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Old 03-01-2006, 07:23 PM
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Question What changes do I need to make to use a vBAdvanced module in GARS?

I am trying to adapt a vBAdvanced CMPS module for use in a GARS module block, without much luck. I've read through the vBAdvanced.com manual entry on integrating modules on other pages, but that's not exactly what I need.

The modules in question are vBAdvanced modules included with:

Links and Downloads Manager 2.1.3b2

...which also needs to be installed along with the vBAdvanced module.

The specific module I want to include as a GARS module is ldm_hot.php, which displays the most popular links in the Links and Downloads Manager directory.

This is the full code of ldm_hot.php, which is installed and works properly with vBAdvanced CMPS:

PHP Code:
<?php

require_once('./global.php');
require_once(
'includes/local_links_init.php');
require_once(
'includes/local_links_include.php');

$filter    = array("link.linkmoderate=0""linkhits>0");
$order    "linkhits DESC";

list (
$links$nhits$q) = get_links($filter$order"links_vbalinks");
$collapseobj_custom_ldm_hot $vbcollapse['collapseobj_custom_ldm_hot'];
$collapseimg_custom_ldm_hot $vbcollapse['collapseimg_custom_ldm_hot'];
eval(
'$home[$mods[\'modid\']][\'content\'] .= "' fetch_template('adv_portal_custom_ldm_hot') . '";');

?>
My attempts to get this working with GARS involve putting the main code within the sections of a GARS module template, changing the "require_once" paths to absolute server paths, adding the "require_once" sections to gars_ignition.php, and changing the eval template line to:

PHP Code:
eval('$output .="' fetch_template('adv_portal_custom_ldm_hot') . '";'); 
I have tried a number of variations and combinations, but I can't get past basic errors like:

"Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in global.php"
and
"undefined function $get_links()"

...even though I have the absolute paths set up to global.php and the $get_links() function is defined in the require_once 'local_links_include.php'.


Can anyone point me in the right direction with this? What fundamental changes to which GARS files do I need to make to get a module designed for vBAdvanced to work within a GARS module block?

Thanks for your help.
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Old 03-01-2006, 08:48 PM
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Looks like it isnt picking up the file with the get_links function.

Can you post your code in its entirety?
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Old 03-02-2006, 04:12 AM
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All the code is in the "links 2.1.3b2.zip" package at vb.org:

Links and Downloads Manager

The full code of the vBAdvanced module is in my first post above. The two files local_links_init.php and local_links_include.php are too large to paste into this post, so I have attached them.

The full mod needs to be installed for the module to work. I have it installed and running on my forum, and the vBAdvanced module is running in a vBAdvanced portal block. However, I don't really need this block on my portal, but I do hope to integrate and display links within a GARS module block.

Another option is to try to write a GARS only module to pull information directly from Links and Downloads Manager without any reference to the vBAdvanced module, but I haven't had a chance to try that route yet.

I thought it might be easier to start from the vBAdvanced module, but that may turn out to be the roundabout way to achive what I want.
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Old 03-04-2006, 06:08 AM
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Well, I went in a completely different direction. Now, I'm avoiding the vBAdvanced module and Links and Downloads Manager code entirely and trying to pull the data directly from the database into a module.

Unfortunately, I'm still getting errors. Could you please take a look at this and see what might be causing the following error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in offlinks.php on line 4

This is the module code in its' entirety.

PHP Code:
<?PHP
if ($stage == "display")
{
$offlinks=$db->query_read("SELECT linkid, catid
FROM local_linksltoc AS linksltoc
WHERE (catid = 4)
ORDER BY linkid DESC
LIMIT 5"
);

while(
$linksltoc $db->fetch_array($offlinks)) {

      
$offlinksdata=$db->query_read("SELECT linkname, linkdesc, linkurl
      FROM local_linkslink AS linkslink
      WHERE (linkid = " 
$linksltoc['linkid'] . ")");

      
$output .= $output "<tr><td><a href=\"" $linkslink['linkurl'] . "\">" $linkslink['linkname'] . "</a></td></tr>";
}
eval(
'$output.="' fetch_template('GARS_mod_container') . '";');
}    
?>
The tables I am trying to access are in the same database as GARS and vB, but without the same prefix:

Table: local_linksltoc
Fields: linkid, catid

Table: local_linkslink
Fields: linkname, linkdesc, linkurl

Do I have to make changes to GARS to be able to run queries on those two tables? Or perhaps I have a typo or some syntax errors?

Thanks again.
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Old 03-08-2006, 08:52 AM
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If thats a GARS module, change instances of $dbto $this->db
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