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Hi there
Is there a way to extarct a line from Testtags.php?
I know that i can make a custome tag in WD called ???.html and put the tag in there, but as testtags has this already listed, can I extract the value into a php file.

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Not a problem. The $whatever values in testtags.php are already global variables and you can use them in files with impunity. That’s where i get aqi information on my main page.

Jim

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Yes, it depends on what you want to use from that file.

It is a large .php file with over 500 lines.
Use an include 'testtags.php' inside a function() and “export” the fields needed from that function.
Otherwise there will be conflicts with texttags-fieldnames which can be used in the dashboard also
For instance, if you want to use a 2 items from that file in a PWS_Dasboard block:

$my_field1      = '';
$my_field2      = '';
function load_from_testags()
     {  global $my_field1, $my_field2;
        include 'testtags.php';
        $my_field1      = $moonage;
        $my_field2      = $moonphase;
        return; }
load_from_testags();        
# for test
echo '$my_field1 = '.$my_field1.'<br />';
echo '$my_field2 = '.$my_field2;

Result with my old testtags.php file

$my_field1 = Moon age: 23 days,19 hours,22 minutes,33%
$my_field2 = 33%

Hope this helps,
Wim

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I guess Wim’s answer depends on whether you are using it in Saratoga or pwsWD. My answer applied to Saratoga.

Jim

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This will be for a PWS Dashboard, and its only the max solar for the day and time.
Can i use the script above WIM to do this please?
Thanks
Steve

6

Yes,
You need to check your testtags.php which fields you want to use.
I found these:

$highsolar = "832";	// Daily high solar (for Davis VP and Grow stations)
$highuv = "6.8";	// Daily high UV (for Davis VP stations)
$highsolartime = "12:56 PM";	// Time that the daily high solar occured

Succes,
Wim,

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Sadly your testags.php has an PHP 500 error.
https://www.hytheweather.co.uk/_test.php?test=testtags.php
Line 13-15 reads

// Version 1.07 - 23-Jul-2011 -- added support for multiple plugin scripts for WD - see comments for supported 
scripts
/*

The word scripts on line 14 should be on the previous line.
Similar errors on lines 87-93

$morningciviltwilight = '6:18 am'; // morning civil  twilight time (when the sun is 6 degrees below the 
horizon)
$eveningciviltwilight = '5:59 pm'; // evening civil twilight time
$morningastrotwilight = '5:02 am'; // morning astronimcal twilight time (when the sun is 12 to 18 
degrees below the horizon)
$eveningastrotwilight = '7:16 pm'; // evening astronimcal twilight time (when the sun is 12 to 18 
degrees below the horizon)

on lines 135,138 and dozens other lines.

Better download a correct testags.txt file and add it to your WeatherDisplay environment.

Succes,
Wim

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Only problem I can see is that testtags.php (for Saratoga, anyway) is usually only uploaded every 5 minutes. For pwsWD I use a customtext.txt file uploaded every minute (as customtextout.txt).

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testtags is uploaded to another folder so might be using a customefieldout as BOS said.

10

Can you not just specify the address?

Re customtextout, see HWS-template (WD34) July version available - #93 by bitsostring

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