Print the Facebook Like Button variable in node.tpl.php [#1205254]

If you are printing your variables in a customized node.tpl.php, for example like this <?php print $node->content['body']['#value'] ?> in stead of with <?php print $content ?>, you can use this to output the Facebook Like Button:
<?php print $node->content['fblikebutton_button']['#value'] ?>

Perhaps it could go into the documentation, with a note that you need to visit the permissions page to let anonymous users access the FB Like button?

Comment	File	Size	Author
#6	print_button_node_tpl_php-1205254-6.patch	1.17 KB	sheldon rampton

Comments

Comment #1

kingswoodute commented 5 October 2011 at 04:36

Version:

6.x-1.6

» 7.x-1.2

Hi,

When using this code: print $node->content['fblikebutton_button']['#value']

On a custom node.tpl.php file I get the following error;

Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$content in include()

I get the same problem when I'm trying to use TweetMeeme. Has there been a change in syntax or am I missing something ridiculously obvious?

Thanks so much for your help.

Comment #2

ressa

he/him

commented 5 October 2011 at 08:10

Drupal 7 is probably doing things a little differently, I am still using D6.
Perhaps this can get you started? http://drupal.org/node/1028858

Comment #3

kingswoodute commented 6 October 2011 at 05:31

Thanks so much for your help,

I suspected it may be a change between 6 and 7 that was the issue.

I'll try what they suggest and if I find the answer I'll post it.

Thanks again.

Comment #4

kingswoodute commented 6 October 2011 at 11:12

Got it,

This will work in Drupal 7.

print render($content['fblikebutton_field']);

Thanks for your help.

Comment #5

ressa

he/him

commented 6 October 2011 at 12:38

Great! I am glad you got it working, and thank you for sharing it with the rest of the community.

Comment #6

sheldon rampton commented 28 March 2013 at 17:00

Version:	7.x-1.2	» 6.x-2.x-dev
Component:	Documentation	» Code
Category:	task	» feature
Status:	Active	» Needs review

Status	File	Size
new	print_button_node_tpl_php-1205254-6.patch	1.17 KB

Since there appears to be an easy way to do this in Drupal 7, I'm reassigning this issue ticket to 6.x-2.x-dev and am attaching a patch I wrote that provides this functionality in D6. After applying my patch, all you have to do is add the following line of code to your node.tpl.php file:

<?php print $fblikebutton; ?>

I also fixed a minor bug that added a bit of unnecessary overhead to the module, by requiring the module to check for $op == 'view' before adding the button to a node.