[musiccreatures]

Is there a way to use the jrGeoLocate Module within another module? If so, any suggestions?

[smith.kyle]

At the template level you can, I'm not quite sure what you mean though.

Kyle


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[musiccreatures]

Well lets say I have a module that asks for event information, and one of the fields is event region, and its expecting something like Portland Oregon. I am looking for a way to place a default value to the form field, using the geoLocate module. Bu being able to use the geolocate module, it would sink up with one of my custom artist form fields that uses the geolocate module. Any Ideas?

[smith.kyle]

Hmm...I'm not sure - you might try looking for a way via smarty to check and see if a smarty function is present, and if it is, use it (of course, in your case looking for the jr_geolocate function). That might not work/be possible though, and you cannot bundle the jrGeoLocate module with your own module.

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[musiccreatures]

Thanks for the reply Kyle,
I realize I can't bundle the geolocate module into my module but shouldn't I be able to add support for the geolocate module within my module? IE: check to see if the geolocate module is installed, and if so, make calls to its functions?

[smith.kyle]

Yes, but I think you'd have to do it at the template level. I'm not sure if there is already a way to do that via smarty, or if you'd have to build something.


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[SteveX]

In your template you would be able to check the value of jr_geo_locate. But if you can't use it in that way you can make a new smarty plugin to check using function_exists.

function.uj_functionexists.php :

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<?php function smarty_function_uj_functionexists($params,&$smarty) {        $tmp = function_exists($params['function']);     if (!empty($params['assign'])) {         $smarty->assign($params['assign'],$tmp);     } else {         return($tmp);     }    } ?>

Then in your smarty template use it like this:

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{uj_functionexists function='jrGetGeoLocation' assign="geo_exists"} {if $geo_exists == 1} ...Do your thing here... {/if}

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[Brian]

You can use the internal jrGeoLocate functions directly in your code - i.e.

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// jrGetGeoLocation returns an XML object containing the IP data $xml = jrGetGeoLocation($jamroom['ip_address']); // use jrXmlToArray to convert XML data to a PHP array $array = jrXmlToArray($xml);

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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[musiccreatures]

Thanks for all your help guys. If I sell my module and incuded support for the jrGeoLocate module, would I violating any licensing for the jrGeoLocate Module?

[Brian]

musiccreatures:

Thanks for all your help guys. If I sell my module and incuded support for the jrGeoLocate module, would I violating any licensing for the jrGeoLocate Module?

No - as long as you are simply referencing the functions, that's no problem. Your module will need to check to be sure the jrGeoLocate module has been installed on the user's system however, since it in effect becomes a requirement for your module.

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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