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fakestar

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Registered: 03/15/06
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Hi,

i created a custom function in lib-custom.php and i want to show it in every story...
bellow the title, for example.

So, what code i put in storytext.thtml to call this function?

thanks!
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Dirk

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You can't call functions from template files (well, with the exception of header.thtml ...).

What you can do, though, is define your own template variables (those things in {curly_braces}). In your lib-custom.php, you can have a function
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function CUSTOM_templateSetVars ($templatename, &$template)
{
    switch ($templatename) {
        case 'storytext':
        case 'featuredstorytext':
        case 'archivestorytext':
            $template->set_var ('hello_world', "Hello, world!");
            break;
    }
}

That would define a new variable {hello_world} that you can use in those three template files (storytext.thtml, etc.).

Note: Requires Geeklog 1.4.1 and does only work with a few template files (header, footer, and those three above, IIRC).

bye, Dirk
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fakestar

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Posts: 37
Thanks for your response dirk.
I don't know why, i tried several times to upgrade my (1.4.0sr1) installation to 1.41. Every time i get many errors.
I gave up for a while Frown


Well,I'm trying to implement [url =http://www.masugadesign.com/the-lab/scripts/unobtrusive-ajax-star-rating-bar/]masuga ajax "star rating"[/url] to appear bellow every story title.
The standard way, the script works using an echo like this:

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 <?php echo rating_bar('{story_id}'); ?>


i'm confused now.
i know i can't echo using geeklog...that's the reason i thought to create that function and call to storytext.

the function i need to call/echo is

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<?php
/*
Page:           _drawrating.php
Created:        Aug 2006
Last Mod:       Mar 18 2007
The function that draws the rating bar.
---------------------------------------------------------
ryan masuga, masugadesign.com
ryan@masugadesign.com
--------------------------------------------------------- */
function rating_bar($id,$units='',$static='') {

require('_config-rating.php'); // get the db connection info
       
//set some variables
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
if (!$units) {$units = 10;}
if (!$static) {$static = FALSE;}

// get votes, values, ips for the current rating bar
$query=mysql_query("SELECT total_votes, total_value, used_ips FROM $rating_dbname.$rating_tableName WHERE id='$id' ")or die(" Error: ".mysql_error());


// insert the id in the DB if it doesn't exist already
// see: http://www.masugadesign.com/the-lab/scripts/unobtrusive-ajax-star-rating-bar/#comment-121
if (mysql_num_rows($query) == 0) {
$sql = "INSERT INTO $rating_dbname.$rating_tableName (`id`,`total_votes`, `total_value`, `used_ips`) VALUES ('$id', '0', '0', '')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}

$numbers=mysql_fetch_assoc($query);


if ($numbers['total_votes'] < 1) {
        $count = 0;
} else {
        $count=$numbers['total_votes']; //how many votes total
}
$current_rating=$numbers['total_value']; //total number of rating added together and stored
$tense=($count==1) ? "vote" : "votes"; //plural form votes/vote

// determine whether the user has voted, so we know how to draw the ul/li
$voted=mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT used_ips FROM $rating_dbname.$rating_tableName WHERE used_ips LIKE '%".$ip."%' AND id='".$id."' "));

// now draw the rating bar
$rating_width = @number_format($current_rating/$count,2)*$rating_unitwidth;
$rating1 = @number_format($current_rating/$count,1);
$rating2 = @number_format($current_rating/$count,2);


if ($static == 'static') {

                $static_rater = array();
                $static_rater[] .= "\n".'<div class="ratingblock">';
                $static_rater[] .= '<div id="unit_long'.$id.'">';
                $static_rater[] .= '<ul id="unit_ul'.$id.'" class="unit-rating" style="width:'.$rating_unitwidth*$units.'px;">';
                $static_rater[] .= '<li class="current-rating" style="width:'.$rating_width.'px;">Currently '.$rating2.'/'.$units.'</li>';
                $static_rater[] .= '</ul>';
                $static_rater[] .= '<p class="static">'.$id.'. Rating: <strong> '.$rating1.'</strong>/'.$units.' ('.$count.' '.$tense.' cast) <em>This is \'static\'.</em></p>';
                $static_rater[] .= '</div>';
                $static_rater[] .= '</div>'."\n\n";

                return join("\n", $static_rater);


} else {

      $rater ='';
      $rater.='<div class="ratingblock">';

      $rater.='<div id="unit_long'.$id.'">';
      $rater.='  <ul id="unit_ul'.$id.'" class="unit-rating" style="width:'.$rating_unitwidth*$units.'px;">';
      $rater.='     <li class="current-rating" style="width:'.$rating_width.'px;">Currently '.$rating2.'/'.$units.'</li>';

      for ($ncount = 1; $ncount <= $units; $ncount++) { // loop from 1 to the number of units
           if(!$voted) { // if the user hasn't yet voted, draw the voting stars
              $rater.='<li><a href="db.php?j='.$ncount.'&amp;q='.$id.'&amp;t='.$ip.'&amp;c='.$units.'" title="'.$ncount.' out of '.$units.'" class="r'.$ncount.'-unit rater" rel="nofollow">'.$ncount.'</a></li>';
           }
      }
      $ncount=0; // resets the count

      $rater.='  </ul>';
      $rater.='  <p';
      if($voted){ $rater.=' class="voted"'; }
      $rater.='>'.$id.' Rating: <strong> '.$rating1.'</strong>/'.$units.' ('.$count.' '.$tense.' cast)';
      $rater.='  </p>';
      $rater.='</div>';
      $rater.='</div>';
      return $rater;
 }
}
?>


Is it possible to call a php function using javascript? If yes, anyone know how can i do this?
Or any other idea on how implement this in Geeklog?

Thanks in advance.
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fakestar

Anonymous
Dirk, there is no way to make something similar using 1.4.0?
I mean, define new variable to use in storytext.thtml?

Thanks.

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jmucchiello

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Registered: 08/29/05
Posts: 985
No simple way. You would need to edit STORY_renderArticle in system/lib-story.php to call your function and put its results into the variable you added to storytext.thtml

Somewhere before the end of the function you add the line

$article->set_var('rating_bar_text', rating_bar($A['sid']) );

and in the storytext.thtml you add {rating_bar_text} where ever you want the text to appear.

The annoying part is having to make this change every time you upgrade.
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fakestar

Anonymous
Thanks...

i'll upgrade to 1.41 today...it's better only edit lib-custom, right?
anyway i have some index.php modifications too... Rolling Eyes

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function CUSTOM_templateSetVars ($templatename, &$template)
{
    switch ($templatename) {
        case 'storytext':
        case 'featuredstorytext':
        case 'archivestorytext':
            $template->set_var ('hello_world', "Hello, world!");
            break;
    }
}


Well, i can replace Hello, world! with whatever php i want?

Thanks!
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fakestar

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Registered: 03/15/06
Posts: 37
jmucchiello, you're the man!

It's working Smile
i don't care to do the same stuff when i update, i just can't forget Big Grin


Thanks a lot man. Mr. Green

:shakehands:
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