Should I use PHP or Javscript with this?
I would like to keep it simple and use PHP around this script. It runs on every refresh and I want to run it on a timed basis:
<div class="blockContent"><em><{$block.texto}></em><br/><br /><strong><{$block.autor}></strong><br /></div>
Do I use for PHP with this?
Would Javascript be just as soimple?
Thanks
Bolobotz posted this at 16:13 — 24th July 2004.
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Also, this is not all of the script. These values are pointing to another php file. This is my html file that sets the block up on my page.
I want to run this bit of code but on a timed basis. My question is what script should I use to wrap around this? JavaScript or PHP? PHP looks like it would be the most simple.
andy206uk posted this at 08:13 — 26th July 2004.
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Here's my thinking...
If it can be done on the server side, do it on the server side. The user has very little ability to control server side functionality, but it's easy to turn off Javascript and a lot of people do so to prevent popups and other irritating things.
Andy
Bolobotz posted this at 16:16 — 26th July 2004.
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I have read that it would be hard to do timing stuff all in PHP sio I want to do it in JavaScript. Would DHTML work better to keep it all in the same file within the block template? How would I do that?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 20:34 — 26th July 2004.
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I'm afraid I don't understand what you're trying to do. It's usually very easy to pick between JS and PHP because they're so... different.
It looks like you're using a template system of some kind. If you want code to be parsed -- the if conditional -- on the server side along with the template, you cannot use client-side JS.
Bolobotz posted this at 20:47 — 26th July 2004.
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Ok, is there a way to use the statement around this and put in a timed conditional statement like: if 24 hours have passed run the html?
If this is not possible with PHP how would I do it in JavaScript?
I'm using the Xoops CMS in a block template.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 03:57 — 27th July 2004.
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That sounds like a very strange thing to do.
24 hours since what? Page load? Page unload? Hit request? Some other arbitary time?
Bolobotz posted this at 11:34 — 27th July 2004.
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24 hours since page load. It seems like it runs the block template on every page load. It's a random quote block and I want to have the quote change every 24 hours.
Bolobotz posted this at 11:49 — 27th July 2004.
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Also, I am very new at PHP and JavaScripot but have experience with other languages.
Bolobotz posted this at 12:21 — 27th July 2004.
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Actually I don't care about refresh I just want it to run the script every 24 hours. Yes, I guess that does sound strange to run it on every refresh since that would reset it.
WebsiteDistrict posted this at 02:05 — 30th July 2004.
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Does anyone use cron jobs here? i think since you are running the script just use a cron job and it won't matter if you use PHP or Javascript. Set the page on the cron job to run every 24 hours and you're done
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 04:09 — 28th July 2004.
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Right. Use PHP and a cookie/session. I'm afraid I know not the specifics for this, only the general idea. You store the time of last load in the cookie, and at every page load check to see if the user has the cookie, and if so, evaluate the saved time.
Bolobotz posted this at 19:16 — 30th July 2004.
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Ok. I have to study up on that and I know I have cron jobs on a great server.
Also, I know PHP has some time features like time(). I've seen some time scripts run with PHP. I don't think I would need cookies with that.
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