Greeting Block

[sburke930]

I am still not able to get this block working and for the life of me I cannot figure this out.  I have it set as a phpbox, and all I get is a parse error on line 1.  Help, please, someone....Thank you!

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<?php
  global $user_info;

$hour = date('G'); 

if($hour >= 0 && $hour <= 5) 
{ 
        echo 'You are up early' . $user_info['username'] . '!';
}
else if($hour >= 6 && $hour <= 8) 
{ 
        echo 'Grab your coffee yet' . $user_info['username'] . '!';
} 
else if($hour <= 9 && $hour <= 12) 
{ 
        echo 'Good morning' . $user_info['username'] . '!';
} 
else if($hour >= 13 && $hour <= 16) 
{ 
        echo 'Good afternoon' . $user_info['username'] . '!'; 
} 
else if($hour >= 17 && $hour <= 23) 
{ 
        echo 'Good evening' . $user_info['username'] . '!'; 
} 

?>

[JPDeni]

Don't use the

<?php

and

?>

in a php box.

[sburke930]

OMG...thank you so very very much...I am ecstatic...this block has been bugging me since yesterday morning!

~Play~

[JPDeni]

Glad I could help. It's one of those things that is right there in front of you, but if you don't know about it, you'll never figure it out.

One other little thing you can do, if you want it to reflect the time of day for the user instead of wherever your server is ...

Instead of

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$hour = date('G');

use

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$hour = date('G') + $user_info['time_offset'];
  if ($hour > 23) { $hour = $hour - 24; }
  elseif ($hour < 0) { $hour = $hour + 24; }

[rbh]

ok, how do you get this to center inside a block? i am using it inside of a center block, and i want it to be centered within that block rather then set to the left.

[JPDeni]

After the $hour definition line (whether you have it use the server time or the user's local time) add

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echo '<center>';

After the last } add

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echo '</center>';


Or, you can use

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echo '<span style="text-align:center;">';

and

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echo '</span>';

Use whichever flavor you prefer.

[rbh]

perfect! thanks! :up:

[sburke930]

Wow so cool...Now I know how to change the font size and color too which was my next question.  Thank you very much for the help.  It is totally appreciated!

[JPDeni]

You're very welcome. Those <span> tags come in really handy, and are a nice way to ease into using css.

[sburke930]

Houston I have a problem.  the bloc was working perfectly until today.  We installed the karma moed and now I cannot get the block to work at all.  It's just a blank box now.  any suggestions besides the obvious?