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Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by adigaskell, Nov 2, 2004.

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    Hi,

    Been trying to get this to work, it seems that Shawn has made a hack for people without php4.3 servers. I've had a search on the forum for it but can't find it anywhere.

    Can anyone help?

    Adi
     
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    #3
    If you plan to run more than one ad you will need to hack the hack.

    You will need to move the additional code to a seperate file and in ad_network.php include_once the new file.

    Otherwise you will get a fatal error by defining file_get_contents more than once.
     
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    You could also probably get tricky and use the function_exists() function...
     
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    #5
    I've re-tried the procedure, using the code from the setup page + the hack added to the ad_network.php file and I get

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare file_get_contents() in Forum/ad_network.php on line 3

    Any ideas?
     
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    See my earlier post. If you are running more than one ad you need to move the hack into a new file and include_once that file in ad_network.php.

    Otherwise the page will try and redeclare the function.
     
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    Now I seem to be having trouble with the text file not having the right permissions, even though I've changed it to 777 via both ftp and file manager.

    The ads should be at the bottom of http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/Forum/
     
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    Not sure if I can help but its worth noting that the script will generate that message if it can't find the txt file.

    Can you check the txt file is in the right place and that ad_network.php can find the txt file.
     
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    There is definately a file there. If the reference to it in ad_network.php is just 'ad_network_ads.txt' as in the original setup file than the page is really (really) slow to load. If I include the full path then it loads but with the 'cannot find the text file' message.

    Very strange.
     
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    You cannot use an absolute url to the txt file. I have been through that already and it is ruled out because the script can read the file but not write to the file.

    As a result you must use the straightforward ad_network_ads.txt

    My experience with the script is that it is all very quick to load.
     
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    #11
    You can use a absolute path, just not a URL.
     
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    How can I find the absolute path Shawn. Is there perhaps a php variable available with that path?

    I obviously misunderstood your reply yesterday as I had given up on absolute paths (must remember to read more carefully).
     
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    #13
    Make a PHP script like so:

    <?php
	echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
?>
    PHP:
    That will show you the full server path to your script, and you should be able to figure it out from there.
     
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    Thanks a lot.
     
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    Seems to all work but the connection to the digitalpoint link file timed out.
     
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    #16
    I've never had a problem with speed - I would suggest that your set-up still isn't right.

    At least I am no longer a Peon:

    pe·on ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pn, pn)
    n.

    An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
    Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
    A menial worker; a drudge.
    (also pyn) In India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, a person of menial position, especially a messenger, servant, or foot soldier.


    Whether a Grunt is that much better I'm not sure.
     
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    I've copy and pasted the code directly into the appropriate files. Can't really go wrong can it? Yet still the site hangs badly. I've tried accessing the http://ads.digitalpoint.com/network.php?type=link page and this loads fine, yet my site doesn't. I get this error message:

    Warning: file_get_contents(http://ads.digitalpoint.com/network.php?type=link): failed to open stream: Connection timed out in /home/httpd/vhosts/theenvironmentsite.org/httpdocs/Forum/ad_network.php on line 17
     
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