Get from addon module configuration

[rev]

Hi

 

I'm trying to understand how i can get a variable on clientarea page from my addon module configuration. I've seen in documentation that this is the way.

function my_custom_module_clientarea($vars) {

   $myvariable = $vars['myvariable'];

}	

While in my custom module i have the following:

function my_custom_mdoule_config() {
   $configarray = array(
   "name" => "My Module",
   "version" => "1.0",
   "author" => "My website",
   "description" => "Description",
   "language" => "english",
   "fields" => array(
       "myvariable" => array ("FriendlyName" => "myvariable", "Type" => "dropdown", "Options" => "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10", "Description" => "This is my variable"),
   ));
   return $configarray;
}

function my_custom_module_output($vars) {

   $myvariable = $vars['myvariable'];  

}

It is not working. What's the right way?

[laszlof]

the _output() function in an addon module is for output in the admin area, not the client area. Regardless of that, simply assigning a variable like that isnt going to pass the variable along to your smarty templates.

[rev]

Thank you.

 

I don't want to pass the variable to a tpl file. Setup > Addon Modules. I can customize my module from this page. For example i have 2 fields: width, height. I want to pass these variables to my_script.php in this way:

<img src=something.png width=".$configarray['width']." height=".$configarray['height'].">

[laszlof]

Add this to the top of the _output function, it will be help troubleshoot what variables are available:

 

print "<pre>";
var_dump($vars);
print "</pre>";

[rev]

Yep, i know. I can see all variables. I just need to pass these variables to a client area page.

[laszlof]

As I said before, the _output function is not for the client area. That function is for returning code to the addon module page within the admin.

[rev]

Then i'm forced to use a mysql table thank you anyway

[laszlof]

or write a hook in your addon module and use the ClientAreaPage hook. Then you can just return the smarty variables to the client area and use them on any page you want.

[leemason]

yes you have to access the db if you want to add it using a hook, but you use:

 

get_query_val

 

which is easy enough, search the docs for sql helpers that should get you started.

[laszlof]

http://docs.whmcs.com/SQL_Helper_Functions

 

get_query_val() is undocumented, but comes in handy if you only need to grab a single row/value. Saves you from having to call select_query() + mysql_fetch_array()/mysql_fetch_assoc()