Ok I've been struggling with this and I need a hand from a clever soul.

I've set up phpads in XOOPS following the instructions on a site (I forget the link! It's in here somewhere!) Everything's hunkydory and i've uploaded banners and replaced the standard XOOPS banner and it works great, however...

I'm trying to follow the instructions to set up a banner ad in a custom block - the only reason I've installed php and I follow the instructions to the letter and nothing appears...

My banners are loading at the top of the page in the theme banner slot, however custom block shows, however is empty...

I've converted the code as per the instructions so it's:

echo"<center>"; require(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/xoops2/modules/phpads/phpadsnew.inc.php');
if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
$phpAds_id = view ('', 2, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
echo"</center>";

To go in the custom block and I've set it to content type: php script etc...

However nothing appears?!

Can anyone spot the glaring mistake or offer any advice?!

Many thanks!

Try turning on PHP debug and see if you get an error at the bottom of the screen when you view the problem block.

An error message would be helpful.

Admin>Preferences>Debug = PHP Debug

good idea! you can tell I was trying this late at night!

The error is:

Warning [Xoops]: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "db:system_block_dummy.html" in file class/smarty/Smarty.class.php line 1084
Warning [Xoops]: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "db:system_block_dummy.html" in file class/smarty/Smarty.class.php line 1084

no ideas?! I'd really like to get this working?!

Go to system admin - Templates, check your system templates that "system_block_dummy.html" is there and does not need generating. If it is not there update the system module in the modules administration page, then check your templates again.

simple as that!

Worked perfectly - thanks jd!