and that code doesn't work for me either - by itself or built into any other kind of code.

I'm not a coder. I don't know how to build code, and I'm growing increasingly frustrated and upset with the half-given answers. I am not able to do this and I would really appreciate it if someone could lay out how to put a block together in simple step-by-step instructions to create a block that will function as desired. Please.

[AngelinaBelle]

FireDitto,

I can certainly understand that you are not interested in learning to code for your site.
Unfortunately, I do not have the time to come to your site and develop this custom code for you.

If you can find a good php coder willing to help, this little project should go pretty quickly, especially if the coder has a little familiarity with SMF.

Good luck to you with this project and everything else!

[FireDitto]

I'm not asking anyone to come to my site, and I'm certainly not so stupid as to be incapable of inserting the right numbers in order to pull the correct blocks.

I hardly see how what I'm asking for is any different than what has already been asked for or offered by other people on the site, and it certainly doesn't need anyone to come to my site. All I want is the below block to call up custom PHP blocks.

Code: [Select]

global $txt;

$txt['recent_topics'] = 'Recent Topics';
$txt['recent_posts'] = 'Recent Posts';

$buttons = array(
   'recent_topics' => array(
      'text' => 'recent_topics',
      'image' => '',
      'lang' => true,
      'url' => '#recent_topics" id="b_rt" onclick="change_display(\'rp\'); return false;',
      'active' => true,
   ),
   'recent_posts' => array(
      'text' => 'recent_posts',
      'image' => '',
      'lang' => true,
      'url' => '#recent_posts" id="b_rp" onclick="change_display(\'rt\'); return false;',
   ),
);

echo '
<div style="overflow: auto;">
   ', template_button_strip($buttons), '
</div>
<div id="recent_topics">
   ', sp_recent(array('type' => 1, 'display' => 1), 0), '
</div>
<div id="recent_posts" style="display: none;">
   ', sp_recent(array('display' => 1), 0), '
</div>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
   function change_display(block)
   {
      var current = block == \'rt\' ? 1 : 0;

      document.getElementById(\'recent_topics\').style.display = current ? \'none\' : \'\';
      document.getElementById(\'recent_posts\').style.display = current ? \'\' : \'none\';
      document.getElementById(\'b_rt\').className = current ? \'button_strip_recent_topics\' : \'button_strip_recent_topics active\';
      document.getElementById(\'b_rp\').className = current ? \'button_strip_recent_posts active\' : \'button_strip_recent_posts\';
   }
// ]]></script>';

[AngelinaBelle]

Sure, Fireditto.

Where you are calling "sp_recent", just call "sp_php" instead.  And use the code I gave you to get the parameter of the custom php block you already have working.

I am sorry I do not have the time to write and test some more code for you, on your site or on my own site.
Good Luck!

[FireDitto]

Pretty sure if it were that easy for me, I would have figured it out about a page and a half ago. Don't you think I would have tried that before asking for help? Like I said; I'm not stupid. I got the gist of the rules and I've been experimenting. My issue is that I am not knowledgeable enough to turn your whispy half-arsed replies into what I want.

I appreciate your trying to help. But to avoid further frustration, if you're not going to actually help I'd appreciate if you didn't bother; I am incredibly frustrated and feel like the past several days have been entirely wasted in regards to getting the code I want. I've stated several times, I am not a coder so giving me three or four lines and going "Try this!" doesn't help me, especially when you haven't even tested it yourself. I need to know more than that (like where it goes), and it helps if you know what you're talking about, too, which frankly, I'm doubting you do.

[[SiNaN]]

Ouch! That hurts. I'd rather you didn't say that to someone trying to help you. I can assure you that she is trying to help you as best as she can. I'll overlook this one as you seem to be really frustrated but I may not be as nice if this happens again.

As for your question, I had an updated Blocks in Blocks code here:

http://simpleportal.net/index.php?topic=5332.msg37841#msg37841

Basically, this is the code you need:

Code: [Select]

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => '$some_var = "sinan"; $some_other_var = "test"; echo $some_var . $some_other_var;'),
),
);

global $txt;

$button_list = array();
foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
$txt['sp_bib_label_' . $id] = $block['label'];

$button_list[] = array(
'text' => 'sp_bib_label_' . $id,
'image' => '',
'lang' => true,
'url' => '#sp_bib_' . $id . '" id="sp_bib_button_' . $id . '" onclick="sp_bib_change(' . $id . '); return false;',
);
}

$button_list[0]['active'] = true;

echo '
<div style="overflow: auto;">
', template_button_strip($button_list), '
</div>';

foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
echo '
<div id="sp_bib_', $id, '"', $id != 0 ? ' style="display: none;"' : '', '>';

$block['type']($block['parameters'], 0);

echo '
</div>';
}

echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
function sp_bib_change(id)
{
for (var i = 0; i < ', count($blocks), '; i++)
{
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_\' + i).style.display = i == id ? \'\' : \'none\';
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_button_\' + i).className = \'button_strip_\' + i + (i == id ? \' active\' : \'\');
}
}
// ]]></script>';
What you need to do is to extend the $blocks array. Here's the structure:

Code: [Select]

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 1', // title
'type' => 'sp_php', // type
'parameters' => array('content' => '$some_var = "sinan"; $some_other_var = "test"; echo $some_var . $some_other_var;'), // parameters
),
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 2', // title
'type' => 'sp_php', // type
'parameters' => array('content' => '$some_var = "sinan"; $some_other_var = "test"; echo $some_var . $some_other_var;'), // parameters
),
);
To make it easier, you can use the following code in a Custom PHP Block:

Code: [Select]

global $sourcedir;

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 1',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/spcustomblock1.php')),
),
);

global $txt;

$button_list = array();
foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
$txt['sp_bib_label_' . $id] = $block['label'];

$button_list[] = array(
'text' => 'sp_bib_label_' . $id,
'image' => '',
'lang' => true,
'url' => '#sp_bib_' . $id . '" id="sp_bib_button_' . $id . '" onclick="sp_bib_change(' . $id . '); return false;',
);
}

$button_list[0]['active'] = true;

echo '
<div style="overflow: auto;">
', template_button_strip($button_list), '
</div>';

foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
echo '
<div id="sp_bib_', $id, '"', $id != 0 ? ' style="display: none;"' : '', '>';

$block['type']($block['parameters'], 0);

echo '
</div>';
}

echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
function sp_bib_change(id)
{
for (var i = 0; i < ', count($blocks), '; i++)
{
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_\' + i).style.display = i == id ? \'\' : \'none\';
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_button_\' + i).className = \'button_strip_\' + i + (i == id ? \' active\' : \'\');
}
}
// ]]></script>';
Then just create a file with the name spcustomblock1.php in ./Sources directory and put the PHP code you want for that block in that file.

If you want to add more PHP blocks, here's how you can extend $blocks array:

Code: [Select]

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 1',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/spcustomblock1.php')),
),
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 2',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/spcustomblock2.php')),
),
);
Then just create spcustomblock2.php file and put the PHP code in that file.

If you wanted to add Recent Topics block as well, you'd change $blocks array to the following:

Code: [Select]

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 1',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/spcustomblock1.php')),
),
array(
'label' => 'My Custom Block 2',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/spcustomblock2.php')),
),
array(
'label' => 'Recent Topics',
'type' => 'sp_recent',
'parameters' => array('type' => 1, 'display' => 1),
),
);

[qwert321]

I have been following this post as I also wanted to use the tabbed block with my own custom blocks.

I am good at manipulating already written code but not good at from scratch type of thing.

Anyhow I used your code from above Sinan and had a few issues but nothing major.

I could not get the source php files to load with the $sourcedir then noticed it was not loaded using global(at least I believe global is a means to load)

Then I kept getting an error" unexpected < " traced that down to making sure the<?php and ?> were not in the php files I was trying to load the content in.

I am not posting to say hey you missed this and that but to help out FireDitto as he/she seems to be at my level of understanding how to code.

Thanks for the help as I never would have been able to figure it out either, now I have so many more options available to customize my site.

FireDitto copy the code below and it will give you 3 tabs you can customize by changing the labels and source files you put in the source directory.

just remeber NO </php and ?> in the files you put in the source directory.

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global  $sourcedir;

$blocks = array(
array(
'label' => 'Up Coming Events!',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/article_block2.php')),
),
array(
'label' => 'News!',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/article_block3.php')),
),
array(
'label' => 'Meetings!',
'type' => 'sp_php',
'parameters' => array('content' => file_get_contents($sourcedir . '/article_block.php')),
),
);

global $txt;

$button_list = array();
foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
$txt['sp_bib_label_' . $id] = $block['label'];

$button_list[] = array(
'text' => 'sp_bib_label_' . $id,
'image' => '',
'lang' => true,
'url' => '#sp_bib_' . $id . '" id="sp_bib_button_' . $id . '" onclick="sp_bib_change(' . $id . '); return false;',
);
}

$button_list[0]['active'] = true;

echo '
<div style="overflow: auto;">
', template_button_strip($button_list), '
</div>';

foreach ($blocks as $id => $block)
{
echo '
<div id="sp_bib_', $id, '"', $id != 0 ? ' style="display: none;"' : '', '>';

$block['type']($block['parameters'], 0);

echo '
</div>';
}

echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
function sp_bib_change(id)
{
for (var i = 0; i < ', count($blocks), '; i++)
{
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_\' + i).style.display = i == id ? \'\' : \'none\';
document.getElementById(\'sp_bib_button_\' + i).className = \'button_strip_\' + i + (i == id ? \' active\' : \'\');
}
}
// ]]></script>'; /code]

[[SiNaN]]

I could not get the source php files to load with the $sourcedir then noticed it was not loaded using global(at least I believe global is a means to load)

The original code does not have it and you don't need it unless you want to fetch the code from a file. It's there though in the 3rd code block of my last post which I suggested as an easier alternative.

Then I kept getting an error" unexpected < " traced that down to making sure the<?php and ?> were not in the php files I was trying to load the content in.

The code is there to handle cases both where you have the PHP open/close tags and you don't. In my tests, I had the PHP open tag. Can you attach the file that gives the error here so I can use it to debug and see where the code fails?

Thanks for the help as I never would have been able to figure it out either, now I have so many more options available to customize my site.

You're welcome.

[FireDitto]

Thank you very much, Sinan; it works wonderfully and I really appreciate your help.

[qwert321]

The code is there to handle cases both where you have the PHP open/close tags and you don't. In my tests, I had the PHP open tag. Can you attach the file that gives the error here so I can use it to debug and see where the code fails?

Funny thing I put the tags back in the file so i could attach it for you to debug and tried it again before i was going to post it and i no longer get the error.

Sorry I missed the file you had put the $global $sourcedir in

but like I said not posting to offend anyone I wish i could do this stuff from scratch.

[[SiNaN]]

You're both welcome!

And it's okay. I just wanted to make sure that there isn't anything I'm missing.