modifying functions_vbseo to make the keywords global?

As part of our contextual adverts attempt we are hitting a stumbling block where we dont seem to be able to access the keywords themselves via our plugin. We have tried to access them using the same / simular syntax to that used in templates:

Code:

echo $vbulletin->thread['keywords'];
echo $vbulletin->threadinfo['keywords'];
echo $vbulletin->vboptions['keywords'];

None echo out any results.

I managed to echo out the keywords in the postbit_legacy template successfully using:
{vb:raw thread.keywords}

It is in postbit_legacy that i am trying to 'call' the output of my external file.. but obviously the plugin is executed back at global_bootstrap_init_start so i cant feed the keywords to the plugin there.. and even if i could.. i have no idea how to put {vb:raw thread.keywords} into a variable that can be used by the external file..

I hope all that makes sense :erm:

so while looking into vbseo's files finding how/when it replaces the default keywords I came across this section:

Code:

if(VBSEO_REWRITE_META_KEYWORDS && $kw_content)
{
$kw_content = strip_tags($kw_content);
if(VBSEO_STOPWORDS)
$kw_content = preg_replace('#,?\b(' . VBSEO_STOPWORDS . ')\b#i', '', $kw_content);
if(strlen($kw_content) > VBSEO_META_DESCRIPTION_MAX_CHARS)
{
$kw_content = vbseo_substr_words($kw_content, VBSEO_META_DESCRIPTION_MAX_CHARS);
}
$newtext = preg_replace('#(<meta name="keywords".*?content=)"#is', '$1"'.str_replace('$','\$',$kw_content).',', $newtext);
}

so $kw_content clearly contains the new keywords..

but is there anyway to assign that to a global so I can access it with my plugin? rather than just be used in the preg_replace??

when is this code called hook wise? Just in case im calling my plugin prior to the code

cheers guys

If you want to use it in a template, you need to register the vars in vb4.
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entr...emplate-Syntax

By it you mean the variable $kw_content?? so you are confirming that it can be made accessabel to the plugin?

The link you sent only mentions registering templates and then about the <vb> tag and its uses.. not making the variable available globally/to other plugins. If you could show me what you mean codewise to 'register' the vbseo generated keywords to be accesses globally im sure im not the only one who would be appreciative.

The vbseo code is only available when vbseo runs. Most of this happens before the $vb super class even exists.

If you're wanting to use vbseo varaibles, you should be hacking the vbseo php files to perform your replacememnts. Otherwise, it will be out of scope.