bhavlice

Please give send me your email address and I’ll give you whatever code you want. Or, better yet, I can send you a .zip file so you can install it on your WordPress unit.
Bill
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Here is the relevent code: I think it is the parent::__construct in public function __construct() may be the problem but I don’t know.

Perhaps the:

add_action( ‘widgets_init’, create_function( ”, ‘register_widget( “AdExchangeWidget” );’ ) );

may need to be altered somehow.

class AdExchangeWidget extends WP_Widget
{
public function __construct()
{
(
‘foo_widget’, // Base ID
‘PersonalAdNetworkExchangeWidget’, // Name
array( ‘description’ => __( ‘Personal Ad Network Exchange’, ‘text_domain’ ), ) // Args
);parent::__construct
}

public function widget( $args, $instance )
{
//session_start();
extract( $args );
$title = apply_filters( ‘widget_title’, $instance[‘title’] );
$body = apply_filters( ‘widget_body’, $instance[‘body’] );
$activate = apply_filters( ‘widget_activate’, $instance[‘activate’] );
$_SESSION[‘AEActivate’] = $activate;
}

public function form( $instance )
{
//session_start();

if ( isset( $instance[ ‘title’ ] ) ) {
$title = $instance[ ‘title’ ];
}
else {
$title = __( ‘New title’, ‘text_domain’ );
}
?>
<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘title’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Title:’ ); ?></label>
<input class=”widefat” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘title’ ); ?>” name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name( ‘title’ ); ?>” type=”text” value=”<?php echo esc_attr( $title ); ?>” />
<?php
if ( isset( $instance[ ‘body’ ] ) ) {
$body = $instance[ ‘body’ ];
}
else {
$body = __( ”, ‘text_domain’ );
}
?>
<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘body’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Description:’ ); ?></label>
<textarea class=”widefat” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id(‘body’); ?>” name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name(‘body’); ?>”><?php echo esc_attr( $body ); ?></textarea>
</p>
<?php
if ( isset( $instance[ ‘activate’ ] ) ) {
$activate = $instance[ ‘activate’ ];
$_SESSION[‘AEactivate’] = $activate;
}
else {
$activate = “off”;
//$activate = __( ”, ‘text_domain’ );
$_SESSION[‘AEactivate’] = “off”;

}
?>

<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘activate’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Activate:’ ); ?></label>
<input type=”checkbox” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id(‘activate’); ?>”
name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name(‘activate’); ?>”<?php If($activate == “on”) echo “checked=’checked'”?>\>

<?php
//echo “Activate = ” . $activate . “”;
$_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEactivate’]=$activate ;
//echo “<p>AEactivate COOKIE = ” . $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][“AEactivate”] . “”;

$instance[ ‘format’ ] = “”;
If(isset( $instance[ ‘format’ ] ))
$instance[ ‘format’ ] = isset( $instance[ ‘format’ ]);
//echo ” <p>isset = ” . isset( $instance[ ‘format’ ] ) . “”;

if ( isset( $instance[ ‘formatl’ ] ) ) {
//$format = __( ”, ‘text_domain’ );
$format = “on”;
}
else {
$format =”off”;

}
//echo “Format = ” . $format . “”;
?>

<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘format’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Ad Format Form:’ ); ?></label>
<?php //echo “Format = ” . $format . “”; ?>

<?php //echo “SESSION Format = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] . “”; ?>
<?php //echo “POST Format = ” . $_POST[‘AEFormat’] . “”;?>

<input type=”radio” id=”AEFormat” name=”AEFormat” <?php if($_POST[‘AEFormat’] == “AEWidget”) echo ‘checked=”checked”‘;?> value=”AEWidget” />Show In Widget

<input type=”radio” id=”AEFormat” name=”AEFormat” <?php if($_POST[‘AEFormat’] == “AEPopup”) echo “checked=’checked'”; ?> value=”AEPopup” />Show As Popup

<?php //echo “Format = ” . $format . “”; ?>

<?php If($_POST[‘AEFormat’]>””)
$_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] = $_POST[‘AEFormat’];
$_POST[‘AEFormat’] = $_SESSION[‘AEFormat’];
If($_POST[‘AEFormat’]<>$_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] or $_SESSION[‘AEFormat’]==””)
$_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] = $_POST[‘AEFormat’];
$_POST[‘AEFormat’] = $_SESSION[‘AEFormat’];

//echo “<p>AEFormat COOKIE = ” . $_COOKIE[“AEFormat”] . “”;

If ($_POST[‘AEFormat’]==””)
{
$_POST[‘AEFormat’]= $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEFormat’] ;
$_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] = $_POST[‘AEFormat’];
}
?>

<?php
$instance[ ‘present’ ] = “”;
If(isset( $instance[ ‘present’ ] ))
//$instance[ ‘format’ ] = isset( $instance[ ‘present’ ]);
//echo ” <p>isset = ” . isset( $instance[ ‘present’ ] ) . “”;
?>

<p>
<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘present’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Ad Display Format:’ ); ?></label>
<?php //echo “Format = ” . $present . “”; ?>

<?php //echo “SESSION Display = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] . “”; ?>
<?php //echo “POST Display = ” . $_POST[‘AEDisplay’] . “”;?>

<input type=”radio” id=”AEDisplay” name=”AEDisplay” <?php if($_POST[‘AEDisplay’] == “AESlideshow”) echo ‘checked=”checked”‘;?> value=”AESlideshow” />Display Ads as a SlideShow
<input type=”radio” id=”AEDisplay” name=”AEDisplay” <?php if($_POST[‘AEDisplay’] == “AEStatic”) echo “checked=’checked'”; ?> value=”AEStatic” />Display Ads as Static

<?php //echo “DisplayFormat = ” . $display . “”; ?>

<?php If($_POST[‘AEDisplay’]>””)
$_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] = $_POST[‘AEDisplay’];
$_POST[‘AEDisplay’] = $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’];
If($_POST[‘AEDisplay’]<>$_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] or $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’]==””)
$_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] = $_POST[‘AEDisplay’];
$_POST[‘AEDisplay’] = $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’];

//echo $_COOKIE[‘AEFormat’];
//echo “<p>AEFormat COOKIE = ” . $_COOKIE[‘AEFormat’] . “”;

If ($_POST[‘AEDisplay’]==””)
{

$_POST[‘AEDisplay’] = $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEDisplay’];
$_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] = $_POST[‘AEDisplay’];
}
?>

<?php //echo “POST Display = ” . $_POST[‘AEDisplay’] . “”; ?>
<?php //echo “SESSION Display = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] . “”; ?>

<?php
if ( isset( $instance[ ‘detail’ ] ) ) {
//$detail = __( ”, ‘text_domain’ );
$detail = “on”;
$_SESSION[‘AEDetail’] = $detail;
}
else {
$detail =”off”;
$_SESSION[‘AEDetail’] = “off”;

}
//echo “Detail = ” . $detail . “”;
$_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEdetail’]=$detail ;
//echo “<p>AEdetail COOKIE = ” . $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEdetail’] . “”;
$_SESSION[‘AEdetail’]=$_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEdetail’];
?>

<label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id( ‘detail’ ); ?>”><?php _e( ‘Show Detail:’ ); ?></label>
<input type=”checkbox” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id(‘detail’); ?>”
name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name(‘detail’); ?>” <?php If($detail == “on”) echo “checked=’checked'”?>\>

<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_COOKIE[‘cookie’]))
{
foreach ($_COOKIE[‘cookie’] as $name => $value)
{
//echo “”;
$name = htmlspecialchars($name);
$value = htmlspecialchars($value);
//echo ” $name : $name “;
//echo ” $value : $value “;
}

}
//echo “SESSION AEactivate = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEactivate’] . “”;
//echo “SESSION Format = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEFormat’] . “”;
//echo “SESSION Display = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEDisplay’] . “”;
//echo “SESSION AEdetail = ” . $_SESSION[‘AEdetail’] . “”;
//echo “COOKIE AEFormat = ” . $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEFormat’] . “”;
//echo “COOKIE AEDisplay = ” . $_COOKIE[‘cookie’][‘AEDisplay’] . “”;
}

}

add_action( ‘widgets_init’, create_function( ”, ‘register_widget( “AdExchangeWidget” );’ ) );

Good points. Here’s the story.
My Plugin is connected to a retail/bidding site that is very successful. It is crucial that I track the users of the plugin with unique IDs that need to be held in a single consolidated database repository that our plugin uses and controls so that when users communicate with the store site we are linking to they are identified with their ID and parameters that need to be passed in order to return a page with the resulting data set. Thus, I need to have each user add/modify/delete information in the remote Mysql database. The problem is that I cannot currently access the remote site with the connection string containing the IP and Port address of the remote server. For some reason that is still unclear, the password encryption does not seem to work with the PHP version 5.3+ that we currently use. It appears that the new PHP versions use a different password encryption method. Somehow, I need to revert to the old encryption method before sending the connection string to make it work. So far, the response I’m getting from my exhaustive search on this problem, either doesn’t work or is unacceptable. I, for the life of me, do not understand why a new version of PHP is incompatible with older versions. Backwards compatibly is the usual norm. That is the dilemma.
Thank you in advance for any help,
Bill

I’m running version 5.5.8 where I get the error.
I’m using:

$con=mysql_connect(‘70.87.224.194:3306’,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD);

This works fine for localhost but not for a remote server. The problem is the password. 5.2+ seems to require an encripted password with a 24 character length instead of the old 12 character length in 4.1.

It just seems like a simple change needs to be made. But I don’t know what needs to be done. Do you know anyone doing this?

Bill

Thank you very much for the information. If there is anything I can do to help you with anything, I would be more than happy to do so. Thanks again.

Sorry. I didn’t mean a theme of it’s own. I wanted to emulate the current theme the plugin user is using into my plugin pages. Is this even possible?

Thanks,
Bill