Any quick way of getting $privcatids value externally?

[KW802]

I give up!

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I'm hitting my wall of PHP knowledge on this one.

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I'm doing a query in a external php module but how would I go about getting the results of what would normally be in $privcatids so that I can exclude the forums that the user wouldn't have permissions to? I've tried following the logic of index.php and I can follow the logic of the functions it's using in functions_gallery.php but it seems that no matter what I try $categorycache isn't set properly (I get an error when it tries to loop through $categorycache in fetch_category_perms).

Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin

So this is a totally external script and not using vBulletin at all?
It looks like your problem (as you said) is that you're not getting the categorycache. If it's completely external then you'll need to query the 'gallery_c_cache' from your datastore table (or if it is connected to vBulletin you can just add 'gallery_c_cache' to the $specialtemplates array before the call to global.php). Then you'll just need to unserialize the data with something like this:
$categorycache = unserialize($datastore['gallery_c_cache']);

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Brian

So this is a totally external script and not using vBulletin at all?

Sort of. I'm trying to do a quickie 'random image' module for CMPS doing the least amount of queries as possible (which is always the goal ) but I'm stumbling on the permissions.

Originally Posted by Brian

It looks like your problem (as you said) is that you're not getting the categorycache. If it's completely external then you'll need to query the 'gallery_c_cache' from your datastore table (or if it is connected to vBulletin you can just add 'gallery_c_cache' to the $specialtemplates array before the call to global.php). Then you'll just need to unserialize the data with something like this:
$categorycache = unserialize($datastore['gallery_c_cache']);

Off to more experimenting. Thanks.

Ahh... If it's for the CMPS then just add 'gallery_c_cache' to the $specialtemplates array in your global.php file (in the stuff that you added for the CMPS at the top). Then you should be able to just require the functions_gallery.php file in your module's file and use the fetch_private_categories() function, which will return a nice comma separated list of private categories for you.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Brian

Ahh... If it's for the CMPS then just add 'gallery_c_cache' to the $specialtemplates array in your global.php file (in the stuff that you added for the CMPS at the top). Then you should be able to just require the functions_gallery.php file in your module's file and use the fetch_private_categories() function, which will return a nice comma separated list of private categories for you.

I think the little light bulb isn't coming on for me today.

Warning: array_keys(): The first argument should be an array in /home/www/farpointstation/forums/includes/functions_gallery.php on line 269

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/www/farpointstation/forums/includes/functions_gallery.php on line 269

My {forums}/global.php file:

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.... and the top of my query:

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Any thoughts?

Sorry, I forgot to mention in that post that you'll still need to unserialize the info pulled from your datastore table.

$categorycache = unserialize($datastore['gallery_c_cache']);

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Brian

Sorry, I forgot to mention in that post that you'll still need to unserialize the info pulled from your datastore table.

$categorycache = unserialize($datastore['gallery_c_cache']);

I'm almost there.....

http://www.coolscifi.com/index.php?page=testing

Just have to figure out why some of the phrases aren't showing.

You either need to add 'adv_gallery' to your $phrasegroups array, or change those phrases in your template and hardcode them.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Brian

You either need to add 'adv_gallery' to your $phrasegroups array, or change those phrases in your template and hardcode them.

I don't like hard-coding so in the array it goes.

... and it works. <does the Happy Happy, Joy Joy dance>

I'll write it up before I go home to let the usual crew tear it apart. Looks like one file change, one template change, one new module, and one new template.