PHP Weather Layout Changer

[theaeblackthorn]

Hi all!

Most of you will remember my spaz back in July when I realised that I could make a PHP script that used the Yahoo weather feed to select which layout my livejournal had!

Well, I thought I'd share it with everyone!



Steps: <ol> <li> Save the below code sample into a file called weather.php. </li> <li> Create .css files for the following weathers: "apocalypse.css" "thunder.css"; "cold-sleety-snow.css"; "lighter-rain.css"; "snow.css"; "hazy.css"; "windy.css"; "cloudy-day.css"; "cloudy-night.css"; "nice-day.css"; "nice-night.css";</li> <li> Upload all of them onto a web server that supports PHP, and must have 'allow_url_fopen' set to 'on'.</li> <li> C&P the url of the weather.php file (e.g. http://www.domain.com/weather/weather.php) into the lj section that asks for external CSS.</li></ol> There are some more detailed instructions in the file, like a section that tells you where to find and paste the weather URL for your area from Yahoo. ALSO: You can probably use this and set it to return a image file and use it as part of an existing CSS file to only change your headers. Anyone interested, come talk to me. Enjoy! Comments appreciated, questions answered! <div style="border: 3px solid black;font-family:'courier new';"><pre> <?php /* Author: sas (sas.bratprincess@gmail.com) June 2009. Well. That was fun guys! Beginners ---------- To use: have a directory with the following css files, and this php file in it: "apocalypse.css" "thunder.css"; "cold-sleety-snow.css"; "lighter-rain.css"; "snow.css"; "hazy.css"; "windy.css"; "cloudy-day.css"; "cloudy-night.css"; "nice-day.css"; "nice-night.css"; ALSO. The server you're running this on must support PHP, and must have 'allow_url_fopen' set to 'on'. This might be trickier to find. Then simply set the yahoo rss weather feed to the correct one for your area. (These are very easily found by going to weather.yahoo.com and just entering your postcode). This is in the script below, you should be able to spot it. Then just use the url of this php script in the space where it asks you for an external stylesheet. Anywhere it does, actually. The system will think you've linked to a static style sheet. (CSS) Advanced --------- It's not too advanced, but I split the below weathers based on my location, Brighton, England. So, there's not many tropical storms here, if there were it'd probably be the apocalypse, so that's what I set it to. For someone who lives in a different region, they might like to change the codes. I've included all of the yahoo weather codes and what they stand for. To change which ones return what you simply need to change the numbers in the IF-statements. If you don't know what an if statement is, I probably wouldn't do this. Anyway, yes, this is made with no lisence what so ever, it's as is, with no support. Just, enjoy guys. */ header ("Content-type: text/css"); /* SET: yahoo rss weather feed */ $myWeatherURL = "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=UKXX0215"; $fh = fopen($myWeatherURL, 'r'); // get the line we're interested in while ($theData = fgets($fh)) { $currentconditions = strpos($theData, "<yweather:condition text="); if ((strlen($currentconditions) > 0) && ($currentconditions == "0")) { $data = explode("\"", $theData); $currentweather = $data[3]; } } fclose($fh); /* 0 tornado 1 tropical storm 2 hurricane 3200 not available */ if ($currentweather == 0 || $currentweather == 1 || $currentweather == 2 || $currentweather == 3200) { $css = "apocalypse.css"; } /* 3 severe thunderstorms 4 thunderstorms 37 isolated thunderstorms 38 scattered thunderstorms 39 scattered thunderstorms 45 thundershowers 47 isolated thundershowers */ if ($currentweather == 3 || $currentweather == 4 || $currentweather == 37 || $currentweather == 38 || $currentweather == 39 || $currentweather == 45 || $currentweather == 47) { $css = "thunder.css"; } /* 5 mixed rain and snow 6 mixed rain and sleet 7 mixed snow and sleet 10 freezing rain 8 freezing drizzle 25 cold 17 hail 18 sleet 35 mixed rain and hail */ if ($currentweather == 5 || $currentweather == 6 || $currentweather == 7 || $currentweather == 10 || $currentweather == 8 || $currentweather == 25 || $currentweather == 17 || $currentweather == 18 || $currentweather == 35) { $css = "cold-sleety-snow.css"; } /* 9 drizzle 11 showers 12 showers 40 scattered showers */ if ($currentweather == 9 || $currentweather == 11 || $currentweather == 12 || $currentweather == 40) { $css = "lighter-rain.css"; } /* 42 scattered snow showers 41 heavy snow 43 heavy snow 13 snow flurries 14 light snow showers 15 blowing snow 16 snow 46 snow showers */ if ($currentweather == 42 || $currentweather == 41 || $currentweather == 43 || $currentweather == 13 || $currentweather == 14 || $currentweather == 15 || $currentweather == 16 || $currentweather == 46) { $css = "snow.css"; } /* 19 dust 20 foggy 21 haze 22 smoky */ if ($currentweather == 19 || $currentweather == 20 || $currentweather == 21 || $currentweather == 22) { $css = "hazy.css"; } /* 23 blustery 24 windy */ if ($currentweather == 23 || $currentweather == 24) { $css = "windy.css"; } /* 26 cloudy 28 mostly cloudy (day) 30 partly cloudy (day) 44 partly cloudy */ if ($currentweather == 26 || $currentweather == 28 || $currentweather == 30 || $currentweather == 44) { $css = "cloudy-day.css"; } /* 27 mostly cloudy (night) 29 partly cloudy (night) */ if ($currentweather == 27 || $currentweather == 29) { $css = "cloudy-day.css"; } /* 32 sunny 34 fair (day) 36 hot */ if ($currentweather == 32 || $currentweather == 34 || $currentweather == 36) { $css = "nice-day.css"; } /* 31 clear (night) 33 fair (night) */ if ($currentweather == 31 || $currentweather == 33) { $css = "nice-night.css"; } /* select the right CSS and print it out! */ $fh = fopen($css, 'r'); $theData = fread($fh, filesize($css)); fclose($fh); echo $theData; ?> </pre>