Global Content Block inside a User-Defined Tag

[BigFishPhilip]

Hello all,

I'm trying to use Global Content Blocks to only contain content, to make it easier on my client.  I'm then using the User-Defined Tags to store both PHP and HTML, by closing php and re-opening... "?><?". 

It's mostly working well, but I'd like to be able include a Global Content Block INSIDE my UDT.  This way, my client could update the text, without having all the PHP/HTML in the way, and I can reuse the UDT around the site.  When I put {global_content name='test'} in the UDT, it outputs that exactly, instead of the content.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Philip Light

[calguy1000]

lib/classes/class.globalcontentoperations.php

[BigFishPhilip]

Thanks Calguy,

Not sure I understand though.  Am I on the right path trying to call this from the UDT...

echo $this-> LoadHtmlBlobByName('estimate_request_content');

Thanks as always,
Philip

[calguy1000]

Well it's the right method.... but in a UDT there is no class.... so you'll have to load the globalcontentoperations object from the $gCms object..... take a look in class.global.inc.php.

[BigFishPhilip]

This is a bit bit over my php-head...lol.  Something like?...

global $gCms;
$gc = GlobalContentOperations::LoadHtmlBlobByName('estimate_form_content');
echo $gc->content;

[calguy1000]

I think that's close..... but you need to load the contenblock operations method.... and without looking up the syntax (you'll see the exact function names in the class.globa.inc.php and class.globalcontentoperations.inc.php

it'd be something like:

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global $gCms
$gcbops =& $gCms->GetContentBlockOperations();
$obj =& $gcbops->LoadHtmlBlobByName($name);
return $obj->content;

[BigFishPhilip]

Beauty!  It was...

global $gCms;
$gcbops=&$gCms->GetGlobalContentOperations();
$obj=&$gcbops->LoadHtmlBlobByName("test");
return $obj->content;

...and it worked a charm!

Thanks Calguy!

[calguy1000]

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day..... yada yada yada