How Can I Get This - Ticker.stm

Is there any way to get this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ifs_news/h...age/ticker.stm

running live in a sig in this forum?

(i would like it live, not as a recorded gif)

PHP. Untested...

Code:

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<?php
$ticker=fopen('http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ifs_news/hi/front_page/ticker.stm','r');
function findNewsItem($str,$pos)
{
   $str=substr($ticker,strpos($ticker,"theSummaries[{$pos}] = \""));
   $str=substr($str,0,strpos($str,'.')+1);
   return $str;
}
function text($x,$n)
{
   ImageString($im,4,$x,10,$news[$n],$black);
}
$news=array('','','','');
for($i=0;$i<3;$i++)
{
   $news[$i]=findNewsItem($news[$i],$i);
}
unset($ticker);
$im=ImageCreate(500,150);
$white=ImageColorAllocate($im,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF);
$black=ImageColorAllocate($im,0x00,0x00,0x00);
text(10,0);
text(45,1);
text(80,2);
text(115,3);

// if the image gets too large (filesize), lower the third number image the ImageJPEG function. valid numbers are 1 to 10.

$fn=mt_rand(1,999999999).'.jpg';
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
ImageJPEG($im,$fn,10);
unlink($fn);
?>

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just use the dohtml tag and add the marquee tag

Um.....thanks
noob at work here
but im not quite sure
what to do with what you both just wrote
dont know how to implement it

Haxor-am i supposed to put that text in the sig box or what? if so it doesnt allow it
CoolMac-what exactly do you mean?

If you could show me or do an example, or post it in areply so i can grab it -
thanks

Save it as a .php file, upload it to a server with PHP, and put this in your sig:

Code:

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[img]http://www.site.com/file.php[/img]

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haxor's option is the best one.
I was suggesting for you to use html to crate a marquee

Quote:

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dohtml tag and add the marquee tag

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Can you do this in a sig? Doesn't HTML need to be enabled for that (it isn't on this forum)?

Quote:

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Code:

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[img]http://www.site.com/file.php[/img]

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.php extensions can't be added inside [img] tags....

It is not permitted to post .php extensions :o

is there any other way..... :helpsmile:

Make a folder just for this script. Name it sig.txt and upload it. Rename it to sig.jpg once uploaded. Upload this file, named ".htaccess" to that directory:

Code:

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AddType application/x-httpd-php .jpg

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Ok Haxor
i have hope
first i will fiond out what php is
find a site which hosts it
load your script¨
make a folder for the script
name it si.txt and upload it
rename it to sig.jpg an dupload it
uplload file .htaccess to that directory

as a first timer i will learn alot in this process
and will post once i have achieved - success.
if not.... questions will follow


Haxor- is there absolutøly any chance that you could try to be a little bit more explicit in your replies- as in not expect those with problems to understand everything you know-?
Thanks again

:lol: I just assumed you knew what PHP was, sorry about that.

There's also three major fuck-ups in that script, it should be this:

Code:

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<?php
$ticker=fopen('http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ifs_news/hi/front_page/ticker.stm','r');
function findNewsItem($str,$pos)
{
  $str=substr($ticker,(strpos($ticker,"theSummaries[{$pos}] = \"")+18));
  $str=substr($str,0,strpos($str,'.')+1);
  return $str;
}
function text($x,$n)
{
  ImageString($im,4,$x,10,$news[$n],$black);
}
$news=array('','','','');
for($i=0;$i<3;$i++)
{
  $news[$i]=findNewsItem($news[$i],$i);
}
unset($ticker);
$im=ImageCreate(500,150);
$white=ImageColorAllocate($im,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF);
$black=ImageColorAllocate($im,0x00,0x00,0x00);
text(10,0);
text(45,1);
text(80,2);
text(115,3);

// if the image gets too large (filesize), lower the third number image the ImageJPEG function. valid numbers are 1 to 10.

$fn=rand(1,999999999).'.jpg';
header('Cache-control: no-cache, must-revalidate, no-store');
header('Cache-control: pre-check=0, post-check=0',false);
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
header('Last-modified: '.gmstrftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M %S GMT",(time()+(365*86640)));
header('Expires: '.gmstrftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M %S GMT",(time()+(365*86640)));
header('Pragma: no-cache);
ImageJPEG($im,$fn,10);
unlink($fn);
?>

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Hope this helps. :)

Any chance of linking to a site that can host this mini script
or if possible if someone could host it for me
I seriously have looked
cant see the difference between php and web hosting-it seems php sites are difficult to find
+
have absolutly no clue ihow to put Haxors script into praxis
(i opened an account at http://www.domaindlx.com/ is that ok? ?
Cheers

DomainDLX can't run it.

Click here and search with the following parameters:

• Disk space: no preference
• Language: no preference
• Your URL: no preference
• Site interests: no preference
• Forced ads: no preference
• Allowed: none
• Custom scripting: PHP
• Installed scripts: none
• Database: none
• Accommodations: Unmetered bandwidth, .htaccess
• Email: none
• Upload methods: FTP
• Platform: Any

You should get a ton of results. Pick something with a lot of bandwidth.

MundoServer looks good, you'll have no problem getting 300 hits a day with the traffic this site gets.