RE: [PHP] RE: Events Listings

if you dont know PHP that well, you should implement it in a language that you know, then work from that and translate it into PHP. i used to do that with perl/PHP when i was first learning PHP... sometimes, things are more obvious when expressed in a language that you're more familiar with. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Proctor [mailto:am69@mediaone.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:04 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] RE: Events Listings > > > Hi Everyone, > > I want to thank the response I've gotten for this posts but unfortunately > non of them have helped significantly. I don't know PHP that well so ideas > you give me I can't implement. > > If someone could either > A.) Do it for me :-) > B.) Show some examples that directly relate to me > > It would be more than greatly appreciated. > > I can usely figure things out, but I guess I'm just slow to this. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Proctor [mailto:am69@mediaone.net] > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 9:15 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Events Listings > > > Hello, > > I have a script that does TV/Tour listings for artist, I need it to sort the > list automatically so that it goes in date order but I have absolutely no > idea. I have put together the script with little to no PHP skills so it look > pretty horrific. > > If you could help me out with figuring out how to fix it, it would be muchly > appreciated. > > The code is below > > Rick > > <?php > if ($max_days == ""){ > $max_days = 365; > } > $current_day = date( "z"); > echo "<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" > cellpadding=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n"; > echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\"><td colspan=\"6\" > align=\"right\"><b>alanis > guide</b></td></tr>\n"; > echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">date</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">time</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">where</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">what</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\" > bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">days till</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "</tr>\n"; > > //Create Function > function create($listing, $max_days){ > list ($month, $day, $year, $time,$channel,$show) = split('/', $listing); > $year = "20$year"; > if ($channel == "VH1"){ > $url = "http://www.vh1.com"; > } > if ($channel == "MTV"){ > $url = "http://www.mtv.com"; > } > if ($channel == "COM"){ > $url = "http://www.comedycentral.com"; > } > if ($channel == "HBO"){ > $url = "http://www.hbo.com"; > } > if ($channel == "HBOZ"){ > $url = "http://www.hbo.com"; > } > if ($channel == "HBOS"){ > $url = "http://www.hbo.com"; > } > if ($channel == "TRIO"){ > $url = "http://www.triotv.com"; > } > $current_day = date( "z"); > $show_day = date( "z", mktime( 0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year ) ); > $time_till_event = $show_day - $current_day; > > if ($time_till_event < $max_days){ > > if ($time_till_event == '0'){ > $time_till_event = "Today"; > } > if ($time_till_event == '1'){ > $time_till_event = "Tomorrow"; > } > if ($time_till_event < 0){ > return; > } > if ($url != ''){ > $start = "<a href=\"$url\">"; > $end = "</a>"; > } > if ($confirmed == 'yes'){ > $image = "images/yes.gif"; > } > if ($confirmed == 'no'){ > $image = "images/no.gif"; > } > > echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\">\n"; > echo "<td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\">$start$month.$day.$year$end</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\">$start$time$end</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\">$start$channel$end</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\">$start$show$end</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "<td align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"1\">$start$time_till_event$end</FONT></td>\n"; > echo "</tr>\n"; > } > else{ > return; > } > } > //Dates > > $listing = "06/24/01/04:00 pm/VH1/Saturday Night Live 25: The Music"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/24/01/05:00 pm/VH1/Before They Were Rock Stars"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/24/01/11:00 pm/HBOZ/Reverb"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/28/01/01:00 am/HBOZ/Reverb"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/28/01/11:00 am/VH1/VH1: All Access"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/28/01/10:00 pm/VH1/VH1: All Access"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/28/01/11:30 pm/VH1/VH1: All Access"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/29/01/09:30 pm/HBOS/Sex And The City"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "06/30/01/07:00 pm/VH1/VH1: All Access"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/01/01/01:00 am/TRIO/Paris Concert for Amnesty International"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/09/01/09:00 am/TRIO/Alanis Morissette & Stevie Nicks"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/09/01/03:00 pm/TRIO/Alanis Morissette & Stevie Nicks"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/13/01/12:00 pm/MTV/MTV and Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Pop > Songs "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/13/01/08:00 pm/MTV/MTV and Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Pop > Songs "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/27/01/09:00 am/TRIO/Alanis Morissette & Stevie Nicks"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/27/01/03:00 pm/TRIO/Alanis Morissette & Stevie Nicks"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/01/01//Ottawa, ON/Canada Day"; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/03/01//Kristiansand, NOR/Quart Festival "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/05/01//Stockholm, SWE/Annex "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/06/01//Sundsvall, SWE/City Festival "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/07/01//Odense, DEN/Midtfyns Festival "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/09/01//Hamburg, GER/Stadtpark "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/11/01//Montreux, SWI/Montreux Jazz Festival "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/12/01//Brescia, ITA/Piazza Duomo "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/13/01//Palermo, ITA/To Be Announced "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/28/01//Nigata, JPN/Fuji Rock Festival "; > create($listing, $max_days); > $listing = "07/31/01//Anchorage, AK/Egan Civic & Conv. Ctr. "; > create($listing, $max_days); > > > echo "<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#E5E5E5\"><td > colspan=\"6\"><font > size=\"-2\">All shows are Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise > noted</font></td></tr>\n"; > echo "</table>\n"; > ?> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >