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Hi all,

I have a simple CMS site with a page that uses PHP to propogate from a database.

It is here:

http://boc.355warrenstreet.com/

If you click on Outdoor Locations--then one of the two maps--then a NUMBER on the map, then click on Outdoor Locations AGAIN, then on the map AGAIN, and now pick a new number.

You will still see the previous one you picked before.

I disabled "page cached" but that didn't help. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

How did you integrate your code into CMSMS?  Is it using a user defined tag that is reading from $_GET?

no, it's just put inside a literal tag, inside php right in the page!

that is where the "get" command is.

should it be in a user-defined tag? I don't understand that system well. I tried to paste my PHP and it gave me errors.

Can you give me a "sample" of how a get php command would look inside a user-defined tag?

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the help, as always.

Although I am not a programmer I think this is done by putting ordinary php-code into a user defined tag - without - at the end.

Then you call the user defined tag as usual: {tagname}

Exactly.  A user defined tag is one function's worth of code.  If you're just using $_GET, then you can pretty much just cut and paste it in.  User defined tags output do not get any kind of caching, and it should solve your issue.

hey,

it's still not working, but now, all the user-defined tags ARE correct. thank you for helping with that...

the problem is, that it's not getting the variable out of the address bar. So here is the address, for instance:
http://boc.355warrenstreet.com/index.ph ... ocation=96

now, if I go there, that selectLocation should be passed to the page, but it isn't, as long as it's in a user-defined tag.

If it's in the code, as {php}, then it IS passed, and cached on the page.

Any ideas at all? I put all of my PHP on the page into user-defined tags (just "echos") but it isn't grabbing the variable. No errors--just not grabbing the variables.

Thanks again for any help at all--

David

Hey all,

Well, I tried removing the "get" from the user-defined tag, and putting it back into "literal", but even still it doesn't work--do you think I need to put EVERYTHING into it's own user-defined tags? Here is what I mean:

This is my current "user defined tag" for all of the top copy. The variable is not being inserted into the "echo"s throughout the rest of the page. Should EACH LINE or "function" of this code be in it's own user-defined tag?

Thanks--

$dbhost = 'bocjoomla.355warrenstreet.com';
$dbuser = "*********';
$dbpass = '********';

extract($_GET);

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die
('Error connecting to mysql');

$dbname = 'bocjoomla';
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$qResult = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM barrett_signs where locationnum = $selectLocation");

$row = mysql_fetch_array($qResult);

$rLocation .=$row['locationnum'];
$rCity .=$row['city'];
$rImg .=$row['img'];
$rMap .=$row['map'];
$rDma .=$row['dma'];
$rRoute_highway .=$row['route_highway'];
$rRoute_exit .=$row['route_exit'];
$rSize .=$row['size'];
$rFacing .=$row['facing'];
$rDec .=$row['dec'];
$rSummary .=$row['summary'];

May I top this? I'm just worried it'll fall off the radar & it's such a simple thing that I think the solution is right on the tip of someone's tongue!

The variable is not being inserted into the "echo"s throughout the rest of the page. Should EACH LINE or "function" of this code be in it's own user-defined tag?

Not sure if I understand correctly but it seems that you are first calling this usertag and after its execution using those variables? (you can stop reading here If I didnt understand correctly

if that is what you are doing it would be variable scope broblem. those variables are only "alive" inside that usertag.

you can still export those variables to smarty if you want.
then if you call that usertag from a page (lets call it smarty_test) {smarty_test}. AFTER that code has been run you can use that variable with {$tester} anywhere on your page.

yes, exactly!

I am not sure that I understand completely what you mean either--let me try to re-phrase it.

Essentially I have a page that is created by having a variable in the address bar (selectLocation=some number).

If that number is 42, then the mySQL database spits out the row of information, which is displayed via Echo statements.

EVERYTHING is in user tags.

Are you saying that I use a "smarty tag" to "grab" that variable, that is in the address bar?

Will that work?

Thanks so much

Thanks for the help--I looked at this and this is what I've figured out so far.

Basically, you are saying, that the code in the user-defined tag STAYS there. The VAriable, that is.

So, in my "get" function (which is the function that: connects to the database, retrieves the mySQL info, then assigns it to variables for echoing later) I now have added the first three lines of code that follow:

global $gCms;
$smarty = &$gCms->smarty;
$smarty->assign('', $rLocation);

Now, this is assigning $rLocation (which is equal to a row in the database, defined by the variable that is grabbed from the address bar) to smarty, right? so that it can be used in other user-defined tags?

The user-defined tag that uses $rLocation is just: echo $rLocation.

Nothing is displaying on the page, so I assume I'm doing something wrong.

What follows is the entire contents of the "get" user-defined tag.

global $gCms;
$smarty = &$gCms->smarty;
$smarty->assign('', $rLocation);

$dbhost = 'bocjoomla.355warrenstreet.com';
$dbuser = 'bocjoomla';
$dbpass = 'tempest1';

extract($_GET);

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die
('Error connecting to mysql');

$dbname = 'bocjoomla';
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$qResult = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM barrett_signs where locationnum = $selectLocation");




$row = mysql_fetch_array($qResult);

$rLocation .=$row['locationnum'];
$rCity .=$row['city'];
$rImg .=$row['img'];
$rMap .=$row['map'];
$rDma .=$row['dma'];
$rRoute_highway .=$row['route_highway'];
$rRoute_exit .=$row['route_exit'];
$rSize .=$row['size'];
$rFacing .=$row['facing'];
$rDec .=$row['dec'];
$rSummary .=$row['summary'];

try this
then in your page first call that user tag

{your_user_tag_name}

after that you can use
in your page source

(if that array aproach doesnt work you can always assign those variables into seperate smarty vars)

$smarty->assign('rLocation', $rLocation); and then in your page use
hope this helps

that is looking great--my one question now--what is that user defined tag to contain?

so I have to make a user defined tag called "onerow" or whatever is within the '' (i.e.--here:$smarty->assign('onerow', $row);) but what should that user tag contain itself?

Thank you so much!

you still around? drop me a line!

tsw wrote: try this

this goes in the user tag named "your_user_tag_name":

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$dbhost = 'bocjoomla.355warrenstreet.com';
$dbuser = "*********';
$dbpass = '********';

extract($_GET);

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die
('Error connecting to mysql');

$dbname = 'bocjoomla';
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$qResult = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM barrett_signs where locationnum = $selectLocation");

$row = mysql_fetch_array($qResult);

$rLocation .=$row['locationnum'];
$rCity .=$row['city'];
$rImg .=$row['img'];
$rMap .=$row['map'];
$rDma .=$row['dma'];
$rRoute_highway .=$row['route_highway'];
$rRoute_exit .=$row['route_exit'];
$rSize .=$row['size'];
$rFacing .=$row['facing'];
$rDec .=$row['dec'];
$rSummary .=$row['summary'];

global $gCms;
$smarty = &$gCms->smarty;
$smarty->assign('onerow', $row);

then in your page first call that user tag

{your_user_tag_name}

after that you can use

this line just uses that variable assigned to smarty:

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<p>here is my data: {$onerow['locationnum']}</p>

in your page source


(if that array aproach doesnt work you can always assign those variables into seperate smarty vars)

if above doesnt work, edit that user tag so that you have different variables for each udt variable in smarty:
$smarty->assign('rLocation', $rLocation); and then in your page use

this line just uses that variable assigned to smarty:

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<p>here is my data: {$rLocation}</p>

hope this helps

heh, doesnt look too nice with quotes and code and colors, hope you can understand that explanation