Adding a Link into PHP code

[andycastle]

How would i add a Url in here so when you click on the image it takes you to a presenters profile???? heres the code and the working script can be found under http://www.castlefm.net under 'On Air'

<?php

function getImageName()



{ 



$hour = getdate(); // current time as array 



$hour = $hour['hours']; // and from there the hours-Element 



if ($hour<1) 



{ 



   if ($hour==24 || $hour == 0)  // 



 return 'onairandy.gif'; 



   else 



 return 'transmissionbreak.jpg'; //



} 



elseif ($hour <1) 


   return array ('onairmaurice.gif','Maurice Taggart');



elseif ($hour <2) 



   return array ('onairmaurice.gif','Maurice Taggart'); 



elseif ($hour <3) 



   return array ('onairjustin.gif','Justin Macartney'); 



elseif ($hour <4) 



   return array ('onairjustin.gif','Justin Macartney'); 



elseif ($hour <5) 



   return array ('onairjustin.gif','Justin Macartney'); 



elseif ($hour <6) 



   return array ('onairkenny.gif','Kenny Davis'); 



elseif ($hour <7) 



   return array ('onairkenny.gif','Kenny Davis'); 



elseif ($hour <8) 



return array ('onairstuart.gif','Stuart Robinson'); 



elseif ($hour <9) 



return array ('onairstuart.gif','Stuart Robinson'); 



elseif ($hour <10) 



return array ('onairstuart.gif','Stuart Robinson'); 



elseif ($hour <11) 



return array ('onairstuart.gif','Stuart Robinson'); 



elseif ($hour <12) 



   return array ('onairsimon.gif','Simon Barr'); 



elseif ($hour <13) 



   return array ('onairsimon.gif','Simon Barr'); 



elseif ($hour <14) 



   return array ('onairstevie.gif','Stevie Robinson'); 



elseif ($hour <15)



   return array ('onairstevie.gif','Stevie Robinson');



elseif ($hour <16)



   return array ('onairandy.gif','Andy Pugh');



elseif ($hour <17)



   return array ('onairandy.gif','Andy Pugh');



elseif ($hour <18)



return array ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <19)



   return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <20)



   return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <21)



   return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <22)



  return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <23)



   return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



elseif ($hour <0)



   return array  ('transmissionbreak.jpg','Citybeat 96.7 FM<br>Kenny Tosh');



} 







$desc = getImageName(); 

print '<span><img src="'.$desc[0].'"/><br/>'.$desc[1].'</span>';



?>

[Weedpacket]

Assuming you want an <a> entity (it could also be done with a form seeing as you're apparently using an image to click on, but the ordinary link is a lot simpler).

The href attribute refers to the profile script, of course. It includes a query string "?presenter=...", where the ... is some id unique to each presenter (so you know which one was chosen). The profile page of course retrieves this info via $_GET['presenter']. Remember to use urlencode().

Or maybe just a plain old ordinary link (without a query string) and use the same code you've got here to figure out who's on at the moment. But that means duplicating code.

On a strategic note, it must be pointed out that your code is pretty inflexible at the moment; annoying amounts of recoding would be necessary every time the schedule changes. At least consider using a switch() statement.

[andycastle]

lol I'm very basic when it comes to PHP so that meant next to nothing to me 🙂 whats a switch() Statement do?????

[herve]

Hi,

more info on switch() statement here :

http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php

Hervé.

[epp_b]

Try this:

In each of your arrays within the getImageName() function, add an element. Example, for

return array ('onairmaurice.gif','Maurice Taggart');

change it to

return array ('linktopage.php', 'onairmaurice.gif','Maurice Taggart');

Where "linktopage.php" is the document that you want to link to.

Then, for your "print" statement, change it to something like:

print "<span><a href=\"" . $desc[0] . "\"><img src=\"" . $desc[1] . "\" border=0></a><br>" . $desc[2] . "</span>";

I think that should work.

Note that I escaped double quotes like \" rather than just using single quotes ' . It usually works better cross-browser (just to make sure), and makes for neater, more standardized coding.

As well, I used a space in between the concatinations ( . ). It makes for easier modification later because it won't look so crowded.

Happy coding!