Need script that shows different information, hourly intervals, 7 days a week

[Len Whistler]

Originally Posted by Mark P

CMS adds a whole new dimension to what basically is a very simple script that uses either a TXT file or XML file. The end user doesn't have to learn much to edit any of the examples above. Now you can go the CMS route but it will add a lot of extra coding and you must make it as "idiot" proof as you can.

I would maybe work on the CMS as your next project after this one.

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[Mark P]

Originally Posted by Len Whistler

I have updated my code from post 4 with an added feature, adding a headline for each show. It also outputs the day of the week. Instead of an external file you could also just add the content to the switch statement.

PHP Code:

<?php

  $day_of_the_week = date('N'); // 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
  $hour = date('H'); // 24 hour format as 2 digits. 01 - 24

  $hourly_show = $day_of_the_week . '_' . $hour; // example 1_09 (Monday 9am)

  switch ($hourly_show) {
  case '1_16': //day hour
  $current_show = "1_1600_danny_james.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "Danny James - Drive Time Show";
  break;

  case '3_17':
  $current_show = "3_1700_mr_valley.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "B-Rock Sessions With Mr Valley";
  break;

  default:
  $current_show = "1_0100_rock_roll.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "Hill Billy Rock";
  break;
  }

  $current_show = file_get_contents("$current_show");

  echo "<h1>$show_presenter</h1>";
  echo "<p>$current_show</p>";

?>

Advantage: TXT files have easy to read names and when viewing in the folder will list in playing order. Coding easy to follow once coded.
Disadvantage: Lots of coding. 168 TXT files might be cumbersome to handle. XML might be the better in this situation, or add the TXT file content to the switch statement.


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This code is working great To avoid all the text files I put the show description in the php file here

PHP Code:

$show_presenter =  "Danny James - Drive Time Show"; 


I would like to do a couple of things to make it fit the site better with regards to appearance. How would I change the font size/type that is displayed? I tried adding this code to the file but it didnt work

PHP Code:

$text_colour = "0,0,0";
  $text_size = "3"; $font = "verdana"; 


Also where is the php file following time from? Is it based on server time? As my server is located 1 hour ahead of my timezone but the show title is still displaying correctly for that hour. Or is it based on browsers local time?

Any information greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Len Whistler]

Originally Posted by Mark P

How would I change the font size/type that is displayed?

I would use CSS and apply it to headlines, paragraphs, spans of text.

Originally Posted by Mark P

Also where is the php file following time from? Is it based on server time? As my server is located 1 hour ahead of my timezone but the show title is still displaying correctly for that hour. Or is it based on browsers local time?

Yes ...it's server time. PHP has some timezone functions you can use to change the output to another timezone. http://ca3.php.net/datetime


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[Mark P]

Hello, thanks for the reply. That is working great thanks
One last tiny part that I need to sort out, I changed the font size/type in css, it displays perfect in Firefox, but IE is displaying it outsized, far too big. Ive searched the net for some information as to why IE wouldnt display the size correctly but havent been able to find anything.
Can anyone think of a reason why IE would not be showing the text in the font/size I specified in css?
Thanks

[Mark P]

Hello again, on closer inspection it would appear IE is showing the correct colour & font but comepletely ignoring the size.
Im aware that Firefox & Chrome skip errors in code, unlike IE which reverts to a default if an error is present,

<style type="text/css">

body,td,th {
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 5px;
color: #666666;
font-weight: bold;
}

</style>

This is the code Im using, I'll be blowed if I can see an error in it though Im assuming this is a css issue.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Mark P]

Hello, I still have this problem & would love to resolve it after all these months. The text is not displaying corectly in any browser, my css is being ignored.
This is the header of my php page

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="180">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Now Playing</title>
<style type="text/css">
body,h1 {
body{background-color: transparent;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

Any help would be great. Thanks

[met]

your css is wrong..

PHP Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="180">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Now Playing</title>
<style type="text/css">
body,h1 {
body{background-color: transparent; /* this */
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
</head>
<body> 


it should be

PHP Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="180">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Now Playing</title>
<style type="text/css">
body, h1 {
background-color: transparent;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Header</h1>
<p>Content</p>
</body>
</html> 


also note you are setting the font colour to be white, and not specifying a background, which is white by default..so you won't really see anything anyway.

[Mark P]

Hello, thankyou for the reply. I managed to sort the problem out. Do you know where I would put the <marque> tag in this code to get the current show text to scroll?

PHP Code:

<?php

  $day_of_the_week = date('N'); // 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
  $hour = date('H'); // 24 hour format as 2 digits. 01 - 24

  $hourly_show = $day_of_the_week . '_' . $hour; // example 1_09 (Monday 9am)

  switch ($hourly_show) {
  case '1_16': //day hour
  $current_show = "1_1600_danny_james.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "Danny James - Drive Time Show";
  break;

  case '3_17':
  $current_show = "3_1700_mr_valley.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "B-Rock Sessions With Mr Valley";
  break;

  default:
  $current_show = "1_0100_rock_roll.txt";
  $show_presenter =  "Hill Billy Rock";
  break;
  }

  $current_show = file_get_contents("$current_show");

  echo "<h1>$show_presenter</h1>";
  echo "<p>$current_show</p>";

?>

Thanks

[met]

PHP Code:

  }

  $current_show = file_get_contents("$current_show");

  echo "<h1>$show_presenter</h1>";
  echo "<marquee>$current_show</marquee>";

?> 


altho imo i must say marquee's are truly a horrible way of displaying content

[Mark P]

Thankyou, I will try that code