The helper plugin gives you access to two handy functions for language and time.

The helper plugin's slug is helper, so it can be used like so:

{pyro:helper:function}

Functions

{pyro:helper:lang}

Displays a language line in the language of the current language.

Attributes

Name	Default	Required	Description
line	None	Yes	The slug for the language line you want to display.

Example:

{pyro:helper:lang line="error_message"}

Error!

{pyro:helper:date}

Displays a formatted date for the current time or a timestamp you specify.

Attributes

Name	Default	Required	Description
format	None	Yes	Format for the output. This plugin uses PHP's date or strftime formatting syntax.
timestamp	Current Time	No	UNIX timestamp to use instead of the current date.

Example:

{pyro:helper:date format="Y"}

2011

{pyro:helper:gravatar}

Displays an avatar using gravatar API.

Attributes

Name	Default	Required	Description
email	None	Yes	The Email address used to generate the gravatar.
size	50	No	The size of the gravatar in pixels. A size of 50 would return a gravatar with a width and height of 50px.
rating	g	No	The rating of the gravatar. Possible values are g, pg, r or x.
url_only*	false	No	*Deprecated in v1.3.0 Replaced by url-only
url-only	false	No	true or false. Set this to TRUE if you want the plugin to only return the gravatar URL instead of the HTML.

Example:

{pyro:helper:gravatar email="user@example.com" size="20"}

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b58996c504c5638798eb6b511e6f49af?s=20&r=g' alt='Gravatar' class='gravatar' />