How and where to insert a JS script into a PHP page?

[jacksonH]

Hi everyone,

 

I am new here.  Thank you in advance for helping me.

 

I have a count down day and time JS script.  I want to put it in to my footer page of my website.  The JS script told me to insert a part in the head section, and a part in the body section of a HTML page.  But I only got a php page and a page of tpl.  Both of them do not have head section.  What should I do?  Do I need to create a HTML page with the JS script?  Or do I just leave it as a JS script page?  And how do I call the function? 

 

My JS script is as follow:

 

Step 1: Insert the below script into the HEAD section of your page:

<style style="text/css">

 

.lcdstyle{ /*Example CSS to create LCD countdown look*/

background-color:black;

color:yellow;

font: bold 18px MS Sans Serif;

padding: 3px;

}

 

.lcdstyle sup{ /*Example CSS to create LCD countdown look*/

font-size: 80%

}

 

</style>

 

<script type="text/javascript">

 

/***********************************************

* Dynamic Countdown script- © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)

* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use

* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.

***********************************************/

 

function cdtime(container, targetdate){

if (!document.getElementById || !document.getElementById(container)) return

this.container=document.getElementById(container)

this.currentTime=new Date()

this.targetdate=new Date(targetdate)

this.timesup=false

this.updateTime()

}

 

cdtime.prototype.updateTime=function(){

var thisobj=this

this.currentTime.setSeconds(this.currentTime.getSeconds()+1)

setTimeout(function(){thisobj.updateTime()}, 1000) //update time every second

}

 

cdtime.prototype.displaycountdown=function(baseunit, functionref){

this.baseunit=baseunit

this.formatresults=functionref

this.showresults()

}

 

cdtime.prototype.showresults=function(){

var thisobj=this

 

 

var timediff=(this.targetdate-this.currentTime)/1000 //difference btw target date and current date, in seconds

if (timediff<0){ //if time is up

this.timesup=true

this.container.innerHTML=this.formatresults()

return

}

var oneMinute=60 //minute unit in seconds

var oneHour=60*60 //hour unit in seconds

var oneDay=60*60*24 //day unit in seconds

var dayfield=Math.floor(timediff/oneDay)

var hourfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay)/oneHour)

var minutefield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour)/oneMinute)

var secondfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour-minutefield*oneMinute))

if (this.baseunit=="hours"){ //if base unit is hours, set "hourfield" to be topmost level

hourfield=dayfield*24+hourfield

dayfield="n/a"

}

else if (this.baseunit=="minutes"){ //if base unit is minutes, set "minutefield" to be topmost level

minutefield=dayfield*24*60+hourfield*60+minutefield

dayfield=hourfield="n/a"

}

else if (this.baseunit=="seconds"){ //if base unit is seconds, set "secondfield" to be topmost level

var secondfield=timediff

dayfield=hourfield=minutefield="n/a"

}

this.container.innerHTML=this.formatresults(dayfield, hourfield, minutefield, secondfield)

setTimeout(function(){thisobj.showresults()}, 1000) //update results every second

}

 

/////CUSTOM FORMAT OUTPUT FUNCTIONS BELOW//////////////////////////////

 

//Create your own custom format function to pass into cdtime.displaycountdown()

//Use arguments[0] to access "Days" left

//Use arguments[1] to access "Hours" left

//Use arguments[2] to access "Minutes" left

//Use arguments[3] to access "Seconds" left

 

//The values of these arguments may change depending on the "baseunit" parameter of cdtime.displaycountdown()

//For example, if "baseunit" is set to "hours", arguments[0] becomes meaningless and contains "n/a"

//For example, if "baseunit" is set to "minutes", arguments[0] and arguments[1] become meaningless etc

 

 

function formatresults(){

if (this.timesup==false){//if target date/time not yet met

var displaystring=arguments[0]+" days "+arguments[1]+" hours "+arguments[2]+" minutes "+arguments[3]+" seconds left until March 23, 2009 18:25:00"

}

else{ //else if target date/time met

var displaystring="Future date is here!"

}

return displaystring

}

 

function formatresults2(){

if (this.timesup==false){ //if target date/time not yet met

var displaystring="<span class='lcdstyle'>"+arguments[0]+" ^days "+arguments[1]+" ^hours "+arguments[2]+" ^minutes "+arguments[3]+" ^seconds</span> left until this Christmas"

}

else{ //else if target date/time met

var displaystring="" //Don't display any text

alert("Christmas is here!") //Instead, perform a custom alert

}

return displaystring

}

 

</script>

Step 2: Insert the below example script into the BDOY section of your page where you wish the countdown to be shown:

 

<div id="countdowncontainer"></div>

<br />

<div id="countdowncontainer2"></div>

 

<script type="text/javascript">

 

var futuredate=new cdtime("countdowncontainer", "March 23, 2009 18:25:00")

futuredate.displaycountdown("days", formatresults)

 

var currentyear=new Date().getFullYear()

//dynamically get this Christmas' year value. If Christmas already passed, then year=current year+1

var thischristmasyear=(new Date().getMonth()>=11 && new Date().getDate()>25)? currentyear+1 : currentyear

var christmas=new cdtime("countdowncontainer2", "December 25, "+thischristmasyear+" 0:0:00")

christmas.displaycountdown("days", formatresults2)

 

</script>

 

 

My footer.php is as follow:

 

<?php

 

if (isset($smarty))

{

$smarty->assign(array(

'HOOK_RIGHT_COLUMN' => Module::hookExec('rightColumn'),

'HOOK_FOOTER' => Module::hookExec('footer'),

'content_only' => intval(Tools::getValue('content_only'))));

$smarty->display(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'footer.tpl');

}

 

?>

 

my footer.tpl is as follow:

 

{if !$content_only}

</div>

 

<!-- Right -->

<div id="right_column" class="column">

{$HOOK_RIGHT_COLUMN}

</div>

 

<!-- Footer -->

<div id="footer">{$HOOK_FOOTER}</div>

</div>

{/if}

</body>

</html>

 

 

How do I make the JS script show up at the right bottom of my footer?  Thanks a lot.

[RichardRotterdam]

I don't think anyone is going to read all of that. other then that this is a javascript thing and not php.

 

but anyway if you look at the page where you got the script from

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex6/dhtmlcount.htm

 

i see the following description

 

 

 

new cdtime("ID_of_DIV_container", "target_date")

1. ID_of_DIV_container (string): The ID of the DIV or span that will display the count down.

 

It is not what the position of the script should be but what you replace ID_of_DIV_container with