Topic: Making Scripts Smaller

[Farmtalk]

I know in html to make an image smaller, you use WIDTH="..."and the height the same, but how do you do this for php????

[Maumelle Weather]

Hi Joseph,

Look at this:http://saratoga-weather.org/resize-nexstorm-image.php?sce=view  It is used for resizing .jpgs.  Can be used for any .jpg

John

[Farmtalk]

Looks like this will work! Where do I insert it on my page?

[Maumelle Weather]

I would make the script its own .php file, then use an "include" on the page with the image.  Like this:

<?php include("yourimagefile.php") ; ?>

John

[Farmtalk]

What if I were trying to do this on an already existing page? I am wanting to put Ken's Advforecast2 script on there, which I have ready to go, it's already on there, it's just too big with the template that I am using.

Here's what I am referring to:

www.fitzweather.com/index.php

[Maumelle Weather]

In that case, you don't need the resize script.  Looks like the size of the space you are wanting to use is about 550px wide or so, I believe.  Check me on that, please.  Let me see what I can do on this.  Back in a few.

John

[Farmtalk]

If you could just cut the forecast to the cutoff on the page at Wednesday, that would be fine too, I just don't know how to do this. I ordered a PHP and CSS book in the mail the other day, but haven't received it yet.

[Maumelle Weather]

I'll try, Joseph. Ken is on here and will probably beat me to a solution.  I 'think' this will work.  Copy and paste what is below.

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
?>

 <?php
  if ($useEXTf) {  //  Show Short Term Extended Forecast Data
?>
<table class="center" style="width:500px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">
       <tr>
         <td style="text-align: left" class="datahead">&nbsp;<? print $fcstorg; ?> 4 Day Weather Forecast</td>
       </tr>
       </table>
        <table class="center" style="width:500px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border: 1px solid #FFF;">
              <tr>
               <td>
                      <div style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><?php echo $forecasticons[0]; ?><br/>
                        <?php echo $forecasttemp[0]; ?>
                 </div></td>
               <td>
                      <div style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><?php echo $forecasticons[1]; ?><br/>
                        <?php echo $forecasttemp[1]; ?>
                 </div></td>
             <td>
                      <div style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><?php echo $forecasticons[2]; ?><br/>
                        <?php echo $forecasttemp[2]; ?>
                 </div></td>
               <td>
                      <div style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><?php echo $forecasticons[3]; ?><br/>
                        <?php echo $forecasttemp[3]; ?>
                 </div></td>
             </tr>
       </table>
<?php } // end $useEXTf  ---------------------------------------- ?>


John

[Maumelle Weather]

Not quite there, but working it.  At the top of what I sent you change the following from:

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
?>

to:

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
$fcstby = isset($_REQUEST['fcstby'])?strtoupper($_REQUEST['fcstby']):'';
if ($fcstby == 'NWS') {
$SITE['fcstscript']      = 'advforecast2.php';  // USA-only NWS Forecast script
$SITE['fcstorg']      = 'NWS';    // set to 'NWS' for NOAA NWS
$fcstorg = $fcstby;
$fcstscript = $SITE['fcstscript'];
}
?>

Also, you can remove the include for the image resize script.

[Farmtalk]

The layout looks like it is going to be perfect, but the information is not displaying

[Maumelle Weather]

We'll get this eventually.

Change this:

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
$fcstby = isset($_REQUEST['fcstby'])?strtoupper($_REQUEST['fcstby']):'';
if ($fcstby == 'NWS') {
$SITE['fcstscript']      = 'advforecast2.php';  // USA-only NWS Forecast script
$SITE['fcstorg']      = 'NWS';    // set to 'NWS' for NOAA NWS
$fcstorg = $fcstby;
$fcstscript = $SITE['fcstscript'];
}
?>

to:

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
$fcstby = isset($_REQUEST['fcstby'])?strtoupper($_REQUEST['fcstby']):'';
if ($fcstby == 'NWS') {
$SITE['fcstscript']      = 'advforecast2.php';  // USA-only NWS Forecast script
$SITE['fcstorg']      = 'NWS';    // set to 'NWS' for NOAA NWS
$fcstorg = $fcstby;
$fcstscript = $SITE['fcstscript'];
}
print "<!-- fcstby='$fcstby' fcstscript='" . $SITE['fcstscript'] . "' fcstorg='". $SITE['fcstorg'] . "' -->\n";
  include_once($WXtags);   // for the bulk of our data
  $doPrintNWS = false; // suppress printing of forecast by advforecast2.php
  $doPrint    = false; // suppress printing of ec-forecast.php
  $doPrintWU  = false; // suppress printing of WU-forecast.php
  include_once($fcstscript); // for the forecast icon stuff
?>

Try that, and see what happens, please.

[Maumelle Weather]

Also,

You can change this to what you need in red:

<td style="text-align: left" class="datahead">&nbsp;<? print $fcstorg; ?> 4 Day Weather Forecast</td>

[Farmtalk]

It's looking great now! The only thing wrong is that it says I have done something wrong on line 63, but I don't see anything (?)

[Maumelle Weather]

It's a server issue.  Change the following in red from:  include to require

<?php
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php';
$useEXTf   = true;
$fcstby = isset($_REQUEST['fcstby'])?strtoupper($_REQUEST['fcstby']):'';
if ($fcstby == 'NWS') {
$SITE['fcstscript']      = 'advforecast2.php';  // USA-only NWS Forecast script
$SITE['fcstorg']      = 'NWS';    // set to 'NWS' for NOAA NWS
$fcstorg = $fcstby;
$fcstscript = $SITE['fcstscript'];
}
print "<!-- fcstby='$fcstby' fcstscript='" . $SITE['fcstscript'] . "' fcstorg='". $SITE['fcstorg'] . "' -->\n";
  include_once($WXtags);   // for the bulk of our data
  $doPrintNWS = false; // suppress printing of forecast by advforecast2.php
  $doPrint    = false; // suppress printing of ec-forecast.php
  $doPrintWU  = false; // suppress printing of WU-forecast.php
  include_once($fcstscript); // for the forecast icon stuff  change from include to require
?>

[Farmtalk]

Hmm..Now I have this error showing up:

Warning: include_once(): Filename cannot be empty in /hsphere/local/home/c347285/fitzweather.com/index.php on line 62 Warning: include_once(): Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/hsphere/shared/apache/libexec/php5ext/php/') in /hsphere/local/home/c347285/fitzweather.com/index.php on line 62

[Maumelle Weather]

Hmmm.... Could you .zip me your index.php and email it to me, please?  I'll look at it.  I wonder if it is because the atom-top-warning.php is no longer there.

[Farmtalk]

Sure thing, one minute..

Sent it to your yahoo.