UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 6 Version 6 Support PHP code in UBB Threads

Hi,

I'm trying to install a banner rotating program on my UBB Threads forum and can't seem to get it to work.

I'm basically adding this code to my forum header:

<?
require "ad.php";
$advertisement = show_ad();

// page shows something here
echo $advertisement // the banner appears
?>

Can someone point me in the right direction to get this script to work? It works on the main site, but not on the UBB Threads forum.

Thanks in advance.

PHP won't execute inside the header, but you can put it inside the /templates/default/ubbt_header.tmpl

Try adding this:

<pre>
require "ad.php";
$advertisement = show_ad();

// page shows something here
echo $advertisement // the banner appears
</pre>

between these 2 lines:

<pre>
UBBTPRINT
/* UBBTREMARK */ ?>
</pre>

Thanks,

I can't seem to get this to work, either.

Should it look like this?

<?
UBBTPRINT
require "ad.php";
$advertisement = show_ad();

// page shows something here
echo $advertisement // the banner appears
/* UBBTREMARK */ ?>

How are other people who run UBB Threads adding self run banner ads to their site if PHP doesn't work? Javascript/SSI, Perl?

Please help, I have a customer who paid for this already and I want to fulfill.

Thanks in advance.

You shouldn't need the opening php tag - as it's already inside a tag.

I've done banner ads with a similar trick.

Do you get any errors or anything?

Josh -

I need to serve banner ads from DoubleClick. Would you care to share some code to do this? By the way, the DoubleClick banner code looks like this:
I don't know much about PHP, but I found the following that generates the random number that's required by DoubleClick. I just don't know how to put all of this together.

Nevermind...

I'm just using javascript so I can control the placement as well.