Current Topics in an article

[Arminus]

the functions we supply were never intended to just be called.

I can see that, but that was suggested by rjen above and I figured that since we are calling this from within a TP Article, the context might be implicitly there - but I really don't have any understanding on how the bits and pieces play together there.

At any rate, seems that setting these 3 vars is sufficient:

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$context['TPortal']['recentboxnum'] = 5;
$context['TPortal']['recentlength'] = 25;
$context['TPortal']['useavatar'] = 0;

So we're fine here for now.

[@rjen]

For the record: I did not suggest anything. OP asked where to find the code. That's what I answered

[tino]

the functions we supply were never intended to just be called.

I can see that, but that was suggested by rjen above and I figured that since we are calling this from within a TP Article, the context might be implicitly there - but I really don't have any understanding on how the bits and pieces play together there.

At any rate, seems that setting these 3 vars is sufficient:

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$context['TPortal']['recentboxnum'] = 5;
$context['TPortal']['recentlength'] = 25;
$context['TPortal']['useavatar'] = 0;

So we're fine here for now.

That should work, but you might have unintended results if you have other blocks on the same page.

It was never built to be shown in an article box. The safer option is to copy the logic across and amend as needed.