Manialinks

[danodude]

Hi all, I have asked this before, but I would like to know how to use PHP with manialinks.

I'm not a PHP pro, but I know enough to upload files, send emails, get info from forms etc in HTML.

I have been having trouble getting my brain around using it in manialinks though. There doesnt seem to be a attribute to get the information from the <entry> tag in manialinks. Would someone be able to give me a small example of getting some information from a user using a button, <entry>, and PHP?

This is what I've managed to get so far:

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<?php

$name = "danodude";

?>

<manialink version="1">
	<frame posn="0 0 0">
		<quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
		<label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $name; ?>"/>
		<entry posn="0 -4 1" sizen="60 20" name="entry1" default="Enter your name"/>
		<label posn="0 -30 1" style="CardButtonMedium" text="Apply" manialink="http://localhost/ManialinkPreviewer/test.php"/>
	</frame>
</manialink>

Thanks!

[jonthekiller]

You can add the ?name=entry1 in the url like this :

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<?php

$name = "danodude";

?>

<manialink version="1">
   <frame posn="0 0 0">
      <quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
      <label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $name; ?>"/>
      <entry posn="0 -4 1" sizen="60 20" name="entry1" default="Enter your name"/>
      <label posn="0 -30 1" style="CardButtonMedium" text="Apply" manialink="http://localhost/ManialinkPreviewer/test.php?name=entry1"/>
   </frame>
</manialink>

[danodude]

And that sends the info to the php script, right?

Thanks

[jonthekiller]

Yes, in the page you can write this :

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$_GET['name']

[danodude]

Ahhhhh ok... I'm beginning to get it Thanks a lot

[danodude]

Ok I've gotten this, but theres an error somewhere, would you be able to point it out?

This is the main page:

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<?php

$name = "danodude";

?>

<manialink version="1">
   <frame posn="0 0 0">
      <quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
      <label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $name; ?>"/>
      <entry posn="0 -4 1" sizen="60 20" name="entry1" default="Enter your name"/>
      <label posn="0 -30 1" style="CardButtonMedium" text="Apply" manialink="http://localhost/ManialinkPreviewer/script.php?name=entry1"/>
   </frame>
</manialink>

This is the handling script:

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<?php

	$value = $_GET['entry1'];
	
?>

<manialink version="1">
	<frame posn="0 0 0">
		<quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
		<label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $value; ?>"/>
	</frame>
</manialink>

I can't see anything wrong, but there must be something

Thanks!

[jonthekiller]

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<?php

   $value = $_GET['name'];
   
?>

<manialink version="1">
   <frame posn="0 0 0">
      <quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
      <label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $value; ?>"/>
   </frame>
</manialink>

It's maybe better^^.

[danodude]

lol I've got the flu and I'm really dopey today I'll try that now.

Edit:

Thanks so much buddy!! It works... you have no idea how long I've wanted to make that work

[danodude]

Uhmmmm...

I have another problem lol.

This is an invalid manialink file? It works if I replace

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$value = $_GET['name'];

with

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$value = 'danodude';

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<?php

	$value = $_GET['name'];
	
?>

<manialink version="1">
   <frame posn="0 0 0">
      <quad posn="0 0 0" sizen="100 40" style="Bgs1InRace" substyle="BgWindow3"/>
      <label posn="0 0 1" scale="1" text="<?php echo $value; ?>"/>
      <entry posn="0 -4 1" sizen="60 20" name="entry1" default="Enter your name"/>
      <label posn="0 -30 1" style="CardButtonMedium" text="Apply" manialink="http://localhost/ManialinkPreviewer/test.php?name=entry1"/>
   </frame>
</manialink>

Thanks for all the help!

[jonthekiller]

Which PHP version?

If 5.3, it's maybe when you haven't a value in the $_GET['name'].