Topic: Adding a new UOM

[floodcaster]

I wanted to add a new UOM of centibars for soil moisture on a page I'm creating in my ajax/php site. I tried adding $SITE['uomSoilMoist'] = ' cb'; in the Settings.php and then referencing that in my page but no luck. Is there a step I'm missing?

[WeatherBeacon]

Are you using VWS or WD?

Kevin...

[saratogaWX]

If you're using the WD/AJAX/PHP template set, and you created a page using the wxnewpage.php as the starting point, then you should be able to <?php echo $SITE['uomSoilMoist']; ?> to print it on the page.

If you're not using the template set (or hadn't created a new page from the wxnewpage.php), then you may have to
include

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<?php include_once("Settings.php");
global $SITE;
?> near the top of the page, then use the above to print the value.

It would be helpful to have a URL to the page you're modifying

Best regards,
Ken

[floodcaster]

Hi Ken,
Yes, using the WD ajax/php files and I've used the wxnewpage.php template.

Sorry, still new to PHP but this is a great learning experience!

I got it to work with:
<?php echo strip_units($fourinchsoilmoist) . $SITE['uomSoilMoist']; ?> </td>

Why wouldn't it work with:
<?php echo strip_units($fourinchsoilmoist) . $uomSoilMoist; ?> </td>

if in the page you have the code:
require_once("Settings.php");

I didn't include the URL as I just slapped together a table to see if my new additions to the testtags would work but it's here if you want to see it. Still messing with it and have a ways to go.

Bill

[saratogaWX]

I got it to work with:
<?php echo strip_units($fourinchsoilmoist) . $SITE['uomSoilMoist']; ?> </td>

Why wouldn't it work with:
<?php echo strip_units($fourinchsoilmoist) . $uomSoilMoist; ?> </td>

if in the page you have the code:
require_once("Settings.php");

Just putting it in the Settings.php file only ensures that $SITE['uomSoilMoist'] has content.  If you want to name a local variable as $uomSoilMoist   (like I have done with $uomTemp, $uomBaro ... etc in ajax-dashboard.php), then you'll need to include code like

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if (isset($SITE['uomSoilMoist'])) {$uomSoilMoist = $SITE['uomSoilMoist'];} .. see the samples at the start of the ajax-dashboard.php.

Then (with the above code) you could use
<?php echo strip_units($fourinchsoilmoist) . $uomSoilMoist; ?> </td>

in your page.

Hope this helps...
Best regards,
Ken

[floodcaster]

Ahhh...I see what you mean. Thanks for the explanation Ken (and your patience) .

[saratogaWX]

You're very welcome!  Glad I could assist.

Best regards,
Ken