TITLE: PHP/JS: How easy is this:
Ok, this is a long story, I will try to make as clear as possible:
Flash does not validate as XHTML compliant... I am aware of the satay and javay methods... but, I have decided to use JS to get my pages past the validator.
http://www.hillmancurtis.com/ uses this simple javascript to validate :
<!--this gets called within main index page-->
<script type="text/javascript">RunFoo();</script>
and here is foo.js:
function RunFoo()
{
document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="400" height="300">\n');
document.write('<param name="movie" value="hc_web/index_page/visitors_summer04.swf" />\n');
document.write('<param name="quality" value="high">\n');
document.write('<embed src="hc_web/index_page/visitors_summer04.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300"></embed>\n');
document.write('</object>\n');
}
Now, with that said, here is my php code:
<?php
$directory = 'img/banner/'; //Directory relative to the file
$flashfiles = list_images($directory);
srand ((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$flash = array_rand($flashfiles);
$flash = $directory.$flash;
function list_images($path)
{
//declares $flashlist as an array. good practice.
$flashlist = array();
//$dh points to the directory object for $path.
$dh = opendir($path);
//cycle through the files/directorys in the directory object
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
//for each file/directory, if *.swf, add it to the $flashlist[] array
if (preg_match( '/\.swf$/i', $file))
{
$flashlist[] = $file;
}
//sort the list
sort($flashlist, SORT_STRING);
//returns the array.
return $flashlist;
}
function echo_result($flash)
{
echo '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="800" height="250" hspace="0" vspace="0">';
echo ' <param name="movie" value="'.$flash.'.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="BGCOLOR" value="#333333" /><param name="LOOP" value="false" />';
echo ' <embed src="'.$flash.'.swf" width="800" height="250" hspace="0" vspace="0" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#333333">';
echo ' </embed>';
echo '</object>';
}
/*
//Use the below code on page where you want banner to show:
//<?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/random.php"); ?>
*/
echo '<div id="flash_banner">';
echo_result($flash);
echo '</div>';
?>
Now, I want to combine my php code (which uses var $flash to grab random flash banner from folder on page refresh) with the above javascript... that way I can still randomize the banner, and get my pages to validate.
So, my question is this:
How would I pass PHP $flash var to JS file?
Here is how I would like to do it:
<?php
$directory = 'img/banner/'; //Directory relative to the file
$flashfiles = list_images($directory);
srand ((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$flash = array_rand($flashfiles);
$flash = $directory.$flash;
function list_images($path)
{
//declares $flashlist as an array. good practice.
$flashlist = array();
//$dh points to the directory object for $path.
$dh = opendir($path);
//cycle through the files/directorys in the directory object
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
//for each file/directory, if *.swf, add it to the $flashlist[] array
if (preg_match( '/\.swf$/i', $file))
{
$flashlist[] = $file;
}
//sort the list
sort($flashlist, SORT_STRING);
//returns the array.
return $flashlist;
}
function echo_result($flash)
{
echo '<script type="text/javascript">RunFoo();</script>';
}
/*
//Use the below code on page where you want banner to show:
//<?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/random.php"); ?>
*/
echo '<div id="flash_banner">';
echo_result($flash);
echo '</div>';
?>
The above PHP script "would be" included on my index.php page, along with the code to import external foo.js file (in index.php head): <script src="/js/foo.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>
Here is my attempt at using vars in JS (no luck):
// JavaScript Document
function RunFoo()
{
document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="400" height="300">\n');
document.write('<param name="movie" value="<?php echo .$flash.; ?>.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="BGCOLOR" value="#333333" /><param name="LOOP" value="false" />\n');
document.write('<param name="quality" value="high">\n');
document.write('<embed src="<?php echo .$flash.; ?>.swf" width="800" height="250" hspace="0" vspace="0" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#333333"></embed>\n');
document.write('</object>\n');
}
How do I include the $flash var in the external JS file??? I just need to write the random flash file name to the JS on every page refresh...
My second guess would be to have my PHP script echo all of the document.write lines of code, but I have not had any luck either way.
Any suggestions!
Dang, maybe I should just use JS to do the whoe thing...
I wish I Flash would just #$&*(# validate!!!!!!
Thanks in advance...
Cheers
Micky
