Plugin Request: PHP in admin's signature

[Phillip Chapman]

I have a hack request that I was hoping that someone could kindly assist with.

I am admin of my forum and I would like to call an outside PHP script in my signature. All of the other members would use standard signatures (with vB code, no HTML and a 125 character limit). I've tried signature hacks that allow HTML but the PHP call doesn't seem to work properly.

If someone could help with this it would be a big help. There has got to be a way to do it.

Here is the PHP I'd like to include in my sig...

PHP Code:

<?php 
$username = "muppetcentral"; 

if(isset($_GET["afl"])) { 
  $afl = 1; 
  $url = "http://www.live365.com/pls/front?handler=playlist&cmd=view&handle=afl%3A" . $username; 
} else { 
  $std = 1; 
  $url = "http://www.live365.com/pls/front?handler=playlist&cmd=view&handle=" . $username; 
} 

$fp = fopen($url, "r"); 
while($line = fgets($fp, 255)) { 
  if(ereg( "artist:\"([^\"]*)\"", $line, $regs)) { 
    $artist[] = $regs[1]; 
  } else if(ereg( "title:\"([^\"]*)\"", $line, $regs)) { 
    $title[] = $regs[1]; 
  } else if(ereg( "album:\"([^\"]*)\"", $line, $regs)) { 
    $album[] = $regs[1]; 
  } 
} 
fclose($fp); 

for($i=0; $i<=2; $i++) { 
  if($artist[$i] != "") { 
    $_artist = $artist[$i]; 
    $_title  = $title[$i]; 
    $_album  = $album[$i]; 
    break; 
  } 
} 

$_album_disp = ereg_replace(":", "-", $_album); 
$_album_disp = ereg_replace("/", "-", $_album_disp); 
$_album_disp = ereg_replace("?", "-", $_album_disp); 
$_artist_disp = ereg_replace(":", "-", $_artist); 
$_artist_disp = ereg_replace("/", "-", $_artist_disp); 

?>
  
<p><strong>Now Playing:</strong> 
  <?= $_title ?>
  - 
  <?= $_artist ?>

[Gizmo999]

I'd be interested in a similar feature to allow selected users to use php displaying info from itunes ( I already have a program generating the track info and code)

[Phillip Chapman]

Great! I'm sure such a hack would be of interest to many users. Hopefully, somek kind soul will assist with getting this implemented.

[derekivey]

I'll see if I can make this.

Derek

EDIT: Nevermind, I don't know how to make it, maybe another code will be able to.

[Phillip Chapman]

Thank you Derek for taking the time to try this. What do you think the difficulty is in performing this hack? Maybe the info can help someone else overcome it.

[derekivey]

I'm not sure how hard it would be to do. I have never made any bbcode before so I thought I'd try it but it looks way too hard for me .

[Phillip Chapman]

Thanks for giving it a try Dereck. Hopefully some other kind soul will assist with this request.

[Phillip Chapman]

Just wanted to bump this request up to see if anyone was willing to help make this happen...

[Farjad]

anyone :blink:

[Phillip Chapman]

Here's another bump for this hack request. Seems like we have several folks who would be interested in such a hack if anyone would kindly be willing to devote their talents to the cause.