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enter image description hereSo I'm trying to add a few lines of custom PHP code to a site that I am using Magento with. I have some understanding that I would need to create a module and the necessary files and directories but every thing I've has either resulted in a broken page or my result just not showing up at all. I want to be able to create the code as well as maybe call to it in the phtml file I want it to show on, how can I do this? Also here is the code I want to put in:

 <?php
$h = date('G'); //set variable $h to the hour of the day
//G is the date key for hours in 24 format (not 12), with no leading 0s, like 02.

if ($h < 7) $img = 'fish.jpg';
else if ($h < 20) $img = 'frogs.jpg';
else $img = 'potatoes.jpg';

//if it's before 7am, use fish image
//if not and it's before 8pm, use frogs
//otherwise, potatoes
?>
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  • Enclose the if elseif (one word) else in { } brackets if ($h < 7){ $img = 'fish.jpg'; } elseif ($h < 20){ $img = 'frogs.jpg'; } else { $img = 'potatoes.jpg'; } Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 14:47
  • have added php code in module block or model file? Commented Oct 31, 2015 at 7:21

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So copy this code to your .phtml file. Make sure to edit the path to your image files.

<?php
  $h =date('G');
  if($h < 7) {
    $img = '/path/to/your/fish.jpg';
  } else if($h < 20) {
    $img = '/path/to/your/frog.jpg'
  } else {
    $img = '/path/to/your/potatoes.jpg'
  }
?>

<div class='server-date'> <img src='<?php echo $img ?>'/> </div>

Remind the image will only change when the user refresh the page because php is a server side language.

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  • I added this code to my phtml file in phpstorm but I'm getting some errors and I'm not quite sure how to fix them I will add them to the post Commented Nov 2, 2015 at 13:30
  • My mistake i missed a quote in date() if there still some errors post me the messages or try the code above again Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 7:01
  • Thank you, the errors are no longer there, but when I save the changes the image appears broken, do you know why that may be? Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 14:38
  • I added this initially as a module, may that be the issue? Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 15:28
  • I seem to have gotten the image to display, but it only displays the image used in the second $img function rather than changing at a specific time, do you see anything that I could change to actually cause it to change? Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 21:15
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Where do u want to place this code? and what do you want to do with it?

<?php
  $h =date('G);
  if($h < 7) {
    $img = 'fish.jpg';
  } else if($h < 20) {
    $img = 'frog.jpg'
  } else {
    $img = 'potatoes.jpg'
  }
?>
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  • That code is a separate php file, I would like it to display on my web page by somehow calling to in my phtml file, yet I don't fully understand how to do it, I've used <? php include('') ?> with the name of the php file in the parenthesis yet it does not appear when I reload the page. I would like to put it in between this div class on my phtml file <div class="server-date"> </div> Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 17:20
  • Also for more clarity I created a module for this php file as well as all of the necessary directories for a module, I'm not sure if that is entirely necessary for what I'm trying to achieve here, but from what I've gathered that's what I've done. Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 17:26

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