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Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by toddmc, Dec 8, 2004.

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  1. #1
    I can't get the Ads to show up. I'm not familiar with PHP at all.

    I created the following and placed them in the root:
    ad_network.php
    ad_network_ads.txt

    Here's what I'm trying to paste into my PHP file:

    ini_set ("include_path", ini_get ("include_path") . ':../:../../:../../../:../../../../');
    include ('http://www.countrycritter.com/ad_network.php');
    echo $ad_network[0];

    Am I missing something? I still can't get it to validate my URL.
     
    toddmc, Dec 8, 2004 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Don't modify the PHP code you paste (why did you add your domain into the include path?)
     
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  3. toddmc

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    I thought that's what I needed to do? I'm not familiar with PHP at all.
     
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    #4
    Nope... don't change the PHP code. :)
     
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  5. toddmc

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    #5
    if you click on the "recover password" link at the bottom on the left hand side you can see it's not working properly. I'm not sure how to fix that.
     
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    #6
    Actually I just update the file and now the ads are not showing at all. Before it was just showing the code <?php
    ini_set ("include_path", ini_get ("include_path") . ':../:../../:../../../:../../../../');
    include ('ad_network.php');
    echo $ad_network[0];
    ?>

    now it's not showing anything.
     
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    #7
    Not sure what to look for, I don't see any errors or anything when I look. Is your existing PHP system suppressing errors by default maybe?
     
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  8. toddmc

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    #8
    Here's what my code looks like:

    <tr height=22 valign=center align=right>
    <td class=Bottom>
    <table border=0 width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr>
    <td class=Bottom></td>
    <td class=Bottom align=center>{include file="copyright.tpl"}</td>
    </tr></table>
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table>

    <?php
    ini_set ("include_path", ini_get ("include_path") . ':../:../../:../../../:../../../../');
    include ('ad_network.php');
    echo $ad_network[0];
    ?>

    It may not be a code issue...I may be missing a file or something.

    I've got the ad_network.php in the root and the ad_network_ads.txt in the root.

    Now the file that I'm adding the

    <?php
    ini_set ("include_path", ini_get ("include_path") . ':../:../../:../../../:../../../../');
    include ('ad_network.php');
    echo $ad_network[0];
    ?>

    is not in the root it's a couple of directories down. Would that make a difference? Should I add the ad_network.php and the ad_network_ads.txt in the directory with the file that is displaying the:

    <?php
    ini_set ("include_path", ini_get ("include_path") . ':../:../../:../../../:../../../../');
    include ('ad_network.php');
    echo $ad_network[0];
    ?>
     
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    #9
    It looks like it's a template system rather than an actual PHP file. In that case, you might have to dig a little deeper into your template system in order to figure out how to pass variables to a template.
     
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    Can I create just a php file and have it included in that template?
     
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    #11
    Strange. I got it to work in my links directory you can view the links page at the bottom of any page. When I went to validate my site it's still giving me a:

    Account not not yet activated. | Site failed automatic validation as of 2004-12-08 (make sure URL and site type is correct - if everything is correct, make a request in the forum for assistance).
     
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    #12
    If your template system supports it, yes.
     
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