some prob stupid questions about PHP

[swampbrad]

I am trying to make a website for my brothers band found a webcasting feature from jet audio. I got a PHP code to feed the stream from the cast to the website, but I can't make it work from the website builder's preveiw site in browser option.

I am hoping that someone will take time to tell if php code needs to be loaded on the sever before it works and/or can debug this code:

EDIT: is there a simple HTML way of doing this? like <embed scr = http:// 000.000.0.000> (as this webcast would be served from a home computer) and if so what's the correct way of writing it out?

thx for any help

<?
/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| MkPortal
| ========================================
| by Meo aka Luponero <Amedeo de longis>
|
| (c) 2004 mkportal.it
| http://www.mkportal.it
| Email: [e-mail]
|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| > MKPortal
| > Written By Amedeo de longis
| > Date started: 9.2.2004
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| > Blocco Multi Radio Streaming© v1.0
| > Written By Altarax
| > http://www.altaraxthinkingstyle.info
| > [e-mail]
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| > Per favore, non rimuovete e rispettate i sopra indicati copyrights
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/

global $mkportals, $DB, $mklib, $Skin;

	if (isset($_POST['radio'])) {
    $tmp = explode('#',$_POST['radio']);
        $stream = $tmp[0];
        $onair = $tmp[1];
		$embed = "<embed src=$stream type=\"video/x-ms-asf-plugin\" pluginspage=\"http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/download/default.asp\" align=\"middle\" width=\"115\" height=\"40\" autostart=\"1\" showcontrols=\"1\" showdisplay=\"false\" showstatusbar=\"True\" showpositioncontrols=\"0\" showaudiocontrols=\"1\" showtracker=\"0\" showgotobar=\"0\" showcaptioning=\"0\" autorewind=\"0\" animationatstart=\"1\" transparentatstart=\"0\" allowchangedisplaysize=\"0\" allowscan=\"0\" enablecontextmenu=\"0\"></embed>";
	 } else {
		$stream = "";
        $embed = "";
        $onair = false;
	 }

	$content = "				
			    <td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">
                    On Air now:
					<form method='POST'>
	            	   <select size=\"1\" name=\"radio\" onChange=\"submit()\">
						<option selected>Select Radiostation</option>
		                <option value=\"http://84.41.150.180:9000#Knights Rejoice Radio\">Knights Rejoice Radio</option>                     
					</select>
				</form>
                $embed
			</td>
	  	<tr>
		</tr>";


unset($stream);
unset($embed); 

?>

[jkurrle]

PHP needs to reside on the server to work. This assumes your hosting server has PHP installed and available to users. This isn't always the case.

Also, I'd change the opening tag from "<?" to "<?php" as not all PHP configurations like the short tags. It can interfere with other functions, like XML.

[swampbrad]

I contacted powweb last night and they said that php will work on their servers, so, I just upload the webpage with the php code as normal and it'll work?

[jkurrle]

Assuming you have your settings correct in your script, and assuming you change the beginning "<?" tag, there is a good chance this script will work correctly.

[swampbrad]

k it's doing the same thing as in the previewer, writing out everything but the <form part.
can you goto www.swampmolli.com and look at it, you have to hold left mouse button and drag to see the parts it writing out

[jkurrle]

First of all, I can see the "<?php" tag in the html code. This means that html files aren't being processed through the PHP preprocessor first. Let's try something:

Create a text file, named phpinfo.php and put in it the following lines

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

upload it to your server and click on it. It should give you a large PHP informational listing. If this works, then you will need to do one of two things:

Get your ISP to process HTML files through the PHP preprocessor first
<or>
Recode your HTML file as a PHP file.

Neither of which is going to be fun. If the test code doesn't work, then you need to talk with your ISP regarding why it doesn't.

Good Luck.

[swampbrad]

ok I was just being a moron and copied the code into the index.html file, I uploaded the multi.php to htdocs, but how do I get it on the website now?

[jkurrle]

The simplest way, is to use HTML frames. If PHP code cannot run embedded in HTML, then you need to include it as a separate page. The only way I know to do that, would be to load it as a subpage within a frame.

[swampbrad]

thx for your help anyways, guess php is beyond me at this point in time
don't really know what all that means

[Roger_Ramjet]

If you want to embed a webcast then you need to use the <object> tag to embed the multi-media object. another <object> link. Nothing to do with php unless php where generating the multi-media output stream, which I doubt would be worth the effort.

[Roger_Ramjet]

I personally have never seen the <embed src= tag that your borrowed script is using. Not valid html at all so I'm not surprised your browser does not display anything there.

[swampbrad]

I nvr said I knew much about html or php, but I know enough to get a site going, if ya could write the code for me, Ill put ya in the credits of the webpage 🙂