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Hi,

I tried to include this nice script in one of my templates: http://boedesign.com/lab/ajax-star-rating/

In the template I inserted all commands for the script but I only get a crashed site and an error message like this:

Warning: include(<a href="http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php">http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php</a>) [function.include]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/httpdocs/cms/system/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/httpdocs/cms/system/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: include(<a href="http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php&#41">http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php&#41</a>; [function.include]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/httpdocs/cms/system/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 10

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://mysite.com/ajax/star_rating/includes/rating_functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/httpdocs/cms/system/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 10
{embed="mysite/header"}

Fatal error: Call to undefined function pullRating() in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/httpdocs/cms/system/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 48

In template preferences I allowed PHP for this template with the output option.

Has anyone an idea?

Thanks and regards…

Moderator’s note: Edited out the name of the system directory. Moved to Tech Support.

Your include() is failing, you’re getting a 401 error. Try putting it outside of a protected directory.

There is an example file included and when I go to this site outsite of EE the script works fine. The problem appears in EE only. How can I avoid this 401 error.

Is this plugin designed for EE- does it have any docs?  As Ingmar notes- it’s getting a 401 when trying to include it- I’d move the file and see if it works.  But- if it’s the one I’m thinking of, there may be some docs on the setup- the answer may well be there.  Got any links to documentation?

Thanks. This is no plugin - it is simply a free Ajax rating script. I just want to try it whether it is possible to combine it with blog-entries or comments. As I wrote the script works fine where it is when I use it not through EE. So EE has a problem with it. I implemented it with this instructions:

The tags that MUST appear on your page(s) are as follows:

<? include("includes/rating_functions.php"); ?>

<link href="css/rating_style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">

< script type="text/javascript" src="js/rating_update.js">



Now to call the rating bar we simply insert this PHP snippet.

<? echo pullRating(35,false,false,false,NULL); ?>

OK- not sure you want to run it this way, but can test to see if it works- move the whole includes folder into the core folder real quick- see if that makes a lick of difference.  Use a full path to try and include.

Ok, I moved the “include” folder into the core folder and made absolute paths. Now there is only one error left at the position where the stars should appear:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function pullRating() in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/syscore/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 62

Any idea?

By the way, the same message appears now in the example file (outside of EE) too.

No, we can’t answer that question without kowing your code. It looks like pullRating() is not a defined function, but we can’t say anything apart from that. If that error appears outside of EE, too, it is probably a general PHP problem.

Away from that question:
Does any one know a real good working “Ajax Star Rating” solution for EE? And how to implement it?

cheers

I know Solspace has a Rating module, but it is not free.

Moved to Howto.

Thanx Ingmar,

i’ll give Solspaces Rating Tool a try!

The Solspace module is nice but not Ajax. If you want to use it like the script I tried you will have to combine it with jQuery or another framework.

It’s actually quite easy to do that by using the “template” parameter:

When you provide the ‘template’ parameter, you tell the Rating module what template to use to format messages returned by the module for successful and unsuccessful actions. You will most likely be using the ‘template’ parameter to enable AJAX functionality.

See the Solspace docs for details, or visit their forums.