dragondust 0 Posted December 7, 2009 Hi All I'm just playing with a feature I've found on the web which enables a BBC news type scrolling text. See it in action dragondust beta site I'm having some problems with it at the mo though. here some code I've borrowed from the new_products.php file to get it self populating. $row = 0; $col = 0; [color="#FFFF00"]// $info_box_contents = array() ;[/color] while ($new_products = tep_db_fetch_array($new_products_query)) { $scrollingtext[$row][$col] = array('text' => '<li><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products['index_fp_title'] . ': Just ' . ($currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id']))) . '</a></li>'); $col ++; [color="#FFFF00"]// if ($col > 2) { // $col = 0; // $row ++; // }[/color] } new contentBox($info_box_contents); The problem I seem to have is the removal of the tables in this file. At the moment the code reads <ul id="news"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" class="infoBox"> <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" class="infoBoxContents"> <tr> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/lethal-weapon.html">Action Comedy: Lethal Weapon: Just £34.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/courage-under-fire.html">Drama: Courage Under Fire: Just £29.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/frantic.html">Thriller: Frantic: Just £35.00</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/fire-down-below.html">Action: Fire Down Below: Just £29.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/hewlett-packard-laserjet-1100xi.html">Printer: HP LaserJet 1100: Just £499.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/beloved.html">Beloved: Just £54.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.html">Action: Die Hard With A Vengeance: Just £39.99</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/blade-runner-director-s-cut.html">Science Fiction: Blade Runner: Just £30.00</a></li></td> <td><li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/a-bug-s-life.html">Animation: A Bug's Life: Just £35.99</a></li></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </ul> Yet it would be better reading. <ul id="news"> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/lethal-weapon.html">Action Comedy: Lethal Weapon: Just £34.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/courage-under-fire.html">Drama: Courage Under Fire: Just £29.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/frantic.html">Thriller: Frantic: Just £35.00</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/fire-down-below.html">Action: Fire Down Below: Just £29.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/hewlett-packard-laserjet-1100xi.html">Printer: HP LaserJet 1100: Just £499.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/beloved.html">Beloved: Just £54.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.html">Action: Die Hard With A Vengeance: Just £39.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/blade-runner-director-s-cut.html">Science Fiction: Blade Runner: Just £30.00</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/a-bug-s-life.html">Animation: A Bug's Life: Just £35.99</a></li> </ul> Has anybody got an ideal on how to remove the tables whilst keeping the new_products.php self populating. Regards. Dragondust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shane Harrrison 0 Posted December 8, 2009 Thank you for your quick reply. Unfortunately I'm quite new to PHP and only have a very limited knowledge. I understand you regarding the first part of the coding but this is as far as I know. I can see it works as the tables are removed and it has populating the array on the webpage, but it also brings a fatal error see below. This part I'm lost on and I'm guessing this is where it's failing. then echo the $scrollingtext appropriately I've tried a few combination and found that the closed I can get to this self populating is just the text in the coded line Just: $0.00. I'll include all the code which the array is collecting the data from (the new_product.php) this file is located in the modules directory. Not that clear in the first message. I was half asleep. [color="#FFFACD"] if ( (!isset($index_fp_category_id)) || ($index_fp_category_id == '0') ) { $index_fp_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, ifp.index_fp_title, ifp.valid_from_date, ifp.status, ifp.index_fp_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_INDEX_FP . " ifp, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where ifp.status = '1' and p.products_id = ifp.products_id and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by ifp.valid_from_date DESC limit " . MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_INDEX_FP); } else { $index_fp_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, ifp.valid_from_date, ifp.index_fp_title, ifp.status, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, ifp.index_fp_id, " . TABLE_INDEX_FP . " ifp, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = ifp.products_id and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$new_products_category_id . "' and ifp.status = '1' and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by ifp.valid_from_date DESC limit " . MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_INDEX_FP); } $row = 0; $col = 0; $scrollingtext = array() ; while ($index_fp = tep_db_fetch_array($index_fp_query)) { $scrollingtext[$row][$col] = array('text' => '<li><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $index_fp['products_id']) . '">' . $index_fp['index_fp_title'] . ': Just ' . ($currencies->display_price($index_fp['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($index_fp['products_tax_class_id']))) . '</a></li>'); $col ++; // if ($col > 2) { // $col = 0; // $row ++; // } } new contentBox($scrollingtext);[/color] The above is the old style which is still part of the same page below. I have also copied the fatal error message. [color="#ADD8E6"] // $scrollingtext = array() ; // while ($index_fp = tep_db_fetch_array($index_fp_query)) { // $scrollingtext .= '<li><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $index_fp['products_id']) . '">' . $index_fp['index_fp_title'] . ': Just ' . ($currencies->display_price($index_fp['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($index_fp['products_tax_class_id']))) . '</a></li>' . "\n"; // } // seems to be the error point new $scrollingtext();[/color] [color="#FFFF00"]//Fatal error: Class 'Array<li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/lethal-weapon.html">Action Comedy: Lethal Weapon: Just £34.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/courage-under-fire.html">Drama: Courage Under Fire: Just £29.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/frantic.html">Thriller: Frantic: Just £35.00</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/fire-down-below.html">Action: Fire Down Below: Just £29.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/hewlett-packard-laserjet-1100xi.html">Printer: HP LaserJet 1100: Just £499.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/beloved.html">Beloved: Just £54.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.html">Action: Die Hard With A Vengeance: Just £39.99</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/blade-runner-director-s-cut.html">Science Fiction: Blade Runner: Just £30.00</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rjavtest.com/a-bug-s-life.html">Animation in /home/catalog/includes/modules/tickets.php on line 55 [/color] Has anyone any ideas. Regards. Dragondust Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragondust 0 Posted December 8, 2009 Hi Burt Thank you for your help in enabling me to finish this. $row = 0; while ($index_fp = tep_db_fetch_array($index_fp_query)) { echo '<li><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $index_fp['products_id']) . '">' . $index_fp['index_fp_title'] . ': Just ' . ($currencies->display_price($index_fp['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($index_fp['products_tax_class_id']))) . '</a></li>' . "\n";; } This is the final code. I'm just doing a couple of other modes on the site. So once I've finished. I shall make it available. Regards. Dragondust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
