vBulletin Forum Sideblocks - Rift Shard Status Block

Want to add a shard status block for Rift to your forums or CMS?

1. Go to Forums & Moderators, Forum Blocks Manager. Click "Add Block".
2. For the title, name it something like "______ Shard Status".
3. Cache Time = 1
4. Active = Yes
5. Content Type = PHP
   
6. Content:
   
   PHP Code:

    // The URL of the official shard status feed
    define ('URL', 'http://www.riftgame.com/en/status/na-status.xml');
    
    // Change this to the name of your shard
    define ('SHARD', 'Deepstrike');
    if(($fp = fopen(URL, 'r'))) {
           $respMsg = '';
           while(!feof($fp)) {
               $buffer .= fgets($fp, 128); 
     }
           fclose($fp);
           $output = '';
     $doc = DOMDocument::loadXML($buffer);
     if ($doc) {
      $domXPath = new DOMXPath($doc);
      $filtered = $domXPath->query('/status/shard[@name="' . SHARD . '"]');
      if ($filtered->length == 1) {
       $shardStatus = $filtered->item(0);
       $shardIsUp = (strcasecmp($shardStatus->getAttribute('online'), 'True') == 0);
       $shardPopulation = $shardStatus->getAttribute('population');
       if (strcasecmp($shardPopulation, 'high') == 0) {
        $shardPopulation = '<span style="color: red;">High</span>';
       } else if (strcasecmp($shardPopulation, 'medium') == 0) {
        $shardPopulation = '<span style="color: orange;">Medium</span>';
       } else if (strcasecmp($shardPopulation, 'low') == 0) {
        $shardPopulation = '<span style="color: green;">Low</span>';
       }
       $shardIsLocked = (strcasecmp($shardStatus->getAttribute('locked'), 'True') == 0);
       $shardQueue = $shardStatus->getAttribute('queued');
       $output .= '<center><p><b>Status:</b><br>';
       if ($shardIsLocked) {
        $output .= '<span style="color: red;">Locked</span>';
       } else if ($shardIsUp) {
        $shardIsUp ? $output .= '<span style="color: green;">Online</span>' : $output .= '<span style="color: red;">Offline</span>';
        $output .= '</p><p><b>Population:</b><br>';
        $output .= $shardPopulation . '<br></p><p><b>Queue:</b><br>' . $shardQueue . '</p>';
       }
       $output .= '<br />Code by <a href="http://nervehq.com" target="_blank">Nerve</a>.';
       $output .= '</center>';
       return $output;
      }
     }
       } else {
        return '';
       } 
   

7. Change define ('SHARD', 'Deepstrike'); to define ('SHARD', 'YourShardName');
8. Click "Save".
9. You are done.

Example:
http://nervehq.com/forums/

[reersh9]

How would I add this in as a widget to the frontpage?

[Jedric]

Same code, except in a CMS PHP Widget.

[lucige]

any idea if this usable in vbadvanced? If so I'm newer to this so I must be missing something.

[reersh9]

Originally Posted by Jedric

Same code, except in a CMS PHP Widget.

I'm sorry Jedric. I'm very unfamiliar with all of this but I really would like to add this to the frontpage. So I add a PHP Direct Execution widget I'm guessing? Just put the code in that?

Edit: I tried creating both a PHP Direct Execution widget entitled Rift Shard Status with a similar description. I put that configured the widget entering the code in the field and calling it vbcms_widget_shard_status. I added a style with the same name (vbcms_widget_shard_status) and put the code in there too. Needless to say, it didn't work.

I'd appreciate some help for a vB noob.

See: www.metaredux.com

[overdriven12]

It got some Errors:

Warnung: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code (Zeile 6)

Warnung: fopen(http://www.riftgame.com/en/status/eu-status.xml) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code (Zeile 6)

Warnung: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code (Zeile 6)

Warnung: fopen(http://www.riftgame.com/en/status/eu-status.xml) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code (Zeile 6)

[Jedric]

URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration

It looks like you need to enable something in your server config. The problem is not with the code.

[overdriven12]

Originally Posted by Jedric

It looks like you need to enable something in your server config. The problem is not with the code.

thx bro problem solved

[dune3000]

Not working for me . shows only date any help?