[SOLVED] Random Block when Embedded

plop1, interesting what you try there.

modules.php?name=gallery2 calls your wrapper file. your wrapper file gets the html from G2 and puts it into the phpnuke site.
what you want: if it's an external imageblock request, your wrapper should just return the html that is returned from g2, and not put it into the phpnuke page.

your options:
a) change your wrapper file. after GalleryEmbed::handleRequest(), check if GalleryUtilities::getRequestVariable('g2_view') or just 'view' don't remember, is equal to imageblock:External (or imageblock.External as mindless just changed : to .).
if so, then return the g2 html instead of putting into the phpnuke page (i.e. echo bodyHtml; exit; would do the job).

b) instead of readfile(url), you could use GalleryEmbed::init(); GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock();
GalleryEmbed::done();

c) extend the imageblock:external controler to accept an url parameter, then call main.php with the correct parameters.

i think activeUserId may not be "null", do you get any errors?

I didnt want to do a full Embedded plugin deal, all I wanted was the randomImage block on my main page. g2 has a nice little one-liner using readfile() that I could have used... EXCEPT .. Im running my site allow_url_fopen = false, which effectly disables that readfile() approach.

In order to get my site to work, I had to replace that one-liner with the block of code below.

my /gallery2/ installation is called /photos/ and this code snippet lives in the page that servers as my main index.php page.

<?php
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/photos/embed.php');
GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedPath' => '/photos/',
                         'fullInit' => false
                         ));
list($ret,$content) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array('blocks' => 'randomImage',
                                                        'show' => 'none'));
GalleryEmbed::done();
echo $content;
?>

And yes, I read the docs at

http://gallery.menalto.com/modules/GalleryAPI/apidoc/GalleryCore/Classes/GalleryEmbed.html#methodinit

but, the formatting for the parameter list is hideous.

I needed to use 'fullInit' => false in order for it to work at all as a replacement for the "drop in randomImage", even tho the docs make it sound like an optional param. I also dropped some parameters that were NOT marked as optional and it still works, so Im not entirely sure what to believe anymore

-tak

Strange i tried 'activeUserId' => '' (for quest users)

i got this error:
Input Array does not match ?: SELECT DISTINCT gallery_AccessMap.g_accessListId FROM gallery_AccessMap WHERE (gallery_AccessMap.g_userId = NULL OR gallery_AccessMap.g_groupId IN (1)) AND gallery_AccessMap.g_permission & 1 =

hehe what clearing cookies can do. It worked.
do you still like to know which version? i think cvs between 18-20 may

0.9.18
2.0-beta-3+

ozgreg pointed out that fullInit is not needed for getimageblock. and he's right.
you can ommit fullInit in the init call or set it to true for getImageBlock.

All was well; however I've just noticed that a first time visitor to the site gets this error:

Input Array does not match ?: SELECT DISTINCT g2_AccessMap.g_accessListId FROM g2_AccessMap WHERE (g2_AccessMap.g_userId = NULL OR g2_AccessMap.g_groupId IN (1)) AND g2_AccessMap.g_permission & 1 =

from

require_once("modules/gallery2/embed.php");
$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'modules.php?name=gallery2', 'embedPath' => '/', 'relativeG2Path' => 'modules/gallery2', 'loginRedirect' => '', 'activeUserId' => 'Guest'));
list ($ret, $imageBlockHtml) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'title'));
echo "$imageBlockHtml";
GalleryEmbed::done();

Tried, null '' & guest. Any ideas? (if user goes in and out of gallery2 the error goes away)[/]