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I’ve searched the forums and can’t find anything about this. I’m looking for a script to download the dollar/euro exchange rate for posting on a site. I’ve found one that does what I need, but it loads in an iFrame with its own CSS, and I can’t seem to override that formatting.

Anyone using such a thing or could recommend a good script?

I’m still searching for some way to display the day’s dollar-euro exchange rate on a page.

I’ve found an XML page at the European Central Bank this is updated daily and that folks apparently use for this purpose. But after Googling for how it’s done, I remain lost. (Explanations I found about using PHP to retrieve this data leave me with a feeling I last had when someone tried to explain the mechanical theories associated with the latest work on multi-dimensional space-time.  😖 ) It’s apparently easy for those who know what they’re doing; I’m not in that group.

What I need is a way to simply display the day’s rate: 1 Euro = 1.476 USD. I don’t need that page’s entire list, and that may be more complex than getting it all.

Can anyone provide a pointer perhaps to an existing script or one that would be fairly simple for non-PHP person to alter? Or even to another source for this bit of data? There are some scripts out there that provide forms for accessing all kinds of currency conversions, but that’s not what I seek.

Hope you find this useful.
Good luck!

Edit: this plugin was downloaded 15 times before I deleted it, please look below for an updated version.

I came home this evening to find a wonderful surprise, courtesy of ExpressionEngineer. Thank you very much!

It’s simple and works perfectly. Exactly what I had envisioned. I’m sure others will be making use of this great plugin as well.

Thanks guys.

Please post in this thread if you have a bug to report.

v1.01
Updated the plugin detail page, and corrected/added some error checking.

Thanks, again!

You’re quite welcome!