Announcements on a side box on website

[jerett]

I was able to get it working but taking from another method and coming up with this:

{php}
// truncate the text to only 65 chars, add ... to the end
function truncate($text) {
$text = substr($text,0,200);
$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));
$text = $text."...";
return $text;
}
include("support/dbconnect.php");
include("support/includes/functions.php");
$query = "SELECT * FROM tblannouncements WHERE published='on' ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 0,3"; 
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$id = $data["id"];
$date = $data["date"];
$title = $data["title"];
$announcement = truncate($data['announcement']);
$date = fromMySQLDate($date);
echo'<div style="border:solid 1px #e8e8e8; padding:5px;background-color:#f7f7f7;">'.$date.' - <strong><a href="announcements.php?id='.$id.'">'.$title.'</a></strong><p class="sfont2">
'.$announcement.' <a href="announcements.php?id='.$id.'">...more</a></p></div><p>';
}
{/php}

 

 

Of course as stated - you will need to change appropriate URLs and HTML.

[Mr.D]

Thanks. very Useful

[FrostByte]

Excellent little snippet. Thanks alot!

[zippohosting]

This sounds like a great solution however I tried it and got a blank page

 

I created a page called news.php

 

I posted this code:

 

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<?

$x=1; // requested edit

// truncate the text to only 65 chars, add ... to the end

function truncate($text) {

$text = substr($text,0,60);

$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));

$text = $text."...";

return $text;

}

 

// format the date to mm/dd/yyyy

function formatdate($date) {

$year = substr ($date, 0, 4);

$month = substr ($date, 5, 2);

$day = substr ($date, 8, 2);

return $month.'/'.$day.'/'.$year;

}

 

// limit the number of announcements to return

$limit = 2;

 

 

require '/home/trouble/public_html/billing/configuration.php';

$link = mysql_connect($db_host,$db_username,$db_password);

mysql_select_db($db_name);

 

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tblannouncements WHERE published='on' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ".$limit);

while($data = mysql_fetch_array ($result))

{

$id = $data['id'];

$date = $data['date'];

$announcement = truncate($data['announcement']);

$date = formatdate($date);

echo'<p><span>'.$date.'</span> - '.$announcement.' <a href="../billing/announcements.php?id='.$id.'"><img src="/images/more.gif" alt="more info" /></a></p>';

echo'<hr />';

$x=false;

}

if(!$x) echo '<p>News & announcements: <a href="../billing/announcements.php">view more</a></p>';

if($x) echo '<p>There are no new announcements.</p>';

?>

 

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Am I suppose to do something with this:

 

-----------------------------------------

require '/home/user/public_html/billing/configuration.php';

$link = mysql_connect($db_host,$db_username,$db_password);

mysql_select_db($db_name);

 

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Am I suppose to change out the values to match my site??

 

/home/user/ - should that be something else?

 

$db_host

$db_username

$db_password

$db_name

 

Are those suppose to be something else?

[UK Host Direct]

this script works great for me on latest version 3.8.1

[buddy]

Hello,

i have problem with $title.

 

I can see just a number but not the really title of the news. Why that?

 

Thanks for your help.

[buddy]

I have resolved.

 

I wrote "$title = $date['title'];"

 

instead of

 

$title = $data['title'];

 

 

[Raze]

Is this working in WHMCS V3.8.2

I am attempting to use it but keep getting this error,

 

'.$date.' - '.$announcement.' more info'; echo''; $x=false; } if(!$x) echo '

News & announcements: view more
'; if($x) echo '

There are no new announcements.
'; ?> 

 

I have tried this several different ways and all end in failure.

What am I doing wrong ?

Could use some help with this as I would like to pull several WHMCS things into my main sites.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[RPS]

I checked the changelog and don't see anything that would require significant DB changes.

 

I'm running this on 3.8.1 with no issues.

 

Try using the code here http://forum.whmcs.com/showpost.php?p=46028&postcount=13

 

If that doesn't work, check out the code Troy posted here: http://forum.whmcs.com/showpost.php?p=46011&postcount=10

[Raze]

I checked the changelog and don't see anything that would require significant DB changes.

 

I'm running this on 3.8.1 with no issues.

 

Try using the code here http://forum.whmcs.com/showpost.php?p=46028&postcount=13

 

If that doesn't work, check out the code Troy posted here: http://forum.whmcs.com/showpost.php?p=46011&postcount=10

 

Thanks RPS,

I will try these and get back with this thred to verify.

[Raze]

I have to be doing something wrong,

I still get errors, and I have attempted all of these.

I'm starting to think I need to hire someone for this part.

 

.$date.' - '.$announcement.' more info'; echo''; $x=false; } if(!$x) echo '

News & announcements: view more
'; if($x) echo '

There are no new announcements.
'; ?> 

 

Either I am missing something or I am just in over my head, worked on this for over 2 hours now and still nothing works for me.

I should just stick to the basics and leave the rest to you pros.

[RPS]

Are you saving this as a .php file?

 

See the attached file, please be sure to open it and modify the line that reads: /home/user/public_html/whmcs/configuration.php

 

The location needs to be correct.

announcements.zip

[Raze]

Are you saving this as a .php file?

 

 

 

Now I am really embarrassed.

 

Working now in V3.8.2

 

Not sure what I was thinking. I just kept editing in notepad++ and saving it.

 

Thanks for helping out an idiot like myself

[RPS]

No worries, glad it's working now.

[moonsoft]

 

 

Now I am really embarrassed.

 

Working now in V3.8.2

 

Not sure what I was thinking. I just kept editing in notepad++ and saving it.

 

Thanks for helping out an idiot like myself

 

Don't worry we all make mistakes, trust me thats why everyone here is actively helping everyone else, sometimes it's just a second pair of eyes that does the trick.

[.amaZe]

I have resolved.

 

I wrote "$title = $date['title'];"

 

instead of

 

$title = $data['title'];

 

 

 

I tried your method, and both aren't working.

 

I am running the latest version of WHMCS.

[.amaZe]

I tried your method, and both aren't working.

 

I am running the latest version of WHMCS.

 

I fixed this issue.

 

But how do you get the date/time to display like this:

 

"1 February 2009 | 2.32 PM"

[RPS]

I fixed this issue.

- What was the fix?

 

But how do you get the date/time to display like this:

- Check out http://www.php.net/date

 

Replace:

 

$date = formatdate($date);

 

With

 

$date = date("j F Y, g:i A", $date);

 

You can look at the PHP manual for specific customizations/examples.

[.amaZe]

- What was the fix?

 

I forgot to put the title code in the "echo" that returns the announcement content.

 

- Check out http://www.php.net/date

 

Replace:

 

$date = formatdate($date);

 

With

 

$date = date("j F Y, g:i A", $date);

 

You can look at the PHP manual for specific customizations/examples.

 

Thanks for the code, I will test it shortly.

[.amaZe]

- What was the fix?

 

 

- Check out http://www.php.net/date

 

Replace:

 

$date = formatdate($date);

 

With

 

$date = date("j F Y, g:i A", $date);

 

You can look at the PHP manual for specific customizations/examples.

 

What do I change? My code looks like this:

 

function formatdate($date) {

$year = substr ($date, 0, 4);

$month = substr ($date, 5, 2);

$day = substr ($date, 8, 2);

return $month.'/'.$day.'/'.$year;

}

[RPS]

View the output of the date() function. You don't actually have to format the date.

 

You can also (given the date), return only the month, year, or day.

[craigrg]

I get the following error people

 

 '.$date.' - '.$announcement.' more info
'; echo''; $x=false; } if(!$x) echo '

News & announcements: view more
'; if($x) echo '

There are no new announcements.
'; 

 

Does any one have any idea why?

[RPS]

Yes. Read this thread http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=8142 for the answer

[craigrg]

Yes. Read this thread http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=8142 for the answer

 

Sorry RPS i have spent the last hour reading and changing the code as stated in this topic but still no luck.

 

the code i am using is here

 

http://www.cg-computers.co.uk/announcements.php

[druptech]

can we use on diffrent domain ?