5 Star Rater

[afesoccer]

How do I make a 5 Rating System to rate videos, pictures, etc. on my site?

[wayne3503]

I actually have one that I modified to do 10, but if you know php well enough you should beable to modify and understand the script. Then all you need is 5 "star images". well let me know if youd like the code and ill post it for ya

[afesoccer]

Yes please, I would like the code. Thank you.

[wayne3503]

Here you go. You will see the images or "stars" I used are called spots. But all you need to do is figure what you want to use for your stars and then name the files and change the code.

PHP Code:

<?
// User settings
$rater_ip_voting_restriction = true; // restrict ip address voting (true or false)
$rater_ip_vote_qty=1; // how many times an ip address can vote
$rater_already_rated_msg="You have already rated this item. You are allowed only ".$rater_ip_vote_qty." vote.";
$rater_not_selected_msg="You have not selected a rating value.";
$rater_thankyou_msg="Thankyou for voting.";
$rater_generic_text="this place"; // generic item text
$rater_end_of_line_char="n"; // may want to change for different operating systems


if(!isset($rater_id)) $rater_id=1;
if(!isset($rater_item_name)) $rater_item_name=$rater_generic_text;


// DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
$rater_filename='item_'.$rater_id.".rating";
$rater_rating=0;
$rater_stars="";
$rater_stars_txt="";
$rater_rating=0;
$rater_votes=0;
$rater_msg="";

// Rating action
if(isset($_REQUEST["rate".$rater_id])){
 if(isset($_REQUEST["rating_".$rater_id])){
  while(list($key,$val)=each($_REQUEST["rating_".$rater_id])){
   $rater_rating=$val;
  }
  $rater_ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR"); 
  $rater_file=fopen($rater_filename,"a+");
  $rater_str="";
  $rater_str = rtrim(fread($rater_file, 1024*8),$rater_end_of_line_char);
  if($rater_str!=""){
   if($rater_ip_voting_restriction){
    $rater_data=explode($rater_end_of_line_char,$rater_str);
    $rater_ip_vote_count=0;
    foreach($rater_data as $d){
     $rater_tmp=explode("|",$d);
     $rater_oldip=str_replace($rater_end_of_line_char,"",$rater_tmp[1]);
     if($rater_ip==$rater_oldip){
      $rater_ip_vote_count++;
     }
    }
    if($rater_ip_vote_count > ($rater_ip_vote_qty - 1)){
     $rater_msg=$rater_already_rated_msg;
    }else{
     fwrite($rater_file,$rater_rating."|".$rater_ip.$rater_end_of_line_char);
     $rater_msg=$rater_thankyou_msg;
    }
   }else{
    fwrite($rater_file,$rater_rating."|".$rater_ip.$rater_end_of_line_char);
    $rater_msg=$rater_thankyou_msg;
   }
  }else{
   fwrite($rater_file,$rater_rating."|".$rater_ip.$rater_end_of_line_char);
   $rater_msg=$rater_thankyou_msg;
  }
  fclose($rater_file);
 }else{
  $rater_msg=$rater_not_selected_msg;
 }
}

// Get current rating
if(is_file($rater_filename)){
 $rater_file=fopen($rater_filename,"r");
 $rater_str="";
 $rater_str = fread($rater_file, 1024*8);
 if($rater_str!=""){
  $rater_data=explode($rater_end_of_line_char,$rater_str);
  $rater_votes=count($rater_data)-1;
  $rater_sum=0;
  foreach($rater_data as $d){
   $d=explode("|",$d);
   $rater_sum+=$d[0];
  }
  $rater_rating=number_format(($rater_sum/$rater_votes), 2, '.', '');
 }
 fclose($rater_file);
}else{
 $rater_file=fopen($rater_filename,"w");
 fclose($rater_file);
}

// Assign star image
if ($rater_rating <= 0){$rater_stars = "./img/0spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="Not Rated";}
if ($rater_rating >= 1){$rater_stars = "./img/1spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="1";}
if ($rater_rating >= 2){$rater_stars = "./img/2spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="2";}
if ($rater_rating >= 3){$rater_stars = "./img/3spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="3";}
if ($rater_rating >= 4){$rater_stars = "./img/4spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="4";}
if ($rater_rating >= 5){$rater_stars = "./img/5spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="5";}
if ($rater_rating >= 6){$rater_stars = "./img/6spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="6";}
if ($rater_rating >= 7){$rater_stars = "./img/7spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="7";}
if ($rater_rating >= 8){$rater_stars = "./img/8spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="8";}
if ($rater_rating >= 9){$rater_stars = "./img/9spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="9";}
if ($rater_rating >= 10){$rater_stars = "./img/10spot.gif";$rater_stars_txt="10";}

// Output
echo '<div class="hreview">';
echo '<form method="post" action="'.$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"].'">';
echo '<h3 class="item">Rate <span class="fn">'.$rater_item_name.'</span></h3>';
echo '<div>';
echo '<span  class="rating"><img src="'.$rater_stars.'?x='.uniqid((double)microtime()*1000000,1).'" alt="'.$rater_stars_txt.' spot" /> Average rating</span>.';
echo '</div>';
echo '<div>';
echo '<label for="rate1_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="1" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate1_'.$rater_id.'" />Worst Ever</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate2_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="2" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate2_'.$rater_id.'" />Poor</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate3_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="3" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate3_'.$rater_id.'" />Ok</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate4_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="4" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate4_'.$rater_id.'" />Not to Bad</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate5_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="5" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate5_'.$rater_id.'" />Good</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate6_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="6" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate6_'.$rater_id.'" />Very Good</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate7_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="7" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate7_'.$rater_id.'" />Excellent</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate8_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="8" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate8_'.$rater_id.'" />Amazing</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate9_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="9" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate9_'.$rater_id.'" />Best Ever</label></br>';
echo '<label for="rate10_'.$rater_id.'"><input type="radio" value="10" name="rating_'.$rater_id.'[]" id="rate10_'.$rater_id.'" />HOTT</label></br>';
echo '<input type="hidden" name="rs_id" value="'.$rater_id.'" />';
echo '<input type="submit" name="rate'.$rater_id.'" value="Rate" />';
echo '</div>';
if($rater_msg!="") echo "<div>".$rater_msg."</div>";
echo '</form>';
echo '</div>';

?>

Have fun

[afesoccer]

Ohh I see. Where do I put this code?

[wayne3503]

just save it as its own script somewhere then just do an include then have it do an echo or something. I havent played with it a whole lot as I have had bigger fish to fry with my project... so you will have to play with it a little bit to get it just as you like. But what will happen is you fill out the form and place a rating then hit the submit button and it will get echoed. But even better, it will echo out the "average" rating which is really nice.
Good luck
keep me posted with how your doing.

[afesoccer]

Ok I saved as rater.php. Is that what I was suppose to do? How do I do the include?

[Inigoesdr]

PHP Code:

<?php
include('rater.php'); // change the path if it is in a different directory
?>

[wayne3503]

The script has a form built in so you will have to incorporate everything how youd like it to be.

[afesoccer]

<?php
include('rater.php'); // change the path if it is in a different directory
?> Do I put that in the page where the video is?

[Inigoesdr]

Yes, I would think so. And your file will have to be named .php or at least parsed by PHP.

[wayne3503]

put that at the top of the page you want to include it in. but you dont need the <?php ?> tags if you already have them in your video script

[afesoccer]

http://www.afesoccer.com/rater.html That's where I put the <?php
include('rater.php'); // change the path if it is in a different directory
?>

The rater.php I uploaded to www.afesoccer.com/rater.php. But there is nothing on www.afesoccer.com/rater.html.

[Inigoesdr]

Originally Posted by Inigoesdr

And your file will have to be named .php or at least parsed by PHP.

[afesoccer]

I don't understand.