How to include php?

sun112 · Post by **sun112** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 pm

Hi!

I'd like to add this line of code at either the bottom of the page or at the right sidebar:

<?php @include 'http://www.domain.com/gallery/block-random.php';?>

How can this be done?

It will show a random pic from menalto gallery script.

Greetings,
sun112

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:50 pm

maybe it helps to show you the content of block-random.php, which i want to include:
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<?php
/*
* Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
* Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Bharat Mediratta
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
* your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* $Id: block-random.php,v 1.13.2.1 2005/03/10 02:29:33 cryptographite Exp $
*/
/*
* This block selects a random photo for display. It will only display photos
* from albums that are visible to the public. It will not display hidden
* photos.
*
* Once a day (or whatever you set CACHE_EXPIRED to) we scan all albums and
* create a cache file listing each public album and the number of photos it
* contains. For all subsequent attempts we use that cache file. This means
* that if you change your albums around it may take a day before this block
* starts (or stops) displaying them.
*
* If your Gallery is embedded and you call it via an URL,
* make sure you are giving the needed paramters.
*
* *Nuke:
* http://<URL to your Nuke>/modules.php?op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=block-random.php
*
* Mambo:
* http://<URL to Mambo>/index.php?option=com_gallery&Itemid=XXX
*/

// Random block does not require authentication of any sort... don't use sessions
$GALLERY_NO_SESSIONS = 1;
require(dirname(__FILE__) . "/init.php");

define('CACHE_FILE', $gallery->app->albumDir . "/block-random.dat");
define('CACHE_EXPIRED', $gallery->app->blockRandomCache);

// Check the cache file to see if it's up to date
$rebuild = 1;
if (fs_file_exists(CACHE_FILE)) {
$stat = fs_stat(CACHE_FILE);
$mtime = $stat[9];
if ((time() - $mtime) < CACHE_EXPIRED) {
$rebuild = 0;
}
}

if ($rebuild) {
scanAlbums();
saveCache();
} else {
readCache();
}

$i = 0;
do {
$success = doPhoto();
$i++;
} while (empty($success) && $i < $gallery->app->blockRandomAttempts);

if (empty($success)) {
echo '<center>No photo chosen.</center>';
}

function doPhoto() {
$album = chooseAlbum();

if (!empty($album)) {
$index = choosePhoto($album);
}

if (!empty($index)) {
$id = $album->getPhotoId($index);
echo ""
. '<center><a href="' . makeAlbumUrl($album->fields['name'], $id) . '">'
. $album->getThumbnailTag($index)
. '</a></center>';

$caption = $album->getCaption($index);
if ($caption) {
echo '<br><center>' . $caption . '</center>';
}

echo '<br><center>From: '
. '<a href="' .makeAlbumUrl($album->fields['name']) .'">'
. $album->fields['title']
. '</a></center>';
return 1;
} else {
return 0;
}
}

/*
* --------------------------------------------------
* Support functions
* --------------------------------------------------
*/

function saveCache() {
global $cache;
safe_serialize($cache, CACHE_FILE);
}

function readCache() {
global $cache;

$sCache = getFile(CACHE_FILE);
$cache = unserialize($sCache);
}

function choosePhoto($album) {
global $cache;

$count = $cache[$album->fields["name"]];
if ($count == 0) {
// Shouldn't happen
return null;
} elseif ($count == 1) {
$choose = 1;
if ($album->isAlbum($choose)) {
return null;
}
} else {
$choose = mt_rand(1, $count);
$wrap = 0;
while ($album->isHiddenRecurse($choose) || $album->isAlbum($choose)) {
$choose++;
if ($choose > $album->numPhotos(1)) {
$choose = 1;
$wrap++;
if ($wrap == 2) {
return null;
}
}
}
}

return $choose;
}

function chooseAlbum() {
global $cache;

/*
* The odds that an album will be selected is proportional
* to the number of (visible) items in the album.
*/
$total = 0;
foreach ($cache as $name => $count) {
if (empty($choose)) {
$choose = $name;
}

$total += $count;
if ($total != 0 && ($total == 1 || mt_rand(1, $total) <= $count)) {
$choose = $name;
}
}

if ($choose) {
$album = new Album();
$album->load($choose);
return $album;
} else {
return null;
}
}

function scanAlbums() {
global $cache;
global $gallery;

$cache = array();
$everybody = $gallery->userDB->getEverybody();
$albumDB = new AlbumDB();
foreach ($albumDB->albumList as $tmpAlbum) {
if ($tmpAlbum->canReadRecurse($everybody->getUid()) && !$tmpAlbum->isHiddenRecurse()) {
$seeHidden = $everybody->canWriteToAlbum($tmpAlbum);
$numPhotos = $tmpAlbum->numPhotos($seeHidden);
$name = $tmpAlbum->fields["name"];
if ($numPhotos > 0) {
$cache[$name] = $numPhotos;
}
}
}
}
?>
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kidgoo · Post by **kidgoo** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:26 pm

Hi,

There is already a sidebar plugin that will display a random image from Gallery. Did you have a problem with that one?

It's called Gallery Random Photoblock and is available through Spartacus...

Brett

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:54 pm

well, i like to manage my pics with this gallery script, so it'd be useful to show images from my already existing portfolio.

what exatly is spartacus for s9y blog?

prim8 · Post by **prim8** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:38 pm

Anonymous wrote:what exatly is spartacus for s9y blog?

SPARTACUS is:
[S]erendipity [P]lugin [A]ccess [R]epository [T]ool [A]nd [C]ustomization/nification [S]ystem - Allows you to download plugins from our online repository

Gives you more options for plugins to install when you are in 'Configure Plugins'.

If you don't want to use one of the existing image galleries, you may need to develop a sidebar plugin for your script. Take a look here to get started:

http://www.s9y.org/43.html#A41

kidgoo · Post by **kidgoo** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:11 am

Anonymous wrote:well, i like to manage my pics with this gallery script, so it'd be useful to show images from my already existing portfolio.

what exatly is spartacus for s9y blog?

The plugin I mentioned is indeed written specifically for the Menalto Gallery script, which is what you said you are using...