PHP Function

[mattc]

Hi all,

I'm sure this has been posted somewhere but i can't find the blasted thing...

I want to use

<actinic:block php="true">echo date("F");</actinic:block>

but obviously actinic parses the php itself so i have to upload for the date to update which pretty much defeats the object of doing it!

I think there's a way of enclosing it in another function but i can't work it out.

Thanks

[completerookie]

try this thread

[mattc]

thanks 8910

[mattc]

ok, tied it but doesn't seem to be working.
i'm using...

 
<actinic:block php="true">
if (!function_exists('myFunc')) 
{ 
 function myFunc($variable) 
{    
echo date("F") ; 
}    
} 
 </actinic:block>

but the month doesn't show up

[NormanRouxel]

Put a small PHP routıne on your server (todaysdate.php) that returns a line of JavaScript containing a statement like

document.write('todays date');

Then in your layout use

<script type="text/javascript" src="todaysdate.php"></script>

Note untested and may be buggy due to being typed on a Turkish keyboard.

[mattc]

Thanks for that Norman,

Im getting somewhere.
in my month.php file i have

 
document.write('echo date("F");');

and then

<script type="text/javascript" src="month.php"></script>

outputs "echo date("F");" instead of the Month.

[Mike Hughes]

Edited for a better answer.

<?
echo date("F");
?>


Mike

OK. I might have missed what Norman was suggesting. Try this:

document.write('<?echo date("F");?>');

i.e. It's probably the missing <? ?> that you need so the server will parse the php code.

Mike

[mattc]

Hi, Thanks

tried that but now i get output on the page...

unexpected < on line 1

[gabrielcrowe]

<? echo

__^

there should be a space here.

[mattc]

thanks gabe,

still get the same error though.

[jont]

Matt - may be worth posting what you have now for someone to take another look.

[NormanRouxel]

Matt

You want your PHP to return a line of valid JavaScript. E.g.

document.write('Friday 4th July 2008');

I'll leave it to you to work that out.

[mattc]

Ok, where i want the date to appear I have...

!!<<actinic:block php="true"><script type="text/javascript" src="month.php"></script></actinic:block>>!!

and in 'month.php' I have...

document.write('<? echo date("F"); ?>');

i tried

document.write('<?php echo date("F"); ?>');

too but that still produces the same error.

Instead i have put

<?php echo date("F"); ?>

in month.php
and done

!!<<actinic:block php="true">include 'month1.php';</actinic:block>>!!

in a fragment which i believe will update as actinic will not parse month.php but the server should. Is this correct?

Norman - tried really hard to understand where i was going wrong. looked at both php and javascript syntax guides and i can't see it.

Thanks all for your patience

[mattc]

ok thinkingon it - if it was as simple as a php include, someone would have just said use that, also, this works offline, which means actinic is parsing it - damn.

If anyone can offer some more guidance i'd appreciate it. im happy to work for the answer, but i seem to need a little more than what Normans given.

cheers

[NormanRouxel]

Matt,

I knew it would come down to me doing it for you!

The line

!!<<actinic:block php="true"><script type="text/javascript" src="month.php"></script></actinic:block>>!!

Is wrong as you're trying to call PHP when it isn't needed.

Use (if in a Layout)

<script type="text/javascript" src="month.php"></script>

If you're putting this in a product description use

!!<<script type="text/javascript" src="month.php"></script>>!!