Problem with custom page at indexu (global)

[Warz]

Hi,

I tried creating a new page in indexu to implement a forum script. The page is on following format: http://domain.com/page.php?id=forum

Then I have placed that forum file under themes/kosmos/ as forum.html.
Everything fine so far right, the file forum.html looks like this:

<%include file="header.html"
    title="site.com"
    meta_keywords=""
    meta_description=""
%>
<div id="container">
    
  <div id="main">
    
   <%$hook_html_custom_page_template_begin%>
    
        <%php%>include "./forum/index.php"; <%/php%>
    
    <%$hook_html_custom_page_template_end%> 

  </div>
</div>

<%include file="footer.html"%>

It loads and works fine except from one thing...

Take a look at this function:

$a = 1;
$b = 2;

function Sum()
{
   global $a, $b;
   $sum = $a + $b;
   return $sum;
}

$sum = Sum();

It's supposed to return 3, however when I access the page via http://domain.com/page.php?id=forum instead of http://domain.com/forum/index.php it returns 0. This happens because the script doesn't take note of the "global". In other words: "global $a" equals 0, when it's supposed to be 1 and "global $b" equals 0 when it's supposed to be 2.

Anyone know what this could be?

[Gus]

When you type : http://domain.com/forum/index.php,
maybe I'm wrong, but I guess that you go directly to your forum page and do not use any IndexU function. Therefore you get the result you were expecting.

When you type : http://domain.com/page.php?id=forum,
you use IndexU page.php + all its includes, so if there are a $a and a $b in IndexU code, there probably will be some code collisions (maybe other kinds of code collisions are possible, I do not know).

Why not use .htaccess to send any visitor to the 1rst address (as it is able to add 2 numbers ) renamed as http://domain.com/forum/ ? This would solve your issue with a very friendly URL.

[Warz]

Hello,

First of all, there are no collisions between variable names, I have tried using random variable names like "$hwhadhiaww" and that didn't make any difference.

Secondly, yes... when they go http://domain.com/forum/ there are no indexu functions...

Why not use .htaccess to send any visitor to the 1rst address (as it is able to add 2 numbers ) renamed as http://domain.com/forum/ ? This would solve your issue with a very friendly URL.

The thing is I want to keep my indexu design, and if I just send user directly to the script I lose my template design and I dont' want that.

[FSGDAG]

Warz...

What forum script are you using? If you can create custom headers / footers in the forum, you could easily give the same look and feel to the forum as IndexU. With a little html work, it would look seamless and no one would know the difference

[Warz]

I have created the forum myself (for another script, but decided to transfer it to indexu) and I guess your right... but was just hoping for a better and more integrated solution though, since recreating the templates means making two updates for every change.