vBulletin Variables List

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Site Statistics:-

• $totalthreads - Displays the total number of threads in the forum
• $totalposts - Displays total number of posts in the forum
• $numbermembers - Display total number of members in the forum
• $totalonline - Displays the number of total users currently online
• $numberregistered - Displays the number of total registered users currently online
• $numberguest - Displays the number of total guests currently online
• $recordusers - Displays the number of most users ever online
• $recorddate - Displays the date on which most users were ever online
• $recordtime - Displays the time on which most users were ever online
• $activeusers - Displays a list of currently active/online Users (i.e. logged in)
• $activemembers - Displays the number of members who are active in the forum
• $newusername - Displays the username of the newly registered user
• $birthdays - Displays list of users whose birthday is today
• $upcomingevents - Displays list of upcoming events

$BBuserinfo Array, this can show anything thats stored in the user table

• $bbuserinfo[username] - Username
• $bbuserinfo[userid] - User ID number
• $bbuserinfo[posts] - Users postcount
• $bbuserinfo[signature] - Users signature
• $bbuserinfo - User Email Address
• $bbuserinfo[homepage] - Users homepage in profile
• $bbuserinfo[msn] - Users MSN address from profile
• $bbuserinfo[yahoo] - "" Yahoo ""
• $bbuserinfo[icq] - "" ICQ ""
• $bbuserinfo[usertitle] - Users custom usertitle

$VBoptions Array, these are the options stored in the settings table, i.e things that you configured from vbulletin AdminCP>>vbulletin Options.

• $vboptions[forumactive] - Status of whether forum is turned on/off
• $vboptions[bbclosedreason] - Reason why forum turned off
• $vboptions[bbtitle] - Forum title
• $vboptions[bburl] - Forum URL
• $vboptions[hometitle] - Site homepage Title
• $vboptions[homeurl] - Site homepage URL
• $vboptions[copyrighttext] - Site copyright text
• $vboptions[privacyurl] - URL to forum privacy statement
• $vboptions[webmasteremail] - Webmaster email address
• $vboptions[contactuslink] - contact us URL
• $vboptiions[enablehooks] - Status of plugin/hook system
• $vboptions[imagetype] - Determine if using GD or Imagemagick
• $vboptions[timeoffset] - forum time offset
• $vboptions[cookiepath] - forum cookie path
• $vboptions[legacypostbit] - Determine if using legacy (side) postbit or new horizontal postbit
• $vboptions[use_smtp] - If SMTP mail is enabled
• $vboptions[smtp_host] - SMTP hostname
• $vboptions[smtp_port] - SMTP port number
• $vboptions[allowregistrations] - Determine if new users can register
• $vboptions[welcomemail] - Determine if welcome mail is sent on registration
• $vboptions[avatarenabled] - Check if avatars are enabled
• $vboptions[reputationenable] - Check if reputation system is enabled

$stylevar Array, this contains all the paths to forum images and other style variables that are editable in the Styles and templates >> Stylevars

• $stylevar[titleimage] - Path/filename for top banner
• $stylevar[outertablewidth] - The width of your forum
• $stylevar[spacersize] - Spacing betwen main body and content
• $stylevar[cellspacing] - Inner border width
• $stylevar[cellpadding] Table cell padding
• $stylevar[formwidth] - Form width in pixels
• $stylevar[imgdir_buton] - Path for forum buttons
• $stylevar[imgdir_statusicon] - Path for status icons
• $stylevar[imgdir_attach] - Path for attachment icons

$css array, this is where all the CSS attributed can be located

• $css variables[body] - Body background colour
• $css[body] - Body text colour
• $css[body][LINK_N] - Body normal links
• $css[body][LINK_V] - Body visited links
• $css[body][LINK_M] - Body link hover colour
• $css[.page] - Page background colour
• $css[.page] - Page text colour
• $css[.tborder] - Table border background colour
• $css[.tborder] - Table border font colour
• $css[.tcat] - Category strip background/colour
• $css[.tcat] - Category strip font colour
• $css[.thead] - Table header background gradient/colour
• $css[.thead] - Table header background colour
• $css[.tfoot] - Table footer background colour/gradient
• $css[.tfoot] - Table footer text colour

Ad Location Template variables:-

• $ad_location[ad_footer_end] - Displays content of ad_footer_end template
• $ad_location[ad_footer_start] - Displays content of ad_footer_start template
• $ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads] - Displays content of ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads template
• $ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterforums] - Displays content of ad_forumdisplay_afterforums template
• $ad_location[ad_header_logo] - Displays content of ad_header_logo template
• $ad_location[ad_header_end] - Displays content of ad_header_end template
• $ad_location[ad_navbar_below] - Displays content of ad_navbar_below template
• $ad_location[ad_showthread_beforeqr] - Displays content of ad_showthread_beforeqr template
• $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost] - Displays content of ad_showthread_firstpost template

Miscellenous:-

• $notices - Used to display notices (for 3.7 onwards)
• $notifications_total - Used to display total number of unread notifications (for 3.7 onwards)