[plugin] [ORPHAN] dru_random_text

kennethlove666 · 2004-09-01 19:27:47

sophia – if you’re on a *nix computer, “tar xzf filename.tgz” at the commandline should work for you. if you’re on an older mac, stuffit can open the file. if you’re on a windows computer, i do believe winRAR or winACE can open it.

Martagnan · 2004-09-02 11:32:30

TIME SENSITIVE RANDOM TEXT!

Someone else might find this useful. I dont know PHP but I have cobbled this together with help from friends…

Copy and paste the following in place of the plugin code… ALWAYS BACKUP THE ORIGINAL FIRST!!!

@
function dru_random_text($atts) // by mr drew mclellan // allinthehead.com { global $txpcfg; if (is_array($atts)) extract($atts); $source = empty($source) ? ‘file’ : $source;

if ($source == ‘database’){ if (empty($table) || empty($column)) return ‘’; $sql = “select $column from $table order by rand() limit 1”; $rs = getRow($sql); if($rs) return $rs⁰; return ‘’; } if ($source == ‘file’){ if( date(“H”) > 6 && date(“H”) < 11) { $path = “morning.txt”; } else if (date(“H”) > 11 && date(“H”) < 18) { $path = “afternoon.txt”; } else if (date(“H”) > 18 && date(“H”) < 23) { $path = “evening.txt”; } else { $path = “smallhours.txt”; } $path = empty($path) ? $txpcfg[‘doc_root’].$filename : $path; $delimiter = empty($delimiter) ? “\n” : $delimiter; $fp = fopen($path, “r”); $contents = fread($fp, filesize($path)); $elements = explode($delimiter,$contents); fclose($fp); srand((double)microtime()*1000000); $text_index = (rand(1, sizeof($elements)) – 1); return $elements[$text_index]; } return ‘’; }

@

Now its possible to serve up random(ish) text appropriate to the time of day!

If anyone could suggest a more elegant way i’d appreciate it.

Can someone tell me how to get code to display properly on this forum :(

Last edited by Martagnan (2004-09-02 15:50:11)

els · 2004-09-02 13:21:42

I tried this in my form:

<txp:permlink><txp:dru_random_text source="database" table="textpattern" column="Title" /></txp:permlink>

but then nothing is displayed. Without the permlink tags it displays a random title, but I don’t see much use in that without the permlink.
Is it possible to add the permlink, and how?

Martagnan: put the code between -s.

Last edited by doggiez (2004-09-02 13:22:27)

Martagnan · 2004-09-02 15:49:11

I put the code between @s as you can see… no difference?

els · 2004-09-02 20:21:40

And this?

< code >your code< /code >

<del>Edit: can’t seem to get this right :-( I’ll just keep trying until it shows what I want. (why doesn’t this thing have a preview button?)</del>

Edit nr. 387: at last! (just leave out the spaces of course)

Last edited by doggiez (2004-09-02 20:38:09)

EddieG5 · 2005-11-23 14:09:33

Has anyone tried this plugin with the latest version of Txp? I’ve got it running on a RC2 install that I’m about to upgrade … does anyone know of any issues I should be aware of or if there is an updated version of the plugin?

els · 2005-11-23 14:38:16

I have been using it without problems in 4.0.1, stopped using it recently because I found that the same can be achieved with articles and sortby=“rand()”.

reid · 2005-11-23 15:03:37

I’m using it with 4.0.2 with no issues.

EddieG5 · 2005-11-23 16:25:10

Excellent … thanks!

marios · 2006-04-04 22:14:13

Does it work with 4.03 ?

regards

RenJonsin · 2006-04-04 23:18:50

Yes it does!

Ren

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