vaCentral Rank on Site

[MrAmsterdam]

Hi guys,

I would like to add our rank (serious-airlines.com) to my phpvms website for our members to quickly see the rank that we are at that specific moment.

is this possible?

Regards,

Lucas

[Nabeel]

Yes, I just added an XML feed, and to access it, get your VA central page, and add /xml to the end of the URL:

IE:

http://www.vacentral.net/airline/cva_canadianvirtualairlines/xml

Then you can call it in phpVMS:

<?php
$cws = new CodonWebService();
$xml = $cws->get('YOUR VACENTRAL XML URL');
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo "Our airline's rank is {$xml->rank}";
?>

Moving this to code snippets...

[MrAmsterdam]

Yes, I just added an XML feed, and to access it, get your VA central page, and add /xml to the end of the URL:

IE:

http://www.vacentral.net/airline/cva_canadianvirtualairlines/xml

Then you can call it in phpVMS:

<?php
$cws = new CodonWebService();
$xml = $cws->get('YOUR VACENTRAL XML URL');
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo "Our airline's rank is {$xml->rank}";
?>

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wow... thanks!

[joeri]

working like a charm

www.tnt-virtual.be

[MrAmsterdam]

Jups.. works fine baby!! :-) WOOOHOOOOOO!

[TAV1702]

I can confirm, it works great!

[Txmmy83]

Yes, I just added an XML feed, and to access it, get your VA central page, and add /xml to the end of the URL:

IE:

http://www.vacentral.net/airline/cva_canadianvirtualairlines/xml

Then you can call it in phpVMS:

<?php
$cws = new CodonWebService();
$xml = $cws->get('YOUR VACENTRAL XML URL');
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo "Our airline's rank is {$xml->rank}";
?>

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where should I post this code to make it show up on site?

Best Regards

Thomas

[TAV1702]

You can put it anywhere you want on a tpl file. I chose to put mine on the front page in a box on the left side of the page.

[Txmmy83]

Thank you very much for quick reply

will probably put the Rank below the recent PIREP in my sidebar

Best Regards

Thomas

[TAV1702]

Thank you very much for quick reply

will probably put the Rank below the recent PIREP in my sidebar

Best Regards

Thomas

No Probs. I hope it works out for you. It seems to be good to go on my site. I used the code that was provided here.

[James142]

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Edited September 2, 2011 by James142

[flyalaska]

Is it possible to change the font size?

[greertr]

Is it possible to change the font size?

Here's one way, Eddie...

 echo "<div style='text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 500%;	
			color: #FF9900'> {$xml->rank} </div>";

demo url: Virtual Sim eXtremev VSX Web Site

(note: I have it displayed on the bottom left of my main web page)

[flyalaska]

That's exactly what I am looking for. Thank you!

[llju1]

I am a bit confused. How do you add a xml feed to you site? Silly question I am sure but it has been a while since I have done much it he way of coding. Well a few months anyways

Thanks

Lloyd

Got it fixed duh so simple

Thanks

Edited May 26, 2011 by llju1

[Heliguy]

Thanks works fine

[Colin]

Yes, I just added an XML feed, and to access it, get your VA central page, and add /xml to the end of the URL:

IE:

http://www.vacentral.net/airline/cva_canadianvirtualairlines/xml

Then you can call it in phpVMS:

<?php
$cws = new CodonWebService();
$xml = $cws->get('YOUR VACENTRAL XML URL');
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo "Our airline's rank is {$xml->rank}";
?>

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Where do I put the XML code at the end of the URL on VA Central ? if so I did this and it didn't work

[flyalaska]

Put the entire code where ever you want to display it.

Example.

<?php

$cws = new CodonWebService();

$xml = $cws->get('http://www.vacentral.net/airline/cva_canadianvirtualairlines/xml');

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo "Our airline's rank is {$xml->rank}";

?>

Replace the VACentral URL with your VA's VACentral URL.

[josh90]

Great piece of code! Just one question, is there anyway of showing the total amount of airline ranks, for example:

Our airline is rank X out of (Total airlines)

Thanks

Josh

[josh90]

Bump.

[flyalaska]

Great piece of code! Just one question, is there anyway of showing the total amount of airline ranks, for example:

Our airline is rank X out of (Total airlines)

Thanks

Josh

I would like that too

[simpilot]

I would like that too

I have added it to the feed.

$xml->total_airlines

It is only active airlines, not the total count.