Displaying images from data table in a loop one at a time - php

I am trying to write code that displays images from a datatable one at a time with a delay between each display in a continuous loop.
The issue I am having is only the first image is displaying, can anyone see where I have gone wrong or am I approaching this the wrong way?
PHP
<?php while($row_fb = mysqli_fetch_array($fb)){
$url = $ImagePath.''.$row_fb['SignageImageName']; ?>
<div id="banner-container">
<a><img src="/<?php echo $url;?>"/></a>
</div>
<?php
}?>
CSS
#banner-container a {
display: none;
position: absolute;
}
#banner-container {
position: relative;
}
JQUERY
(function() {
var a = $('#banner-container').children();
var index = 0;
run()
function run() {
a.filter('.active').fadeOut(500).removeClass('active');
a.eq(index).fadeIn(500).addClass('active');
index = (index + 1) % a.length; // Wraps around if it hits the end
setTimeout(run, 5000);
}
})();

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Leaflet sidebar within a while loop

I have a dataset with several points (latitude, longitude and some text for each), which I would like to show on a map, using Leaflet.
Instead of using Leaflet built-in popups, I am trying to use leaflet-sidebar, which allows to open a sidebar when a marker is clicked.
If you are interested, you can see an example (with one single marker) here:
https://github.com/Turbo87/leaflet-sidebar/blob/master/examples/index.html
As you can see, I correctly open a sidebar for each marker, but the content of each <div> is shown also below the map.
This is due to the fact that I have the <div> within a PHP while loop, as follows:
<?php
$i = 0;
while($result = mysql_fetch_array($objQuery)){
$i++;
$lat = $result['lat'];
$lon = $result['lon'];
$text = $result['some_text'];
?>
<div id="sidebar_<?=$i;?>" align="left">
<b>text</b>: <?=$some_text;?>
</div>
<script>
var sidebar_<?=$i;?> = L.control.sidebar('sidebar_<?=$i;?>', {
closeButton: true,
position: 'left'
});
map.addControl(sidebar_<?=$i;?>);
setTimeout(function () {
sidebar_<?=$i;?>.hide();
}, 500);
var marker = L.marker([<?php echo $lat;?>, <?php echo $lon;?>]).addTo(map).on('click', function () {
sidebar_<?=$i;?>.toggle();
});
</script>
<?php
}
?>
If I place the <div id="sidebar_<?=$i;?>"> outside the while loop, I can't collect each single marker lat/lon/text reference.
Do you have any tips on how to avoid this repetition below the map?
I found a workaround!
On the plugin webpage there is a note to add contents to <div> dynamically.
Basically, you need to leave the <div> empty in the html, and add content in the script part, using setContent:
<script>
var sidebar_<?=$i;?> = L.control.sidebar('sidebar_<?=$i;?>', {
closeButton: true,
position: 'left'
});
//HERE IT IS:
sidebar_<?=$i;?>.setContent('<b>categoria</b>: <?=$categoria;?><br><br><b>problema</b>: <?=$descrizione;?><br><br><b>proposta</b>: <?=$soluzione;?><br><br><div class="smaller">data segnalazione: <?=$giorno."/".$mese."/".$anno;?></div>');
map.addControl(sidebar_<?=$i;?>);
setTimeout(function () {
sidebar_<?=$i;?>.hide();
}, 500);
var marker = L.marker([<?php echo $lat;?>, <?php echo $lon;?>], {icon: iconarossa}).addTo(map).on('click', function () {
sidebar_<?=$i;?>.toggle();
});
</script>
Now it looks as I wished.
You need to add display: none to the style of the sidebar <div> -
<div id="sidebar_<?=$i;?>" align="left" style="display:none">
<b>text</b>: <?=$some_text;?>
</div>
You can probably do it a neater way with classes, but this should get you going.

Would a while loop be better for this? Doesn't this seem redundant?

I am trying to create a random background image picker. What I have works, but it seems clunky and redundant. Can I get help in figuring out a better way to write this?
Requirements:
Random background for page should be displayed each time the page is
refreshed.
Each background has a specific blurb of text that goes with it, so
the correct text needs to be displayed with each background.
Have a list of links to show the other backgrounds/text
Currently-displaying background/text should not be listed in the
index.
Example: if background3.jpg is displaying, the list should only have background1.jpg, background2.jpg, and background4.jpg.
PHP
$backgrounds =
array(
'cat1.jpg', 'cat2.jpg', 'cat3.jpg', 'cat4.jpg', 'cat5.jpg', 'cat6.jpg'); // array of image files
$randBg = rand(0, count($backgrounds)-1); // generate random number size of the array
$selectedBg = "$backgrounds[$randBg]"; // set variable equal to which random filename was chosen
$strings = array('This kitten has a filter', 'This cat is in the dark', 'This kitten has green eyes', 'This cat has a mask', 'This is Grumpy Cat', 'This cat is orange'); // array of strings, that correspond to each image
function showString($backgrounds, $randBg, $strings) {
for ($b = 0; $b < count($backgrounds); $b++) {
if ($b == $randBg) {
echo $strings[$b]; // Loop through the image array and print corresponding text from strings array
}
}
}
HTML
<div id="text">
<h1><?php showString($backgrounds, $randBg, $strings); ?></h1>
</div>
<div id="index">
<ul>
<li id="1">Filter</li>
<li id="2">The dark</li>
<li id="3">Green eyes</li>
<li id="4">Mask</li>
<li id="5">Grumpy</li>
<li id="6">Orange</li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
body {
/* randomly selected background image */
background-image: url(images/<?php echo $selectedBg; ?>);
background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
div#text { /* the text from the respective background image goes in this div */
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
width: 50%;
margin: 10% auto 0 auto;
display: block;
text-align: center;
padding: 25px;
}
div#text h1 {
color: #000;
}
div#index { /* use this menu to view other background images */
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
width: 50%;
position: absolute;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
bottom: 0;
}
div#index ul {
list-style-type: none;
overflow: hidden;
}
div#index ul li {
float: left;
padding: 25px;
}
div#index ul li:hover {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
cursor: pointer;
}
jQuery
var selected = $("li"); // make var for the list items
var bgsArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]; // make array of backgrounds
var strings = [ // make array of strings
"This kitten has a filter",
"This cat is in the dark",
"This kitten has green eyes",
"This cat has a mask",
"This is Grumpy Cat",
"This cat is orange"
];
var current = bgsArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * bgsArray.length)]; // get a background image randomly (can't be anything else or else the initial image is always the same on reload).
if ($("body").css("background-image", "url('images/cat" + current + ".jpg')")) { // check current background image against the random number
$("div#text h1").html("" + strings[current - 1]); // make sure correct text displays
$("li#" + current).css("display", "none"); // hide current displaying bg in index
$("li#" + current).siblings().css("display", "block"); // make sure all other index values are showing
}
$.each(selected, function() { // function to iterate through all list items
selected.click( function() { // function for clicking on list item
var li_id = $(this).prop("id"); // get the id of the <li> that was just clicked
var cssBg = "url('images/cat" + li_id + ".jpg')"; // create string for bg url with id
$("body").css("background-image", cssBg); // change page bg to new image with corresponding id
$("div#text h1").html("" + strings[li_id - 1]); // change the text
if ($("body").css("background-image", cssBg)) { // hide the <li> for the bg that's currently displaying, but show all others
$("li#" + li_id).css("display", "none");
$("li#" + li_id).siblings().css("display", "block");
}
});
});
My goal is to learn how to conceptualize refactoring this (if that makes sense), because I know there is a much neater way to write it. Are both PHP and jQuery even required? Should I be using AJAX? I used jQuery to minimize HTTP requests after the initial pageload. If it's more efficient to use one language, I'd rather go that way. Thank you for any and all assistance.
Not entirely sure from your description, but it seems you don't need php. You can just show a random image using JS alone. Also, it is cleaner to use a map to connect the image to the blurb of text.
E.g.:
var imageToText = {
"imageNameA": "cat text A",
"imageNameB": "cat text B",
...
}
flow: Based on size of map, fetch imageName + corresponding text
Also, talking about the event handlers a bit
You have:
var selected = $("li"); // make var for the list items
...
$.each(selected, function() { // function to iterate through all list items
selected.click( function() { // function for clicking on list item
...
})
})
This can be refactored to:
$("li").click(function(){
var $el = $(this);
//do something...
})
hth
If you know the key of the element in the array - you don't need to loop over the keys to get the value, you can just get the value:
function showString($backgrounds, $randBg, $strings) {
echo $strings[$randBg]; // Loop through the image array and print corresponding text from strings array
}
The function mt_rand is better than rand.
$randBg = mt_rand(0, count($backgrounds)-1);
If you want to get a random element from an array you can use the array_rand function:
$key = array_rand($backgrounds);
$backgrounds[$key]; // this is the random-background you want
$h1 = $strings[$randBg];//will return correct string for the BG

Automatically show usernames whilst still typing into the search box?

Is there a way I can use a HTML form text box to perform an advanced search where I will be able to start typing a username of one of my members and it will list all members close to what I am still typing, something like the facebook search, but only with names (not profile pictures).
So for example, if I had a member list with contents like:
Jamie123
Jackzo
Josh
Dan
When I typed in my box, "J" all of the above apart from "Dan" would show in a drop box.
When I typed in my box, "Ja", "Dan" and "Josh" would not show... and so on?
Is this possible ? If so, How can i do this ?
I would look into using Select2. You can find out more here: http://ivaynberg.github.io/select2/
Yes...lets start by creating your text box:
<input type="text" name="DEMO_NAME" id="DEMO_NAME" alt="Possible Results" onKeyUp="searchSuggest();" autocomplete="off">
You will need a div sto show your results while the user is typing (place it under the textbox via css):
<div id="search_suggest"></div>
On the top of the html page you will have to include (apart from jquery) a .js file which will handle the request:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="ajax_search.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
aja_search.js code is:
//Gets the browser specific XmlHttpRequest Object
function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
return new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} else {
alert("Please update your Browser");
}
}
//Our XmlHttpRequest object to get the auto suggest
var searchReq = getXmlHttpRequestObject();
//Called from keyup on the search textbox.
//Starts the AJAX request.
function searchSuggest() {
if (searchReq.readyState == 4 || searchReq.readyState == 0) {
var str = encodeURI(document.getElementById('DEMO_NAME').value);
searchReq.open("GET", 'search.php?search=' + str, true);
searchReq.onreadystatechange = handleSearchSuggest;
searchReq.send(null);
}
}
//Called when the AJAX response is returned.
function handleSearchSuggest() {
if (searchReq.readyState == 4) {
var ss = document.getElementById('search_suggest')
ss.innerHTML = '';
if(document.getElementById('DEMO_NAME').value.length > 2)
{
var str = searchReq.responseText.split("\n");
for(i=0; i < str.length - 1; i++) {
//Build our element string. This is cleaner using the DOM, but
//IE doesn't support dynamically added attributes.
var suggest = '<div onmouseover="javascript:suggestOver(this);" ';
suggest += 'onmouseout="javascript:suggestOut(this);" ';
suggest += 'onclick="javascript:setSearch(this.innerHTML);" ';
suggest += 'class="suggest_link">' + str[i] + '</div>';
ss.innerHTML += suggest;
}
}
else
{
ss.innerHTML = 'Please insert at least 3 characters';
}
}
}
//Mouse over function
function suggestOver(div_value) {
div_value.className = 'suggest_link_over';
}
//Mouse out function
function suggestOut(div_value) {
div_value.className = 'suggest_link';
}
//Click function
function setSearch(value) {
document.getElementById('DEMO_NAME').value = value;
document.getElementById('search_suggest').innerHTML = '';
}
as you can see from the js above, user must input at least 3 characters in order to fire up the search. I strongly advise you to keep it.
last but not least you need the search.php file which is called by ajax in order to fetch results:
$search = $_GET["search"];
if(!empty($search))
{
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE username like('%" . simple_protect($search) . "%') ORDER BY username") or die (mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
{ //echo $query;
echo strip_all($row['username'])."\n";
}
}
else
{
echo "No Records available";
}
simple_protect and strip_all are functions of mine, the first one sanitizes the input while the second removes slashes etc. You can use your own.
finally you will need the css that shows results correctl, mine looks like this:
.suggest_link {
background-color: #333333;
padding:2px 4px 4px 2px;
color:#858585; font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px; color:#ffffff;
}
.suggest_link_over {
background-color: #666666;
padding:2px 4px 4px 2px;
color:#858585; font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px; color:#ffffff;
}
#search_suggest {
background-color: #333333;
text-align: left;
z-index:20;
width:240px; height: inherit;
border:hidden;
color:#ffffff; font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px; cursor: pointer;
}
and voila! you have your advanced search...
You have to use javascript for this, i recommend JQuery. You can do this with a built in function in JQuery called ajax, with it you can send a POST request to the server without refreshing the page. And then use php to fetch the data.
I recommend going to youtube and look at some tutorials if you ar new to javascript, look for JQuery tutorials.

Editing css with php or JQuery

Is there a way that I can change a css style sheet's data from a html form and php and/or JQuery. So if I have the following
widths.css
#main #section1 {
width: 25%;
}
#main #section2 {
width: 50%;
}
#main #section3 {
width: 25%;
}
So I want to have 3 text boxes S1, S2 and S3 and then a user can place values into each text box. It will check they add up to 100% or less and then it will write them to the css in place of 25%, 50% and 25%. How would I achieve this using php and/or JQuery.
Thanks
well there is a dirty but solution to this. use php to write javascript to the the html possibly after ending of body tag.
so the code goes like this
..
...
</body>
<?php echo <<< code
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("section1").style.width="$_POST['s1']";
// and then for each section u can do this
code;
?>
you will have to set the CSS dynamically on the page it self. Once the user entered the data, you can use little bit of AJAX to change the styles. So something like below would be your PHP and styles on the page. if you want this to be a permenant change make sure to put the settings in a DB against the user's profile. This can be added to your AJAX script as well.
<style type="text/css">
#main #section1 {
width: <?php echo $s1; ?>%;
}
#main #section2 {
width: <?php echo $s2; ?>%;
}
#main #section3 {
width: <?php echo $s3; ?>%;
}
</style>
HTH
You can use the jQuery addClass() to add a specific CSS class with the style you require.
To use PHP, you could use CSS internally on the page:
<style type="text/css">
<?php echo "width: 100px;" //for example ?>
</style>
But I wouldn't necessarily recommend that.
something basic but which should work
$(".validate").click(function(){
//I've assumed your text inputs were children of an element with id section$i
var w1 = Number($("#section1 input").val());
var w2 = Number($("#section2 input").val());
var w3 = Number($("#section3 input").val());
if(w1+w2+w3 == 100){
//here you change css rules for #section$i elements
$("#section1").css("width",w1+"%")
$("#section2").css("width",w2+"%")
$("#section3").css("width",w3+"%")
}
else{
alert("sum of values must equals 100%")
}
});
assuming that you have a clickable area with class validate
You can use this script i just made for you:
var merge = function(objectCollections){
var array = new Array();
foreach(objectCollections,function(objectCollection){
foreach(objectCollection,function(object){
array.push(object);
});
});
return array;
}
var foreach = function(object,loop){
for (var key in object) {
if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
loop(object[key],key);
}
}
}
var changeCSS =function(value){
var links = document.getElementsByTagName('link');
var styles = document.getElementsByTagName('style');
var sheets = merge([links,styles]);
var rules = value.split(/[(\ *{)(\})]/g);
for(var i in sheets){
if(typeof sheets[i] == 'object'){
var sheet = sheets[i].sheet ? sheets[i].sheet : sheets[i].styleSheet;
for(var j in sheet.cssRules){
if(typeof sheet.cssRules[j].selectorText != 'undefined'){
if(sheet.cssRules[j].selectorText == rules[0]){
sheet.cssRules[j].cssText = value;
console.debug(sheet.cssRules[j].cssText);
}
}
}
}
}
}
usage example:
changeCSS('#main #section1 {width: 25%;}');
this will change the css (not set a style on a tag or something)

keyboard navigation for ajax drop down

I am using the following code for Ajax dropdown suggest(some what similar to google suggest). It is working good.
[source]: http://www.dynamicajax.com/ of this code
code in html
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body {
font: 11px arial;
}
.suggest_link {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
padding: 2px 6px 2px 6px;
}
.suggest_link_over {
background-color: #3366CC;
padding: 2px 6px 2px 6px;
}
#search_suggest {
position: absolute;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
</style>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="ajax_search.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Simple AJAX Search Suggest</h3>
<form id="frmSearch">
<input type="text" id="txtSearch" name="txtSearch" alt="Search Criteria" onkeyup="searchSuggest(this.value);" autocomplete="off" />
<!-- <input type="submit" id="cmdSearch" name="cmdSearch" value="Search" alt="Run Search" /><br />-->
<div id="search_suggest">
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
code in javascript
//Gets the browser specific XmlHttpRequest Object
function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
return new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
// code for IE6, IE5
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} else {
alert("It's about time to upgrade your browser. don't you think so?");
}
}
//Our XmlHttpRequest object to get the auto suggest
var searchReq = getXmlHttpRequestObject();
//Called from keyup on the search textbox.
//Starts the AJAX request.
function searchSuggest() {
if (searchReq.readyState == 4 || searchReq.readyState == 0) {
var str = escape(document.getElementById('txtSearch').value);
searchReq.open("GET", 'searchSuggest.php?search=' + str, true);
searchReq.onreadystatechange = handleSearchSuggest;
searchReq.send(null);
}
}
//Called when the AJAX response is returned.
function handleSearchSuggest() {
if (searchReq.readyState == 4) {
var ss = document.getElementById('search_suggest')
ss.innerHTML = '';
var str = searchReq.responseText.split("\n");
for(i=0; i < str.length - 1; i++) {
//Build our element string. This is cleaner using the DOM, but
//IE doesn't support dynamically added attributes.
var suggest = '<div onmouseover="javascript:suggestOver(this);" ';
suggest += 'onmouseout="javascript:suggestOut(this);" ';
suggest += 'onclick="javascript:setSearch(this.innerHTML);" ';
suggest += 'class="suggest_link">' + str[i] + '</div>';
ss.innerHTML += suggest;
}
}
}
//Mouse over function
function suggestOver(div_value) {
div_value.className = 'suggest_link_over';
}
//Mouse out function
function suggestOut(div_value) {
div_value.className = 'suggest_link';
}
//Click function
function setSearch(value) {
document.getElementById('txtSearch').value = value;
document.getElementById('search_suggest').innerHTML = '';
}
Now i wanted to know if i can navigate in the dropdown list with the help of keys. i.e
open a drop-down list by using the Down Arrow key. After opening a drop-down list, the user can navigate between drop-down items with the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down keys and then select an item with the Enter key. To close the list without changing the value, the user can press the Esc key.
Its nice to have, to have all the above mentioned features. - only if it is feasible.
But naviagting with Up arrow, Down Arrow are required. - Need help for these 2
Thanks in advance!
Do you mean autocomplete options appearing under your text input? In that case you want to set an option for keypress, and if it is a down arrow you do the same thing you currently do with "mouse_out" for the $(this) element, and "mouse_over" for the one below it. For up arrow, same thing with the one above it.
First you are going to need id's on each div, and make them sequential. Then you add functions for keypresses
for(i=0; i < str.length - 1; i++) {
//Build our element string. This is cleaner using the DOM, but
//IE doesn't support dynamically added attributes.
var suggest = '<div onmouseover="javascript:suggestOver(this);" ';
suggest += 'onmouseout="javascript:suggestOut(this);" ';
suggest += 'onclick="javascript:setSearch(this.innerHTML);" ';
suggest += 'onkeypress="javascript:keyPressFunc(k,this);' //THIS IS NEW
suggest += 'id="item"+i'; //THIS IS THE NEW LINE TO ADD
suggest += 'class="suggest_link">' + str[i] + '</div>';
ss.innerHTML += s
}
function keyPressFunc(k, comesFrom)
{
keyIn = k.keyCode;
suggestOut(this);
getsFocusId = "item" + 39-keyIn //38 is up arrow, 40 is down
suggestOver(document.getElementById(getFocusId));
}
I might have messed up the arguments for the incoming key and the reporting element, but thats the idea. The broad strokes are sound even if some details are missing:
1) add unique (and sequential) id's to each of these divs
2) add an event for keypress, use .keyCode to get value, up arrow is 40 down is 38, enter is 13 esc is 27. page up, pagedown, end, home are 33-36
3) For each of these you must do what you currently do for suggestOut for the div that takes the keypress, and what you currently do for suggestOver for another
I haven't done anything like this in vanilla javascript in quite some time so thats why im fuzzy. I think you'd really benefit from jQuery here, I know I would.
PS - get jQuery. Then you can set up these events really easy with stuff like
$(".suggest_link").keypress(function(k) {.....

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