Calling external php files on sidebar [help!]

[TortillaBoy]

Hi,

I just started yesterday testing pivotx as an alternative to wp to use on databaseless hosting.

And I'm having a little trouble here, is it possible to use php include or $homepage = file_get_contents in order to call external .php files?

I'm using it with wp to make it easy and quick to edit blogroll links from my blogs and I wonder if I can use the same method with pivotx blogs.

I use this:

<?php
$homepage = file_get_contents('http://mydomain.com/links.php');
echo $homepage;
?>


Or in alternative:

<?php include('http://mydomain.com/links.php'); ?>


I just tried both editing Page>links and editing _sub_sidebar.html without any success ...

[Schop]

First make sure you set 'allow_php_in_templates' to '1' in advanced configuration (you may have to add the key).

Then, instead of the tags '<?php' and '?>' use the smarty tages [[php]] and [[/php]] around your code.

[TortillaBoy]

Thanks for the tip!

I't works fine as an entry but I can't figure out how to make it to the sidebar, I can't find a way to do it with a .php file or a simple vertical banner inside the sidebar, do I have to edit the template or there's any other way?

[Harm10]

I think you have to edit the template. But perhaps you can add a [[getpage]] or [[getentry]] there (see documentation http://book.pivotx.net/index.php?page=app-b and display its content ($page.introduction and so on) and put you changing php code in the page (or entry) you are pointing to? Also notice the [[include]] template tag.

[Schop]

Thanks for the tip!

I't works fine as an entry but I can't figure out how to make it to the sidebar, I can't find a way to do it with a .php file or a simple vertical banner inside the sidebar, do I have to edit the template or there's any other way?

Well yes, to display something on any page you'd have to edit the templates. the file you have to edit may vary with which theme you use and which position on the screen you want to put your code.

Thinking of this, it might actually be easier to write an extension for what you want to do, and then just use the [[ myextension ]] Smarty tag in your templates (assuming your extension is called 'myextension').

[TortillaBoy]

Once again thanks for the help.

Actually I'm doing it editing the template and it is working just fine!