PHP poll results question

[JDJones]

I'd like to put up two polls on my web site on a single page. I will be
using a free remotely hosted poll service. That part is easy.

But I want to remove the two individual <a href> links that have to be
clicked to call the current results individually and replace them with a
single link that will be used to call the results of both pages and
display them at the same time, most likely in a table.

Can PHP be used to do this? How would I have to write it to get the two
poll results to display one beneath the other using only a single link
click?

[Epsilon]

JDJones <se******@sprynet.com> wrote in news:ui6Hb.2268$d4.1751
@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:

I'd like to put up two polls on my web site on a single page. I will be
using a free remotely hosted poll service. That part is easy.

But I want to remove the two individual <a href> links that have to be
clicked to call the current results individually and replace them with a
single link that will be used to call the results of both pages and
display them at the same time, most likely in a table.

Can PHP be used to do this? How would I have to write it to get the two
poll results to display one beneath the other using only a single link
click?

Are the results stored on that remote hosted service? If so you may be very
limited in how you can configure things.

[JDJones]

Epsilon wrote:

JDJones <se******@sprynet.com> wrote in news:ui6Hb.2268$d4.1751
@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:

I'd like to put up two polls on my web site on a single page. I will be
using a free remotely hosted poll service. That part is easy.

But I want to remove the two individual <a href> links that have to be
clicked to call the current results individually and replace them with a
single link that will be used to call the results of both pages and
display them at the same time, most likely in a table.

Can PHP be used to do this? How would I have to write it to get the two
poll results to display one beneath the other using only a single link
click?

Are the results stored on that remote hosted service? If so you may be very
limited in how you can configure things.

Yes they are. To get the results, a link such as <a
href="http://www.webpollcentral.com/v2/?id=1234&user=myusername"></a>
has to be clicked.

[CountScubula]

> >>I'd like to put up two polls on my web site on a single page. I will be

using a free remotely hosted poll service. That part is easy.

But I want to remove the two individual <a href> links that have to be
clicked to call the current results individually and replace them with a
single link that will be used to call the results of both pages and
display them at the same time, most likely in a table.

Wouldnt it just be easier to write your own poll page instead?

Or are you looking to join a poll that is internet wide (same poll
used on other sites as well)?
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online tools for php

[JDJones]

CountScubula wrote:

I'd like to put up two polls on my web site on a single page. I will be
using a free remotely hosted poll service. That part is easy.

But I want to remove the two individual <a href> links that have to be
clicked to call the current results individually and replace them with a
single link that will be used to call the results of both pages and
display them at the same time, most likely in a table.

Wouldnt it just be easier to write your own poll page instead?

Or are you looking to join a poll that is internet wide (same poll
used on other sites as well)?

I have no database access on my site so I need to use a remotely hosted
server for the poll. The polls are custom to my need, not internet wide.

[CountScubula]

> I have no database access on my site so I need to use a remotely hosted

server for the poll. The polls are custom to my need, not internet wide.

Ok, gotcha, if what I am getting is right, you want to display the
result of two pages on one page, is this correct?

if so, you can do a type of virual frame, where you set up a table
with two colloms, and each gets a page pull from the other site.

use a simple
str_replace ("http://othersite.com/page,
"http://mysite.com/page",
$pageContents);
before show the results

or

your script pulls the page and parses the data.

Would you be so kind as to post a link to the voting page, or someone
elses on the same sytem, so I can see it, becouse what you want is
easily done, but I need to be clear on the task.

Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[JackM]

CountScubula wrote:

I have no database access on my site so I need to use a remotely hosted
server for the poll. The polls are custom to my need, not internet wide.

Ok, gotcha, if what I am getting is right, you want to display the
result of two pages on one page, is this correct?

That's correct.
if so, you can do a type of virual frame, where you set up a table
with two colloms, and each gets a page pull from the other site.

use a simple
str_replace ("http://othersite.com/page,
"http://mysite.com/page",
$pageContents);
before show the results

or

your script pulls the page and parses the data.

Would you be so kind as to post a link to the voting page, or someone
elses on the same sytem, so I can see it, becouse what you want is
easily done, but I need to be clear on the task.

http://www.webpollcentral.com/v2/?id=9815&user=wvnh would be one of the
links to show the results.

[Epsilon]

JDJones <se******@sprynet.com> wrote in
news:RZ****************@newsread1.news.atl.earthli nk.net:

I have no database access on my site so I need to use a remotely
hosted server for the poll. The polls are custom to my need, not
internet wide.

You don't need a database to operate a poll. You can easily use plain text
files to store data. Of course a database would be preferrable, but if you
don't have access to one, text files will work just fine. If it was my
site, I would much rather do that than resort to a remotely hosted
solution.

[CountScubula]

> http://www.webpollcentral.com/v2/?id=9815&user=wvnh would be one of the

links to show the results.

Is this what you want?
http://gzen.myhq.info/test/vote.php

If so, thee source is at http://gzen.myhq.info/test/vote_src.php
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free inline php tools

[JDJones]

CountScubula wrote:

http://www.webpollcentral.com/v2/?id=9815&user=wvnh would be one of the
links to show the results.

Is this what you want?
http://gzen.myhq.info/test/vote.php

If so, thee source is at http://gzen.myhq.info/test/vote_src.php
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free inline php tools

Yes, exactly! Thank you Mike. I appreciate it.

[CountScubula]

Your Welcome :)

There is a BASE HREF= in the code, this is so the relative links (like all
the images) can be referenced to the correct site, and not your site.
--
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools