Trying to run a script

[bwd]

I'm trying to run a script inside a new box in the right column. I can make new boxes and add box pages, but I can't figure out how to get this script to run inside a new box. I can get the script to run but not inside of a box, border, heading, etc... It just displays the selected image.

<!-- random_article //-->
<tr> 
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
// original script by Geoff McCausland http://www.jetlink.net/~webpro
function makeArray(){
this.length = makeArray.arguments.length
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i]
}
var now = new Date();
var sec = now.getSeconds();
// NUM IS THE NUMBER OF BANNERS TO CHOOSE FROM
var num = 2;
// LIST THE URL TO LINK TO AND THE IMAGE TAG BELOW EACH ENTRY MUST BE FOLLOWED BY A COMMA EXCEPT THE LAST ENTRY WHICH NEEDS THE CLOSING PARENTHESIS AND A SEMI-COLON
var bannerArray = new makeArray(
'<td align="center" ><A href="http://www.mysite.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/myphoto.gif" alt="My Photo On My Site" border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0></td>',
'<td align="center" ><A href="http://www.mysite.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/myphoto2.gif" alt="My Photo On My Site" border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0></td>'
);

for (i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
if (sec <= (i * 60 / num) && sec > ((i - 1) * 60 / num)) {
document.write (bannerArray[i]);
}
}
// -->
</script>

</tr>
<!-- random_article_eof //-->

This code randomly displays an image

 

Thanks in advance

Brian

[MoisesZaragoza]

do you know if you are inside of <?php ?> tags?

[jhsands]

Put your javascript code in example.php and upload it to /includes/boxes/

 

Do an include in the /includes/boxes/whatever.php file you want... for the categories box it would be categories.php .

 

include("example.php");
?>
		</td>

 

 

 

 

That should parse it for you. I had to this to get my GeoTrust icon to work properly, as osC would not parse the javascript directly in the information.php but parsed fine when I stuck it in geo.php and did the include.

[MoisesZaragoza]

try starting your file with

 

?>

<!-- random_article //-->

<tr>

<script Language="JavaScript">

 

....

[bwd]

None of these seem to work, I am able to get the script to run, but it won't run inside of the box. I'm sure there is a way to get it to work and it's driving me crazy. I've tried it in and out of php tags, I also tried the include, but it shows it below the box not in it. The code I pasted above is what I use to just run the script, it shows, but not inside of a box.

[bwd]

So far I settled for this, but it doesn't place the image inside the box. It is just below the heading, I deleted the actual content part of the box.

 

I did the script as follows:example.php

?>
<!-- random_article //-->
	  <tr>		 
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
// original script by Geoff McCausland http://www.jetlink.net/~webpro
function makeArray(){
this.length = makeArray.arguments.length
	 for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
	 this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i]
	 }
var now = new Date();
var sec = now.getSeconds();
// NUM IS THE NUMBER OF BANNERS TO CHOOSE FROM
var num = 2;
// LIST THE URL TO LINK TO AND THE IMAGE TAG BELOW EACH ENTRY MUST BE FOLLOWED BY A COMMA EXCEPT THE LAST ENTRY WHICH NEEDS THE CLOSING PARENTHESIS AND A SEMI-COLON
var bannerArray = new makeArray(
'<td align="center" ><A href="http://localhost/oscommerce/catalog/crested_gecko.php?osCsid=3a4973cb3cb72f2cc68a26d029fe3c92" target="_blank"><img src="images/crested01.gif" alt="Crested Gecko" border=1 hspace=0 vspace=0></td>',
'<td align="center" ><A href="http://localhost/oscommerce/catalog/crested_gecko.php?osCsid=3a4973cb3cb72f2cc68a26d029fe3c92" target="_blank"><img src="images/crested01.gif" alt="Crested Gecko" border=1 hspace=0 vspace=0></td>'
);

for (i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
	 if (sec <= (i * 60 / num) && sec > ((i - 1) * 60 / num)) {
			 document.write (bannerArray[i]);
	 }
}
// -->
</script>

	  </tr>
<!-- random_article_eof //-->

And did the suggested include: test.php

?>
<!-- information //-->
	  <tr>
		<td>
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION);

 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => '');
include("example.php");



?>
		</td>
	  </tr>
<!-- information_eof //-->

If I get rid of any of the array lines, the box disappears completely and leaves just the image. I want it to look uniform with the rest of the boxes with the image inside of the box.

 

Thank You both for your help so far!

 

Brian

[bwd]

Has anyone else done anything similar?