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  Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com> - 2012-12-19 07:30 -0500
    Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2012-12-19 07:02 -0800
      Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com> - 2012-12-19 13:13 -0500
        Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-12-19 15:05 -0500
          Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com> - 2012-12-19 16:59 -0500
            Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-12-19 17:50 -0500
        Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-12-19 21:23 +0100
          Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com> - 2012-12-19 18:33 -0500
            Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2012-12-19 17:24 -0800
        Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-12-19 14:32 -0600
          Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-12-19 17:51 -0500
    Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-12-19 16:04 +0000
      Re: Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com> - 2012-12-19 13:23 -0500

#7850 — Using echo to run separate PHP script from HTML

I adapted a PHP script that presents a vertical bargraph showing a goal and 
current value and percentage. It was from:
http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2008/02/23/how-to-make-a-progressgoal-thermometer-like-bar-graph-with-php/

My adaption includes a text file for the goal and current value as well as 
height and width. This "goalgraph.php" works OK:

<?php
$datafile = "goalgraphdata.txt";
if( !file_exists($datafile) ) {
    $df = fopen( $datafile, "w" ) or die( "File Error" );
    // cur, goal, height, width
    fwrite( $df, "100\r\n50\r\n200\r\n25\r\n" );
    fclose( $df );
    }

if (isset($_GET['cur']) && isset($_GET['goal']) && isset($_GET['height']) && 
isset($_GET['width']) ) {

    header("Content-type: image/png");

    //setting the values we'll use in our script pulled in from GET
    $height = trim($_GET['height']);
    $width = trim($_GET['width']);
    $goal = trim($_GET['goal']);
    $current = trim($_GET['cur']);

    $df = fopen( $datafile, "w" ) or die( "File Error" );
    // cur, goal, height, width
    fwrite( $df, "$current\r\n$goal\r\n$height\r\n$width\r\n" );
    fclose( $df );
    }

$df = fopen( $datafile, "r" ) or die( "File Error" );
$current = trim(fgets( $df ));
$goal = trim(fgets( $df ));
$height = trim(fgets( $df ));
$width = trim(fgets( $df ));
fclose( $df );

if ($current > $goal) {
        $current = 100;
        $percent= "100%!";
    } else if ($current == "" || $current == "0") {
        $percent = "0%";
    } else {
        $percent = round(($current/$goal)*100) . "%";
    }

    $im = @imagecreate($width,$height)
        or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");

    $bg = ImageColorAllocate($im,200,200,200); // grey
    $fg = ImageColorAllocate($im,255,0,0); //red
    $text_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0); //black
    $text_color1 = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 0255); //white


    $fill = $height-(($current/$goal)*$height);

    imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, $fill, $width, $height, $fg);

    $font = 3;
    imagestring($im, $font, 2, 0,  trim($goal), $text_color);
    imagestring($im, 5, 5, $height-$percent*$height/200-8,  $percent, 
$text_color1);
    imagestring($im, $font, 2, $height-$percent*$height/100, 
trim($current), $text_color);

    imagepng($im);

    imagedestroy($im);

?>

I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it with a 
direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so using PHP within 
the HTML, using echo, it does not work. I tried renaming the file php and 
adding the "AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm" to a .htaccess file, but 
no joy. Here is what I have:

<html>
<body>
Goalgraph
<hr />
<?php
//echo '<img src="' . "goalgraph.php" . '" />' . "\n";

$datafile = "goalgraphdata.txt";
if( file_exists($datafile) ) {
    echo "File Found\n";
    $df = fopen( $datafile, "r" ) or die( "File Error" );
    $current = trim(fgets( $df ));
    $goal = trim(fgets( $df ));
    $height = trim(fgets( $df ));
    $width = trim(fgets( $df ));
    fclose( $df );

    echo '<img src="' . htmlspecialchars("goalgraph.php?cur=" . 
urlencode($current) . "&goal=" . urlencode($goal) .
    "&width=" . urlencode($width) . "&height=" . urlencode($height) ) . '" 
alt="Help us achieve our goal"' . "  /> \n";
    }
else
    echo "File not found\n";
?>
<hr />
<img src="goalgraph.php" />
</body>

</html>

It's been a long time since I have done anything with PHP or HTML for that 
matter, so I'm quite rusty, and it may be something simple. Any help will be 
most kindly appreciated.

Thanks!

Paul 

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#7851

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:30:35 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
wrote:

>I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it with a 
>direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so using PHP within 
>the HTML, using echo, it does not work.

If your html script works, and you want to change it so that php is
generating the html, then run the php that you have and look at the
resulting page source to see how it campares with the html that works.

Richard Yates

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#7854

"Richard Yates"  wrote in message 
news:9ml3d8te6o6c4u2f17hov6o0cuvp2bg8c7@4ax.com...

> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:30:35 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
> wrote:

>> I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it with 
>> a
>> direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so using PHP
>> within the HTML, using echo, it does not work.

> If your html script works, and you want to change it so that php is
> generating the html, then run the php that you have and look at the
> resulting page source to see how it campares with the html that works.

I was using Notepad to edit the file, so it was in Windows format and not 
UNIX. I thought it was possible to save the file in UNIX format with 
Notepad, but the only formats other than ANSI are Unicode and UTF-8, neither 
of which work properly.

D-oh!

Thanks,

Paul 

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#7857

On 12/19/2012 1:13 PM, P E Schoen wrote:
> "Richard Yates"  wrote in message
> news:9ml3d8te6o6c4u2f17hov6o0cuvp2bg8c7@4ax.com...
>
>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:30:35 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it
>>> with a
>>> direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so using PHP
>>> within the HTML, using echo, it does not work.
>
>> If your html script works, and you want to change it so that php is
>> generating the html, then run the php that you have and look at the
>> resulting page source to see how it campares with the html that works.
>
> I was using Notepad to edit the file, so it was in Windows format and
> not UNIX. I thought it was possible to save the file in UNIX format with
> Notepad, but the only formats other than ANSI are Unicode and UTF-8,
> neither of which work properly.
>
> D-oh!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

That should not make a difference.  ANSI is fine.  The FTP transfer 
should be text (not binary) mode, and will take care of the line end 
differences.



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#7861

"Jerry Stuckle"  wrote in message news:kat6lp$vdt$2@dont-email.me...

> That should not make a difference.  ANSI is fine.  The FTP transfer should 
> be text (not binary) mode, and will take care of the line end differences.

But I am editing the files on my local machine Apache server, so FTP is not 
used. I'm using the evaluation version of perledit, but I think I should try 
one of the other editors designed for code, such as notepad++ as suggested 
by Luuk.

Now that I can get the PHP to work, I want to add some more functionality to 
this. There are some widgets that are designed to handle contributions 
through PayPal and other services, but I wanted to make something simple 
that my friend can easily add to his forum:
http://dogsnharmony.com/community/

What I have now can be handled by simply adding the line:
<img src="goalgraph.php" alt="Help us get to our goal" />

The graph can be updated by manually uploading a new "goalgraphdata.txt" 
file with the amounts on an occasional basis, although it would be nice to 
see the graph update when the contribution is made. So I wanted to simulate 
this by having text controls where a member can enter an amount, and then 
click a "Contribute" button, and have the graph update accordingly. There 
could also be another text box showing the total contributions.

But I'm not sure quite how to do this. As it is now set up, I would have to 
add the new quantity, as entered in the HTML page, to the URL parameters in 
the PHP code. Or I could just write the new values to the text file. But I'm 
not sure how to transfer the values in the HTML controls to PHP variables to 
be written to the file.

I can't find any PHP functions that would provide a listbox or textbox where 
a user can enter data. Of course, I could echo an HTML input of type text, 
but I'm not sure if the value is visible to PHP, as it is with JavaScript. 
Maybe this requires JSON or an equivalent. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Paul 

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#7863

On 12/19/2012 4:59 PM, P E Schoen wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle"  wrote in message news:kat6lp$vdt$2@dont-email.me...
>
>> That should not make a difference.  ANSI is fine.  The FTP transfer
>> should be text (not binary) mode, and will take care of the line end
>> differences.
>
> But I am editing the files on my local machine Apache server, so FTP is
> not used. I'm using the evaluation version of perledit, but I think I
> should try one of the other editors designed for code, such as notepad++
> as suggested by Luuk.
>

Then you should be using the same OS for Apache as you are for your 
editor, and EOL differences should not be a problem.

> Now that I can get the PHP to work, I want to add some more
> functionality to this. There are some widgets that are designed to
> handle contributions through PayPal and other services, but I wanted to
> make something simple that my friend can easily add to his forum:
> http://dogsnharmony.com/community/
>
> What I have now can be handled by simply adding the line:
> <img src="goalgraph.php" alt="Help us get to our goal" />
>
> The graph can be updated by manually uploading a new "goalgraphdata.txt"
> file with the amounts on an occasional basis, although it would be nice
> to see the graph update when the contribution is made. So I wanted to
> simulate this by having text controls where a member can enter an
> amount, and then click a "Contribute" button, and have the graph update
> accordingly. There could also be another text box showing the total
> contributions.
>
> But I'm not sure quite how to do this. As it is now set up, I would have
> to add the new quantity, as entered in the HTML page, to the URL
> parameters in the PHP code. Or I could just write the new values to the
> text file. But I'm not sure how to transfer the values in the HTML
> controls to PHP variables to be written to the file.
>
> I can't find any PHP functions that would provide a listbox or textbox
> where a user can enter data. Of course, I could echo an HTML input of
> type text, but I'm not sure if the value is visible to PHP, as it is
> with JavaScript. Maybe this requires JSON or an equivalent. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

There are none.  PHP runs on the server, not the client.  It 
communicates with the client via HTTP.  You need to send the appropriate 
HTML to the client and get the response back when the user submits the form.

-- 
==================
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Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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#7858

On 19-12-2012 19:13, P E Schoen wrote:
> I was using Notepad to edit the file, so it was in Windows format and
> not UNIX. I thought it was possible to save the file in UNIX format with
> Notepad, but the only formats other than ANSI are Unicode and UTF-8,
> neither of which work properly.
>

a free editor like Notepad++ can do this for you
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

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#7866

"Luuk"  wrote in message news:rak9q9-obn.ln1@luuk.invalid.lan...

> a free editor like Notepad++ can do this for you
> http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

I just downloaded and installed this. It seems to be very good.

Thanks,

Paul 

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#7868

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:33:26 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
wrote:

>"Luuk"  wrote in message news:rak9q9-obn.ln1@luuk.invalid.lan...
>
>> a free editor like Notepad++ can do this for you
>> http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
>
>I just downloaded and installed this. It seems to be very good.

The only drawback I ran into was that it was a real pain to edit the
color schemes to something useful. Seems like most of the presets were
light text on dark backgrounds. I wondered why there were not preset
color schemes that duplicated the defaults of other, well-used
editors.

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#7860

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:13:43 -0500, P E Schoen wrote:

> "Richard Yates" wrote in message
> news:9ml3d8te6o6c4u2f17hov6o0cuvp2bg8c7@4ax.com...
>
>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:30:35 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it
>>> with a direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so
>>> using PHP within the HTML, using echo, it does not work.
>
>> If your html script works, and you want to change it so that php
>> is generating the html, then run the php that you have and look at
>> the resulting page source to see how it campares with the html that
>> works.
>
> I was using Notepad to edit the file, so it was in Windows format and
> not UNIX. I thought it was possible to save the file in UNIX format
> with Notepad, but the only formats other than ANSI are Unicode and
> UTF-8, neither of which work properly.

Time for a new article. "Notepad Considered Harmful: or How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love Vi".

-- 
"... I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab.
 I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate.
 All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last 
 week. Time to die...". -- Peter Gutmann in the scary.devil.monastery

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#7864

On 12/19/2012 3:32 PM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:13:43 -0500, P E Schoen wrote:
>
>> "Richard Yates" wrote in message
>> news:9ml3d8te6o6c4u2f17hov6o0cuvp2bg8c7@4ax.com...
>>
>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:30:35 -0500, "P E Schoen" <paul@peschoen.com>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it
>>>> with a direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so
>>>> using PHP within the HTML, using echo, it does not work.
>>
>>> If your html script works, and you want to change it so that php
>>> is generating the html, then run the php that you have and look at
>>> the resulting page source to see how it campares with the html that
>>> works.
>>
>> I was using Notepad to edit the file, so it was in Windows format and
>> not UNIX. I thought it was possible to save the file in UNIX format
>> with Notepad, but the only formats other than ANSI are Unicode and
>> UTF-8, neither of which work properly.
>
> Time for a new article. "Notepad Considered Harmful: or How I Learned to
> Stop Worrying and Love Vi".
>

LOL, I like notepad for quick and dirty stuff, i.e. testing code 
snippits - it's small and fast.  But for real work I prefer Crimson 
editor on Windows, and vim on Linux.

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==================
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JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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#7852

On 19/12/12 12:30, P E Schoen wrote:

> I am able to access this script using a simple HTML file if I do it with
> a direct <img src="goalgraph.php" />. But when I try to do so using PHP
> within the HTML, using echo, it does not work. I tried renaming the file
> php and adding the "AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm" to a .htaccess
> file, but no joy. Here is what I have:
>
> <html>
> <body>
> Goalgraph
> <hr />
> <?php
> //echo '<img src="' . "goalgraph.php" . '" />' . "\n";

well that's plain wrong ..you have too much of a buggers muddle of quotes.

printf makes things easier..

try
	printf ('<img src="%s" />\n', 'goalgraph.php');

>
> $datafile = "goalgraphdata.txt";
> if( file_exists($datafile) ) {
>     echo "File Found\n";
>     $df = fopen( $datafile, "r" ) or die( "File Error" );
>     $current = trim(fgets( $df ));
>     $goal = trim(fgets( $df ));
>     $height = trim(fgets( $df ));
>     $width = trim(fgets( $df ));
>     fclose( $df );
>
>     echo '<img src="' . htmlspecialchars("goalgraph.php?cur=" .
> urlencode($current) . "&goal=" . urlencode($goal) .
>     "&width=" . urlencode($width) . "&height=" . urlencode($height) ) .
> '" alt="Help us achieve our goal"' . "  /> \n";
>     }
> else
>     echo "File not found\n";
> ?>
> <hr />
> <img src="goalgraph.php" />
> </body>
>
> </html>
>
> It's been a long time since I have done anything with PHP or HTML for
> that matter, so I'm quite rusty, and it may be something simple. Any
> help will be most kindly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul


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#7855

"The Natural Philosopher"  wrote in message 
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> On 19/12/12 12:30, P E Schoen wrote:

<html>
<body>
Goalgraph
<hr />
<?php
//echo '<img src="' . "goalgraph.php" . '" />' . "\n";

> well that's plain wrong ..you have too much of a buggers muddle of quotes.

> printf makes things easier..

> try
> printf ('<img src="%s" />\n', 'goalgraph.php');

Actually that mishmash and the other "img src" using variables were 
"correct", ugly enough.

The problem was not using UNIX file format.

Thanks,

Paul

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