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Offline Gordon

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Nice work Ken...but I lost my drop down city forecast selector:

http://www.oldlineweather.com/wxforecast.php

Even with a fresh copy of the update with no modifications it's still a no-show.

Any insight is appreciated!
Gordon

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Hi all,
user pointed out to me forecast wasn't working, so I did some digging and found this thread and the new advforecast2.php file.   Had some issues in getting it, when i clicked the download, it did a text display, so i saved the page.  Had to use wordpad to format the layout.  Then found addition info had been inserted in line 1, so i removed it and loaded it to my test bed.

I get this response - and have no idea even where to begin looking...
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<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected ';' in <b>/virtual/users/e14384-17518/web/advforecast2.php</b> on line <b>122</b><br />


my test bed is way out of date data-wise, but it's here
test.azkiwis.net

will someone please take a look and tell me where to go to fix it?
I was previously using v3.00  of 12 Mar 2011

Thanks

Ken

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Nice work Ken...but I lost my drop down city forecast selector:

http://www.oldlineweather.com/wxforecast.php

Even with a fresh copy of the update with no modifications it's still a no-show.

Any insight is appreciated!

Hello From So. MD!
  There is an array in the code near the top which you can uncomment that allows for a dropdown list of the towns/cities you'd like to have a forecast for. There is a set of cities already there that Ken has pre-populated from CA. You just need to eliminate the lines you don't need and inerst the data for the cities of interest.

Jim

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Nice work Ken...but I lost my drop down city forecast selector:

http://www.oldlineweather.com/wxforecast.php

Even with a fresh copy of the update with no modifications it's still a no-show.

Any insight is appreciated!
Hi Gordon,

Your advforecast2.php has
Code: [Select]
/*
$NWSforecasts = array(
.. just change it to
Code: [Select]
//*
$NWSforecasts = array(
and your selector should be enabled again.
I'd put the selector inside /* */ comments so folks wouldn't use my default selectors if they had not customized the script itself.

Best regards,
Ken

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Hi all,
user pointed out to me forecast wasn't working, so I did some digging and found this thread and the new advforecast2.php file.   Had some issues in getting it, when i clicked the download, it did a text display, so i saved the page.  Had to use wordpad to format the layout.  Then found addition info had been inserted in line 1, so i removed it and loaded it to my test bed.

I get this response - and have no idea even where to begin looking...
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected ';' in <b>/virtual/users/e14384-17518/web/advforecast2.php</b> on line <b>122</b><br />


my test bed is way out of date data-wise, but it's here
test.azkiwis.net

will someone please take a look and tell me where to go to fix it?
I was previously using v3.00  of 12 Mar 2011

Thanks

Ken

Hi Ken,

With a parse error, it's not possible to see the source remotely (since the parse error precludes execution of the entire script).

Since you'd had issues doing the download using the ?sce=view option, I'd suggest you try the updates tool which will create a .zip file with the source included in the file.  Just save and extract advforecast2.php from there as a good starting point.

Best regards,
Ken
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Ah. moment of enlightenment.
I think the way I got the code was dangerous, bad at least.   Digging thru Ken's site, I found the .zip with everything in it, so d/l'd, unpacked, loaded, tested, and it worked, right out of the box.

As usual it seems to be me -- knowing where I want to go, what I want to do, but lacking the code skills to really understand.

Thanks Ken for your update!

(another) Ken





I get this response - and have no idea even where to begin looking...
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected ';' in <b>/virtual/users/e14384-17518/web/advforecast2.php</b> on line <b>122</b><br />


my test bed is way out of date data-wise, but it's here
test.azkiwis.net

will someone please take a look and tell me where to go to fix it?
I was previously using v3.00  of 12 Mar 2011

Thanks

Ken


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For the adventurous, I've posted at pre-release V3.04 with two fixes:
1) the infamous validation errata (unclosed <img tags) from the NWS
2) shortening 'Thunderstorm' to 'T-Storm' so the icons won't overflow.

Test version at http://saratoga-weather.org/advforecast2-test.php?sce=view

Let me know how that works out and I'll finish the packaging for release :)

Thanks folks for spotting the stuff needing additional fixing .. I was rushing like crazy to get the parsing working and neglected to check the XHTML 1.0-Strict validation before release.. the -test version above does validate clean :)
Best regards,
Ken
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Thanks again Ken! You rock!

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Ken the new version Validates and the T-storm is correct as well.  Thanks Again!
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Working great here.
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Works right out of the box, and validates!  Thanks, Ken =D&gt;
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Thanks folks :)

I've released 3.04 version .. let me know if any errors pop up with this one :)

Best regards,
Ken
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Offline Gordon

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Nice work Ken...but I lost my drop down city forecast selector:

http://www.oldlineweather.com/wxforecast.php

Even with a fresh copy of the update with no modifications it's still a no-show.

Any insight is appreciated!
Hi Gordon,

Your advforecast2.php has
Code: [Select]
/*
$NWSforecasts = array(
.. just change it to
Code: [Select]
//*
$NWSforecasts = array(
and your selector should be enabled again.
I'd put the selector inside /* */ comments so folks wouldn't use my default selectors if they had not customized the script itself.

Best regards,
Ken



Well that was easy! Thanks Ken...and thanks for your reply as well Jim...
Gordon

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Version 3 working here too.

thanks Master Ken




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V3.04 working here. Thanks again for all your hard work.

Doug

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3.04 working here just wish it was forecasting a little cooler temps.

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Working here as well. Thanks again Ken for  everything you do!!!

http://hayskansasweather.com/wxforecast.php




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Ken,
  If I wasn't married...    :shock:   Who said that?


Seriously, we can't say enough to thank you for all that you have done to keep everything going.... The script works like a champ!

Regards,

Jim
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Only thing thats wrong with mine is the high temps and no rain :roll:




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Hi Ken,  I was able to update one of my sites with the new version without a hitch but having problems with this site http://weather.athelstanewi.com/ .  I get this error message (Warning: strpos() [function.strpos]: Offset not contained in string in /home/content/s/t/e/stevemcd/html/weather/advforecast2.php on line 474).  I have not updated this site to your new ver 3 as of yet but since it was modded with an alternative dashboard and using VWS, I chose to leave it alone since it was working very well (kind of like if it isn't broke, don't fix it).  Anyway, do I need to update the site to ver 3 to use this script?  Turning out to be a bad week as the computer that updates the site also took a dump ](*,)

Steve
 
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Steve, not sure if it's what your looking for but Ken posted links to Ver3 AND Ver2 script updates in the first post of this thread.

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Hi Tom, Yes, I am using the ver 2 script pulled from Ken's site.  Guess it is something I am doing wrong within the site.

Thanks, Steve
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Hi Steve,

You might want to edit in the Settings area in the advforecast2.php to reflect your NOAA area site.  I did that and it seems to work for me using ajax V2 but I am in the process of updating to V3.

Hope it works out for you.

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This worked for me



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Ryan,
In your Settings.php you have
Code:

$SITE['NWSforecasts']   = array( // for the advforecast2.php V3.xx version script
// use "Zone|Location|Point-printableURL",  as entries .. first one will be the default forecast.
  "CAZ513|Saratoga|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Saratoga&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.2639&textField2=-122.022&e=1&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Los Gatos|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Los+Gatos&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.2267&textField2=-121.974&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Cupertino|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Cupertino&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3231&textField2=-122.031&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Sunnyvale|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Sunnyvale&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3689&textField2=-122.035&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Santa Clara|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Santa+Clara&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3542&textField2=-121.954&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|San Jose|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Jose&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3394&textField2=-121.894&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ508|Mountain View|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Mountain+View&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3861&textField2=-122.083&TextType=2",
"CAZ529|Santa Cruz|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Santa+Cruz&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=36.9742&textField2=-122.03&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ006|San Francisco|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Francisco&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.775&textField2=-122.418&e=0&TextType=2",
);

  You can change that to
Code:

/*
$SITE['NWSforecasts']   = array( // for the advforecast2.php V3.xx version script
// use "Zone|Location|Point-printableURL",  as entries .. first one will be the default forecast.
  "CAZ513|Saratoga|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Saratoga&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.2639&textField2=-122.022&e=1&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Los Gatos|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Los+Gatos&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.2267&textField2=-121.974&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Cupertino|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Cupertino&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3231&textField2=-122.031&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Sunnyvale|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Sunnyvale&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3689&textField2=-122.035&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|Santa Clara|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Santa+Clara&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3542&textField2=-121.954&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ513|San Jose|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Jose&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3394&textField2=-121.894&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ508|Mountain View|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Mountain+View&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.3861&textField2=-122.083&TextType=2",
"CAZ529|Santa Cruz|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Santa+Cruz&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=36.9742&textField2=-122.03&e=0&TextType=2",
"CAZ006|San Francisco|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Francisco&state=CA&site=MTR&textField1=37.775&textField2=-122.418&e=0&TextType=2",
);

//*/
 then the ONE forecast you have configured for Hayes, KS will appear instead.

Also, the Settings.php file is the one used.. there is no settings.php (with a lower-case S) used by the templates.
Linux/*nix servers pay attention to upper/lower case letters in file names .. Windows systems do not.




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Hi Ken,  I was able to update one of my sites with the new version without a hitch but having problems with this site http://weather.athelstanewi.com/ .  I get this error message (Warning: strpos() [function.strpos]: Offset not contained in string in /home/content/s/t/e/stevemcd/html/weather/advforecast2.php on line 474).  I have not updated this site to your new ver 3 as of yet but since it was modded with an alternative dashboard and using VWS, I chose to leave it alone since it was working very well (kind of like if it isn't broke, don't fix it).  Anyway, do I need to update the site to ver 3 to use this script?  Turning out to be a bad week as the computer that updates the site also took a dump ](*,)

Steve
 
Hi Steve,
I ran http://weather.athelstanewi.com/wxforecast.php?force=1&debug=y and did a view-source on the page which shows
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<!-- advforecast2.php (multi) - V3.04 - 03-Jul-2012 -->
<!-- NWS URL: /http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Athelstane&state=WI&site=GRB&textField1=45.43&textField2=-88.09&e=0&TextType=2 -->
<!-- zone=WIZ013 -->
<!-- Network error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (0) --><!-- loading ./cache/forecast-WIZ013-0.txt -->
The issue is the bad URL (with a leading /) .. delete the leading slash and the URL should work for you.

Best regards,
Ken
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