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tgc

04/28/09 07:56AM (Read 1708 times)

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I want to do a random image block with selected images which then link to certain URLs.
I found one script which works on a regular page on my server, have a look here.
But when I add this (and the corresponding phpblock) as a function to lib-custom like this:

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function phpblock_random()
{
$file_type=".jpg";
$text_file_type=".txt";

$image_folder="images";

$handle=opendir("/xxx/x/duvide.com/public_html/random/$image_folder");
while($file=readdir($handle))
$names[count($names)]=$file;
closedir($handle);

sort($names);

for($i=0;$names[$i];$i++){
$ext=strtolower(substr($names[$i],-4));
if($ext==".jpg"){
$names1[$tempvar]=$names[$i];$tempvar++;
}
}

$random=mt_rand(1,$tempvar);

$image_name=$random.$file_type;
$text_name=$random.$text_file_type;

}
// end random

The block is not showing at all, not even an error message.
Any ideas?

Thank you/Frank

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suprsidr

04/28/09 09:23AM

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need to return something?

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suprsidr

04/28/09 09:30AM

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Geeklog has 2 image gallery plugins each of which have imageblock functionality BTW.

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tgc

04/28/09 09:36AM

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if you are in the know, please tell me the code I need in order to get it running. I am not a php guy, in case you have not noticed.
I know there are image galleries but their random blocks don't do what I need.

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Dirk

04/28/09 09:49AM

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A PHP block should return the HTML that Geeklog will then display in the block. However, the above code doesn't really do anything from what I can see. So it's not only the missing return statement - it's not clear what that code is supposed to do in the first place ...

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tgc

04/28/09 09:53AM

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it should do what it does on this link but in a block in geeklog:
with each refresh it changes the images randomly. Very simple I would think.

Thanks for your help/Frank

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suprsidr

04/28/09 09:55AM

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My G2Bridge for Gallery2 allows for the use of my Minislideshow or MediaBlock or even autotags to accomplish your goal.

Wondering if I got enough urls in there

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tgc

04/28/09 10:05AM

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thank you s but I am not using Gallery 2 right now...

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suprsidr

04/28/09 12:52PM

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Oops sorry almost forgot about you.
try:

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function phpblock_random_images(){
global$_CONF;
$image_directory='/images/';
$link=$_CONF['site_url'];
$pattern=".jpg$";
$files=array();
$display='';
if($handle=opendir($_CONF['path_html'].$image_directory)){
while($file=readdir($handle)){
if(eregi($pattern,$file)){
$files[]=$file;
}
}
shuffle($files);
$file=$_CONF['path_html'].$image_directory.$files[0];
list($width,$height,$type,$attr)=getimagesize($file);
$display.='<a href="'.$link.'"><img src="'.$_CONF['site_url']
.$image_directory.$files[0].'" '.$attr
.' alt="'.$files[0].'" title="'.$files[0].'"></a>';
closedir($handle);
}
return$display;
}

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tgc

04/28/09 01:07PM

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Thank you for your effort -s.
But this is not the script I need to incorporate into the block.
Why is my script working on a normal page but not in the geeklog blog? That is would I would like to solve.

Frank

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tgc

04/28/09 01:53PM

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the code for the linked page is like this:

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<?phpinclude"/xxx/x/duvide.com/public_html/random/random.php";
echo"<img src=\"$image_folder/$image_name\" alt=\"$image_name\" />";
include"$image_folder/$text_name";?>

like I said, I am not the php guy, maybe something needs to be added to the code for the block?

Frank

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tgc

04/29/09 07:00AM

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no ideas how I can integrate this to my block?

Thanks/Frank

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suprsidr

04/29/09 07:46AM

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My example works..... still.

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tgc

04/30/09 12:16PM

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Hi -s, it works but not like I need it to work. I want only certain images displayed randomly linking to a certain URL and I want a caption. My standalone script does this and I just would like to have it in a block. Is this too much to ask for

Thanks/Frank

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