[support] Inserting php block snippet into a standard node

[Laura Scott]

Maybe I'm missing something in your question, but "return" is going  
to end reading of the file. If you want stuff after it, try print or  
echo.

Laura

On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Neil: esl-lounge.com wrote:

> I'm getting exactly the same problem with that code too. Getting the
> information to show (in this case, just a simple e-mail address) is  
> not the
> problem. I got that bit working with my original code. The problem  
> is that
> the content stops at the point in the page where I post the php  
> snippet.
> Everything before it shows and nothing after it.
>
> Why would that be? It's in standard php tags and the input format  
> is php
> too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Flatt" <drupal at oadaeh.net>
> To: <support at drupal.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [support] Inserting php block snippet into a standard  
> node
>
>
>> On Friday May 4 2007 3:30 am, Neil: esl-lounge.com wrote:
>>> I am creating a dynamic newsletter using the simplenews module  
>>> and php
>>> block snippets. I've got the overall mechanics working well.
>>>
>>> I create the newsletter, say /newsletter/05-may-07 which has  
>>> standard
>>> header and footer text which goes out to every person. Then my  
>>> idea is to
>>> insert location-based content into it so that Jane from Texas  
>>> sees "Last
>>> five members from Texas", "Last five posts from Houston", "Five  
>>> members
>>> who
>>> go to your school" and so on. Chris from London would see different
>>> content.
>>>
>>> The problem I've hit though is that when I insert the block  
>>> snippet into
>>> the node, choose PHP as input format and press "Submit", none of the
>>> content below the snippet shows. Here is my snippet:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> global $user;
>>> $result=db_query("SELECT dru_users.uid, dru_users.init FROM  
>>> dru_users
>>> WHERE
>>> (dru_users.uid = $user->uid)"); while ($u = db_fetch_object 
>>> ($result)) {
>>> $items[]=l($u->init, "user/" . $u->uid);
>>> }
>>> return theme('item_list',$items);
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> This is just a test snippet to test the concept....in a block, it  
>>> shows
>>> the
>>> current user's e-mail address. It also does this in a node, but  
>>> as I say,
>>> the rest of the content below this code doesn't come through.
>>>
>>> Any idea what the problem is?
>>
>> Try it this way:
>>
>> <?php
>>  global $user;
>>  $result=db_query("SELECT uid, init FROM dru_users WHERE  
>> dru_users.uid =
>> %s",
>> $user->uid);
>>
>>  while ($u = db_fetch_object($result)) {
>>    $items[]=l($u->init, "user/" . $u->uid);
>>  }
>>
>>  return theme('item_list',$items);
>> ?>
>>
>> I'm assuming your database tables have a prefix, thus the "dru_"  
>> before
>> the "users" in the table name.
>>
>> BTW, sorry about the other post. I meant to close it and sent it  
>> instead.
>>
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