Including a Java Script Menu in Php Loop

THW

Basicly what im trying to do is Include a JavaScript menu in a preg_replace function which is inside a while.loop

To explain, i run a football website, at the moment it replaces each players name with a link to there profile, I want it to have a javascrpt menu instead of a link, I have tried unsucessfuly to replace it and it only confuses people, So i have included the javascript and i have included the PHP script at the moment, Can anyone help 🙂

The Script is http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/dropmenuindex.htm

<?php
$query7 = "SELECT id,name FROM thw_profiles";
$result7 = mysql_db_query($db,$query7,$connect);
while(list($pid,$pname)=mysql_fetch_row($result7))

{
$new_text = preg_replace("/$pname/","<a href=\"?pageview=profile&playerid=$pid\">$pname</a>",$new_text);
}
?>

<?
echo "$new_text";
?>

PallaviDalvi

what u want is not very clear to me... but are u trying that in the code posted below, u include the menu functionality in the <a> tag ?

THW

Basicly what i am trying to do is this, At the moment it goes through the database which includes a list of all the players and when one of them features in a story it replaces there normal name with there name that is a link to there profile, I now want it to replace there normal name with that jabascript meny which comes down with a link to their profile, their Stats page and their photo all of which are in the format ?pageview=profile&pid=1 etc etc so each player has a uniquue id that is taken fromt the db which needs put in the url in the menu

at the moment it replaces the name with <a href=\"?pageview=profile&playerid=$pid\">$pname</a>

I want it to replace it with the menu but whatever i try, it wont work.

PallaviDalvi

welll i was lazy to do it in a database ...so tried with files...
in ur PHP file when the base menu is being created ...instead of that this is the code i have

<?

$fl=fopen("text.txt","r+");
while ($fl_str=fgets($fl))
{	

if (strpos($fl_str,"PHP"))
{

	$new_text= "<span class=wrap2 onClick='dropit(event, dropmenu0);event.cancelBubble=true;return false'><a href='alternate.htm' onClick='if(ns4) return dropit(event, document.dropmenu0)'>PHP</a></span>";
	$fl_str=str_replace("PHP",$new_text,$fl_str);
	echo "$fl_str<br>";

}
else //just display the line
		echo "$fl_str<br>";
}
}
?>

this code display a drop down menu whenever the word PHP is encountered. although it works fine... there is a slight display prob... with the positions being absolute(class=wrap2). but if the absolute is changed to relative...it displays fine...but menu is displayed at one corner. now u wud have to fight a bit with the display.

i'll also give u the text in text.txt...so u can try out the code

What distinguishes PHP from something like client-side JavaScript is that the code is executed on the server. 
If you were to have a script similar to the above on your server, the client would receive the results of running that script, with no way of determining what the underlying code may be. 
You can even configure your web server to process all your HTML files with PHP, and then there's really no way that users can tell what you have up your sleeve. 

The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer. 
Don't be afraid reading the long list of PHP's features. You can jump in, in a short time, and start writing simple scripts in a few hours.

hope i've been of some help

THW

It helps a bit thanks, However the problem is a bit more complicated, Basicly ill try describe wat it is meant to do:

Pulls out all the players from the Database (104 in there)
Searches the News Story for each of these players
Each time a player is mentioned it replaces there name with the menu and links to there particular profile, Stats etc in the menu.

So basicly there could be 3 players mentioned in a story and it will display a different menu for each of them with links to there own paticulr profile, all of which is obviously just a url witht here id number on the end...

At the moment it just turns them to link..

Hope you get what i mean?

PallaviDalvi

am not quiet sure i understand this line
At the moment it just turns them to link..
in regard to the code i sent... u dont want that PHP shud be displayed as a link...ie. without the <a>?

THW

I am meaning is that my current code, Just puts a link instead of a players name, I want this menu instead of that.

However, Your Code is alright if i only want to replace each player with the same menu, The links etc etc will be different depending on the player.

For example: check www.theharrywraggs.com for the 2nd story down the players Andy Wilkinson, Gerry Britton and Derek Whyte are all links, Instead of they links i want a that menu which when clicked includes links to the players profile, Stats and photos or whatever,

I hope you get this, im finding it hard to explain, sorry, Thanks for your patience and help

PallaviDalvi

guess its just not possible to explain what u want in words
from what i cud understand though... i have a sample for u.
the first item...does not look like a link (no underline etc) but displays the menu never the less.
item 2 looks like a link.
please note that the details on the submenus are different for both the items.
is either of this what u wanted?

THW

That is EXACTLY what i want, Although both looking the same sort of thing...

Basicly that although obviously it would need to somehow be inside the php loop so the link is different depending on what player is it taken out the database etc etc..

PallaviDalvi

🙂 view source and pick and chose the one u want.

PallaviDalvi

well just to try out this is ok...but personally i feel that making a menu dynamically is a bit of extra work(i'm personally too lazy and avoid work...dont know abt u) with the current state ... i am hardcoding the sub menus... ur case obviously it wud be dynamic creation... unless u wud do some thing like...create sub menu for all known players and associate only the ones appearing in the story. kinda stupid actually... so unless ur ready to put in real tough efforts... this appraoch is not very friendly. 🙂

THW

I have Tried What you said and although the Menu displays for each player in the story, All links point to the same player (the last one) However the back up links in the script (for old browsers ) all point to the right player

for what i mean www.theharrywraggs.com

There is also the way it is displayed, Not sure how to fix that though.

THW

My New code is:

<?
$query7 = "SELECT id,name FROM thw_profiles";
$result7 = mysql_db_query($db,$query7,$connect);
while(list($pid,$pname)=mysql_fetch_row($result7))

{
$new_text = preg_replace("/$pname/","
<script language=\"JavaScript1.2\">

var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href=?pageview=profile&playerid=$pid >Player Profile</a><br>'
menu1[1]='<a href=?pageview=Player+Stats&playerid=$pid>Stats</a><br>'
menu1[2]='<a href=/Gallery>Photos</a><br>'

</script>

function dropit(e,whichone){
curmenuID=ns6? document.getElementById(whichone).id : eval(whichone).id
if (window.themenu&&themenu.id!=curmenuID)
themenuStyle.visibility=ns4?\"hide\" : \"hidden\"

themenu=ns6? document.getElementById(whichone): eval(whichone)
themenuStyle=(ns6||ie4)? themenu.style : themenu

themenuoffsetX=(ie4&&opr==-1)? document.body.scrollLeft : 0
themenuoffsetY=(ie4&&opr==-1)? document.body.scrollTop : 0

themenuStyle.left=ns6||ns4? e.pageX-e.layerX : themenuoffsetX+event.clientX-event.offsetX
themenuStyle.top=ns6||ns4? e.pageY-e.layerY+19 : themenuoffsetY+event.clientY-event.offsetY+18

hiddenconst=(ns6||ie4)? \"hidden\" : \"hide\"
if (themenuStyle.visibility==hiddenconst){
themenuStyle.visibility=(ns6||ie4)? \"visible\" : \"show\"
themenuStyle.zIndex=zindex++
}
else
hidemenu()
return false
}

function hidemenu(){
if ((ie4||ns6)&&window.themenu)
themenuStyle.visibility=\"hidden\"
else if (ns4)
themenu.visibility=\"hide\"
}

if (ie4||ns6)
document.onclick=hidemenu

</script>
<ilayer>
<layer visibility=show>
<div class=wrap1>
<span class=wrap2 onClick=\"dropit(event, 'dropmenu0');event.cancelBubble=true;return false\">

<a href=\"?pageview=profile&playerid=$pid\" onClick=\"if(ns4) return dropit(event, 'document.dropmenu0')\">$pname</a></b></font>
</span></div></layer></ilayer> ",$new_text);
}
?>

<?
echo "$new_text";
?>

</div>
<div id=dropmenu0 style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;layer-background-color:lightyellow;background-color:lightyellow;width:120;visibility:hidden;border:1px solid black;padding:0px">
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
if (document.all)
dropmenu0.style.padding="4px"
for (i=0;i<menu1.length;i++)
document.write(menu1)
</script>
</div>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
if (document.layers){
document.dropmenu0.captureEvents(Event.CLICK)
document.dropmenu0.onclick=hidemenu
}
</script>

<div id=dropmenu1 style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;layer-background-color:lightyellow;background-color:lightyellow;width:120;visibility:hidden;border:1px solid black;padding:0px">
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
if (document.all)
dropmenu1.style.padding="4px"
for (i=0;i<menu2.length;i++)
document.write(menu2)
</script>
</div>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
if (document.layers){
document.dropmenu1.captureEvents(Event.CLICK)
document.dropmenu1.onclick=hidemenu
}
</script>

</body>

</html>

It also displays the same Players name in each menu so it must be someting to do with it only making one menu each time :?

PallaviDalvi

pretty tricky what u want to do... but if u've managed it ... congrats! 🙂

THW

Originally posted by PallaviDalvi
pretty tricky what u want to do... but if u've managed it ... congrats! 🙂

Afraid i aint 🙁

Got a Menu or each player, However the links inside the menu doesn't change depending on the player 🙁 It is possible ive seen it done elsewere.

PallaviDalvi

'course its possible... nothing is impossible😃 .... but like i said...u have to work real hard in this case!... i'll give a shot at it-... but i'm real lazy... so it wud take some time... in the meantime... search on hotscripts.com or dhtmldrive .....

THW

Originally posted by PallaviDalvi
'course its possible... nothing is impossible😃 .... but like i said...u have to work real hard in this case!... i'll give a shot at it-... but i'm real lazy... so it wud take some time... in the meantime... search on hotscripts.com or dhtmldrive .....

Im not sure if its a case of working hard, I recon its just a bit footery in relation to editing the javascript to suit. It may have something to do with having to create a new script for each player with different variables etc in the javascript, sort of like when you made two menu's but how this is done or whatever im not quite sure really,

Ive had a look at them, The Script i posted originally is the only one i can find and im not having any luck editing that, It also wont display how i want it too 🙁

However, your help is most appriciated 🙂 youve been gr8