Open Source Greet-Box - Troubleshooting Help

Probook

Hi!

I just had a PHP Greet-box script developed, and it seems to have a bug, and my developer is gone.

It doesn't work properly when somebody comes from a referrer.

If you can take a look and fix it, I'd really appreciate it.

You're welcome to use the script once it works, but I ask that you please keep the backlink on it =)

The script is online at: http://www.probook.ca/greet-box/referrer_messages.php
I've zipped the code and images here: http://www.probook.ca/greet-box/Greet_Box.zip

Thanks in advance for your help!

Probook

Here is the code:

<?php
	//modify the below settings
	$img = 'images/';//Don't forget the trailing slash
	$rsslink = 'http://feeds2.feedburner.com/canadians';//Don't leave out the http://
	$greetwidth = '100%';//Valid css only, don't forget the px, %, em or whatever on the end

$messages = array(
	array(
      'referrer' => 'delicious.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'delicious_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello fellow <strong>Delicious</strong> user! Feel free to <a href="http://delicious.com/save?jump=yes&url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'digg.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'digg_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello fellow <strong>Digger</strong>! If you like this article, please help me out by giving me some <a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>digg love</strong></a>!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'google.',
      'icon'     => $img . 'google_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Welcome <strong>Googler</strong>! If you find this page useful, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'stumbleupon.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'stumbleupon_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello fellow <strong>Stumbler</strong>! Don\'t forget to <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>give me a thumbs up</strong></a> and <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> if you like this page!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'technorati.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'technorati_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello fellow <strong>Technorati</strong> user! Don\'t forget to <a href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>favorite this blog</strong></a> if you like it!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'twitter.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'twitter_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello fellow <strong>Twitter</strong> user! Don\'t forget to <a href="http://twitthis.com/twit?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>Twit this post</strong></a> if you like it, or <a href="http://twitter.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>follow me</strong></a> on Twitter if you find me interesting.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'search.yahoo.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'yahoo_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Welcome fellow <strong>Yahooligan</strong>! If you find this page useful, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'search.live.com, search.msn.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'live_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Live</strong>-ly searcher! If you find this page useful, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'blinklist.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'blinklist_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there fellow <strong>Blinklist</strong> user! Feel free to <strong><a href="http://blinklist.com/blink?u=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow">bookmark this page</a></strong> for future reference if you like it!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'blogmarks.net',
      'icon'     => $img . 'blogmarks_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <stong>Blogmarks</strong> user! Feel free to <a href="http://blogmarks.net/my/new.php?mini=1&url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'diigo.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'diigo_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Diigo</strong> user! Feel free to <a href="http://secure.diigo.com/post?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it!'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'facebook.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'facebook_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Facebook</strong> friend! If you like this article, please help spread the word by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>sharing this post</strong></a> with your friends.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'furl.net',
      'icon'     => $img . 'furl_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Furl</strong> user! Please feel free to <a href="http://www.furl.net/items/new?r=&v=1&c=&u=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '&t=[[escaped-title]]" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'magnolia.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'magnolia_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Magnolia</strong> user! Please feel free to <a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/bookmarklet/add?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'mister-wong.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'mrwong_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Mister Wong</strong> user! Please feel free to <a href="http://www.mister-wong.com/index.php?action=addurl&bm_url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'myspace.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'myspace_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there friend of <strong>MySpace</strong>! If you like this article, please help spread the word by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?l=3&u=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>sharing this post</strong></a> with your friends.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'newsvine.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'newsvine_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Newsvine</strong> user! If you find this article useful, please remember to <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed?popoff=0&u=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>vote for this article</strong></a> on Newsvine.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'reddit.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'reddit_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there follow <strong>Reddit</strong> user! If you like this article, please remember to <a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>vote for this article</strong></a> on Reddit.'
    ),
    array(
      'referrer' => 'simpy.com',
      'icon'     => $img . 'simpy_icon.png',
      'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Simpy</strong> user! Please feel free to <a href="http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAdd.do?href=http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>bookmark this page</strong></a> for future reference if you like it.'
    ),

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Probook

  array(
          'referrer' => 'phpbuilder.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'favorite_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'If you see this its working.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'netvibes.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'netvibes_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Netvibes</strong> user! If you find this article useful, then you should consider <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribing to the RSS feed</strong></a> in your feed reader.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'youtube.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'youtube_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>YouTuber</strong>! If you like my videos, feel free to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> for more of my video updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'flickr.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'flickr_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Flickr</strong> user! If you like my photo, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular photo updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'wordpress.org',
          'icon'     => $img . 'wordpress_icon2.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>WordPress</strong> lover! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular WordPress updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'tumblr.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'tumblr_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Tumblr</strong> user! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular updates.'
        )
	);

$ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$found = false;
foreach ($messages as $a) {
	if (strpos($ref, $a['referrer'])) {
		$found = true;
		$match = array($a['icon'], $a['text']);
		break;
	}
}
if (!$found)
	$match = array('icon' => $img . 'rss_icon.png', 'text' => 'Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.');
?>
<div id="greet_block" style="background:#fff;border:1px solid #eee;float:left;margin:10px 0;width:<?php echo $greetwidth ?>;"><div class="greet_block"><div class="greet_text" style="background:#fff;color:#333;float:left;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;padding:10px;"><div class="greet_image" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 0 0;"><img src="<?php echo $match['icon'] ?>" alt="" style="background:none;border:none;margin:0;padding:0;" /></div><?php echo $match['text'] ?><br /><br /><small><a href="http://www.probook.ca">Greet-Box by Probook</a></small></div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div>

Probook

Ooops.. here is the rest of the code:


  array(
          'referrer' => 'phpbuilder.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'favorite_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'If you see this its working.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'netvibes.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'netvibes_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Netvibes</strong> user! If you find this article useful, then you should consider <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribing to the RSS feed</strong></a> in your feed reader.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'youtube.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'youtube_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>YouTuber</strong>! If you like my videos, feel free to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> for more of my video updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'flickr.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'flickr_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Flickr</strong> user! If you like my photo, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular photo updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'wordpress.org',
          'icon'     => $img . 'wordpress_icon2.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>WordPress</strong> lover! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular WordPress updates.'
        ),
        array(
          'referrer' => 'tumblr.com',
          'icon'     => $img . 'tumblr_icon.png',
          'text'     => 'Hello there <strong>Tumblr</strong> user! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my RSS feed</strong></a> to receive regular updates.'
        )
	);

$ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$found = false;
foreach ($messages as $a) {
	if (strpos($ref, $a['referrer'])) {
		$found = true;
		$match = array($a['icon'], $a['text']);
		break;
	}
}
if (!$found)
	$match = array('icon' => $img . 'rss_icon.png', 'text' => 'Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="' . $rsslink . '" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic.');
?>
<div id="greet_block" style="background:#fff;border:1px solid #eee;float:left;margin:10px 0;width:<?php echo $greetwidth ?>;"><div class="greet_block"><div class="greet_text" style="background:#fff;color:#333;float:left;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;padding:10px;"><div class="greet_image" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 0 0;"><img src="<?php echo $match['icon'] ?>" alt="" style="background:none;border:none;margin:0;padding:0;" /></div><?php echo $match['text'] ?><br /><br /><small><a href="http://www.probook.ca">Greet-Box by Probook</a></small></div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div>

dalecosp

Showing a *.php file won't do much good; that's only the script output. Useful for seeing the error, maybe but that's about it.

The zip file is 404. :\

Hard to get help that way. Good luck ;-)

Probook

Sorry, I tried posting the code, but the mod's don't seem to be approving it

There's no error, but it's not displaying properly when a user comes from another page.

Here's the zip: http://www.probook.ca/greet-box/Greet-Box.zip

bradgrafelman

Probook;10906020 wrote:
the mod's don't seem to be approving it

Naw, it wasn't that; your posts were simply caught in a spam filter and a mod hadn't logged in until now. Sorry!

dalecosp

I'm not at all certain I can answer your question as it was sent to private email ... that might entail me sending you an invoice later 😃

However, you need to change the output section thusly:

<div id="greet_block" style="background:#fff;border:1px solid
#eee;float:left;margin:10px 0;width:<?php echo $greetwidth ?>;"><div
class="greet_block"><div class="greet_text"
style="background:#fff;color:#333;float:left;font-size:16px;line-height:20px;pa$
class="greet_image" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 0 0;"><img
src="<?php echo $match[0] ?>" alt=""
style="background:none;border:none;margin:0;padding:0;" /></div><?php
echo $match[1] ?><br /><br /><small><a
href="http://www.probook.ca">Greet-Box by
Probook</a></small></div></div><div
style="clear:both;"></div></div>

He set up the $match array above, but didn't assign the identifiers "icon" or "text" ... so I subbed "0" and "1", which exist automagically 🙂

So, I'll not invoice ya for the time. Maybe you could just buy me a pizza sometime 😃

Probook

Hehe thanks a lot! I really appreciate your time and help.
Come to Toronto for that Pizza and I'll kick in a beer