Total Newbie Lookin' for Clues :)

Tekjnke

Greetings,
I am not new to HTML but PHP is something new and I am looking forward to learning it well.

Now, with that said - I have a calendar based in PHP I would like to insert into an existing HTML page. I tried to paste the PHP code into the section I wanted it to appear (inside a <td> tag) but nothing showed.

So I guess I need to know how to take this calendar script and insert it into the existing HTML code/page.

If information is missing just ask for it. 🙂

-Tek

acey99

Originally posted by Tekjnke
Greetings,
I am not new to HTML but PHP is something new and I am looking forward to learning it well.

Now, with that said - I have a calendar based in PHP I would like to insert into an existing HTML page. I tried to paste the PHP code into the section I wanted it to appear (inside a <td> tag) but nothing showed.

So I guess I need to know how to take this calendar script and insert it into the existing HTML code/page.

If information is missing just ask for it. 🙂

-Tek

Um, is PHP on your server/computer ?

that would be helpful...

Tekjnke

Originally posted by acey99
Um, is PHP on your server/computer ?

that would be helpful...

Oh yeah.

PHP version 4.3.10
MySQL version 4.0.22-standard

Next.

PickledOnion

Something some people forget is to change the .html to .php

So index.html would be index.php.

I know it sounds obvious but I did it when I first started with php and I know a few other people who have forgotten that!

Tekjnke

Originally posted by PickledOnion
Something some people forget is to change the .html to .php

So index.html would be index.php.

I know it sounds obvious but I did it when I first started with php and I know a few other people who have forgotten that!

Good point! Although, with this issue I am taking something that is in an index.php and wanting to insert it into an existing html page.

Basically, I have a client site that I started hosting recently. They had a link on their site for a calendar of events for their club, but when the site got transferred the calendar didn't. So I am creating a new one. On each page of the website there is a link to the calendar, and I would like to have this PHP-based (and MySQL) calendar come up on the calender page.

Does that help?

Thanks!
-Tek

PickledOnion

Hmm, I think I understand you.

If it is a link to a new page entirely, and the new page is already called calender.php then I would suggest that something else is wrong in the configuration of the server (or the php script entirely).

I am taking something that is in an index.php and wanting to insert it into an existing html page

However, if it is a preview or a link that 'embeds' the php calender in a page (so it is shown in a box on the left hand side for example) then the 'host' pages still need to be called .php or they will ignore the php script.

Does that help at all? I am talking really low level stuff here so please forgive me if I am insulting you!

One way of checking this is write a simple php script to see if that works. Such as

<?php
echo "hello";
?>

If 'hello' appears where you were expecting the calender then something is wrong with the calender script, if it doesn't appear then something is wrong with the extension or the server setup.

Tekjnke

No instult being take, I am new and need assistance - please feel free to make it as simple as possible. 🙂

Now, I tried your example and nothing showed up in the page. However, if I point my browser (FireFox) to the calendar page itself it shows up fine. I would guess that means that PHP is installed OK?

Here is the page with the working
Calendar Script . And here is the page I want the calendar to appear in: LINK.

Thanks again for the assistance. 🙂

-Tek

xblue

ok, if you look at the source code of the link you posted you see the raw php code in there. that means your server is not being configured to process php code in files with html extension.

more or less 3 options from here I can think of:
- rename the calender.html to calender.php and things should be fine.
- only if you have got access to the server setup you may be able to force it to parse php code on html pages (even if you have this may not be the best choice though).
- stuff like iframes might be able to solve it with html only, would that be an option for you?

PickledOnion

The link you give is still called calender.html

This will need to be calender.php or the page will completely ignore the php code.

Everything will be the same, except now the php code will (should) be shown.

So don't worry about the html code in the page, all the .php extension does is show the html as normal but allow the php to be shown as well.

Tekjnke

Ok, renaming the HTML file to have a PHP extension appears to have done the trick! Thanks.

-Tek