Trying to install FlatForum/Merge Template.php problems

When you add code to the template.php file, you just paste the code AFTER the code thats in there. You don't need to insert it within the existing code.

<?php 
//EXISTING CODE 
?>
<?php 
//NEW CODE 
?>

I do remember reading something about reseting a variable or something at the begining of each php code snippit when you have more than one. I think it was posted by Dublin Drupaler. Maybe someone else can comment on this.

I can't figure out how to combine flatforum's template.php and multiflex's template.php. I've thoroughly searched on this topic, and can't find a usable document.

Any chance somebody could provide a usable template.php that integrates the flatforum _phptemplate_variables ?

I'm using drupal 4.7.3 and flatforum for 4.7 and the multiflex theme. I tried to join them myself (listed below) - I don't get any errors but flatforum still not working... I get the same old regular forum. What am I doing wrong?

Here's my template.php:

function phptemplate_block_list($region) {
  //  This is the list function from the block module.  We have to comment
  // out the throttle test, which for some reason breaks node previews.
  // As a result, if blocks are throttled, we may get the wrong layout.
  global $user, $theme_key;

  static $blocks = array();

  if (!count($blocks)) {
    $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {blocks} WHERE theme = '%s' AND status = 1 ORDER BY region, weight, module", $theme_key);
    while ($block = db_fetch_object($result)) {
      if (!isset($blocks[$block->region])) {
        $blocks[$block->region] = array();
      }
      // Use the user's block visibility setting, if necessary
      if ($block->custom != 0) {
        if ($user->uid && isset($user->block[$block->module][$block->delta])) {
          $enabled = $user->block[$block->module][$block->delta];
        }
        else {
          $enabled = ($block->custom == 1);
        }
      }
      else {
        $enabled = TRUE;
      }

      // Match path if necessary
      if ($block->pages) {
        if ($block->visibility < 2) {
          $path = drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']);
          $regexp = '/^('. preg_replace(array('/(\r\n?|\n)/', '/\\\\\*/', '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/'), array('|', '.*', '\1'. preg_quote(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node'), '/') .'\2'), preg_quote($block->pages, '/')) .')$/';
          $page_match = !($block->visibility xor preg_match($regexp, $path));
        }
        else {
          $page_match = drupal_eval($block->pages);
        }
      }
      else {
         $page_match = TRUE;
      }

      if ($enabled && $page_match) {
        // Check the current throttle status and see if block should be displayed
        // based on server load.
//         if (!($block->throttle && (module_invoke('throttle', 'status') > 0))) {
//           $array = module_invoke($block->module, 'block', 'view', $block->delta);
//           if (isset($array) && is_array($array)) {
//             foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
//               $block->$k = $v;
//             }
//           }
//         }
        if (isset($block->content) && $block->content) {
          $blocks[$block->region]["{$block->module}_{$block->delta}"] = $block;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // Create an empty array if there were no entries
  if (!isset($blocks[$region])) {
    //    $blocks[$region] = array();
    return 0;
  }

  return 1;//$blocks[$region];
}

function _phptemplate_variables($hook, $vars) {
  // Detect whether left and right sidebars are used, and
  // set layoutcode accordingly
  $vars['layoutcode'] = '3';  // default - right
  if ($left=phptemplate_block_list("left")) {
    $vars['layoutcode'] = '2'; }   // left
  if ($left && phptemplate_block_list("right")) {
    $vars['layoutcode'] = '1'; } //both
  return $vars;

  // Flatforum Module Added within _phptemplate_variables() function 
  // by ethang - Aug 2005

  // $Id: template.php,v 1.7 2006/05/11 18:17:29 ayman Exp $

  
    static $is_forum;
  $variables = array();
  if (!isset($is_forum)) {
    if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1)) && arg(2) == '') {
      $nid = arg(1);
    }
    if (arg(0) == 'comment' && arg(1) == 'reply' && is_numeric(arg(2))) {
      $nid = arg(2);
    }
    if ($nid) {
      $node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid));
    }
    $is_forum = ($node && $node->type == 'forum');
    _is_forum($is_forum);
  }
  if ($is_forum) {
    switch ($hook) {
      case 'comment' :
        $variables['template_file'] = 'node-forum';
        $variables['row_class'] = _row_class();
        $variables['name'] = $vars['author'];
        $variables['userid'] = $vars['comment']->uid;
        $joined = module_invoke('flatforum', 'get_created', $vars['comment']->uid);
        $variables['joined'] = $joined ? format_date($joined, 'custom', 'Y-m-d') : '';
        $posts = module_invoke('flatforum', 'get', $vars['comment']->uid);
        $variables['posts'] = $posts ? $posts : 0;
        $variables['submitted'] = format_date($vars['comment']->timestamp);
        $subject = $vars['comment']->subject;
        $variables['title'] = empty($subject) ? '&nbsp' : $subject;
        $variables['content'] = $vars['comment']->comment;
        $variables['links'] = empty($vars['links']) ? '&nbsp' : $vars['links'];
        break;
      case 'node' :
        $variables['row_class'] = _row_class();
        $variables['userid']=$vars['node']->uid;
        $joined = module_invoke('flatforum', 'get_created', $vars['node']->uid);
        $variables['joined'] = $joined ? format_date($joined, 'custom', 'Y-m-d') : '';
        $posts = module_invoke('flatforum', 'get', $vars['node']->uid);
        $variables['posts'] = $posts ? $posts : 0;
        $variables['title'] = empty($vars['title']) ? '&nbsp' : $vars['title'];
        $variables['content'] = $vars['node']->body;
        $variables['links'] = empty($vars['links']) ? '&nbsp' : $vars['links'];
        break;
    }
  }
  return $variables;
}
function _row_class() {
  static $forum_row = TRUE;
  $forum_row = !$forum_row;
  return $forum_row ? 'odd' : 'even';
}
function _is_forum($arg = NULL) {
  static $is_forum = FALSE;
  if ($arg) {
    $is_forum = $arg;
  }
  return $is_forum;
  
}

function phptemplate_menu_tree($pid=1) {
  // Code adapted from the nice_menus module
  // generates nested <ul> <li> lists
  $menu = menu_get_menu($pid); 
  $output = ''; 
  if ($menu['visible'][$pid]['children']) {
    foreach ($menu['visible'][$pid]['children'] as $mid) {
      if (count($menu['visible'][$mid]['children']) > 0) {
	$output.= "<li>".menu_item_link($mid);
	if (menu_in_active_trail($mid)) { // only output children if they should be seen
	  $output.= "<ul>";
	  $tmp = phptemplate_menu_tree($mid);
	  $output.= $tmp;
	  $output.= "</ul>";
	}
	$output.= "</li>";
      } 
      else {
	$output.= "<li>".menu_item_link($mid)."</li>";
      }
    }
  }
  return $output;
}

I pasted the new code to merge with the template.php file it follows the suggested format

php.template #1
php.template #2 

Any idea why it doesn't work, I still get

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _phptemplate_variables() (previously declared in /home/uottawag/public_html/globe/themes/mollio/template.php:4) in /home/uottawag/public_html/globe/themes/mollio/template.php on line 393

line 393 is where the new code starts at //$Id. This is a clip of what the transition looks like.

...

'footer' => t('footer'),
    'storyimage' => t('story image'),
	'articleblocks' => t('article blocks')
  );
}

// $Id: template.php,v 1.7 2006/05/11 18:17:29 ayman Exp $

function _phptemplate_variables($hook, $vars) {
  static $is_forum;

...
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Arif Jinha
CIHAD uottawa
www.uottawaglobe.ca