most recent downloads and FAQ status

[bupaje]

Hi again. A couple quick questions.

1 - Does anyone have a snippet of code they use to grab most recent items added to the download folder? I want to list 5 or so most recent downloads to the sidebar of the home page.


2 - I did a search in the modules section and didn't see the FAQ module - is that one dead?

Thanks very much.

[dbs]

Hi, for latest Downloads you can use this attached droplet.
Instal it via Admin-Tools > Droplets > Import Selected Drolet
and use then this call in html: [[latest-downloads?limit=5]]

or try the droplet code in a code or code2 section.

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<?php //not this first line. only for colored code here

global $wb, $database;
$header = "<h3>Last Downloads</h3>";
$limit = ($limit)?:'3';  
$sort = isset($sort) ? $sort :'DESC'; // DESC = Newest first

$sqlFiles = 'SELECT * FROM `'.TABLE_PREFIX.'mod_download_galler y_files` WHERE `active` = 1 ORDER BY `modified_when` '.$sort.' LIMIT ' . $limit;
$oRes = $database->query($sqlFiles);

$html = '<div id="last-downloads">' . $header;

if ($oFiles = $database->query($sqlFiles)) {

$html .= '<ul>';
   while ($aFiles = $oRes->fetchRow(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
       $changedate= date("d.m.y ", $aFiles['modified_when']) . '<br />';
       $title = $aFiles['title'];
       $desc = "<br /><small>".$aFiles['description']."</small>";
       //$root = $aFiles['root_parent'];
       $weblink = $aFiles['link'];
   
       $html .=  "<li>"
             .   $changedate
             .   "<span><a title=\"Download: ".$title."\" href=\"".$weblink."\"> " . $title . " </a></span>"
             . $desc
             . "</li>";
   }
$html .= '</ul>';
} else {
   $html .= 'No results';
}
$html .= "</div>";

echo $html;


[hgs]

2 - I did a search in the modules section and didn't see the FAQ module - is that one dead?

To 2

The module in version 2.0.0 is unfortunately no longer executable. (php8)
It throws the following error on a white page.
Therefore it is not released for download.

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There was an uncatched exception
Call to a member function numRows() on null
in line (89) of (/modules/faqbaker/view.php)
php8 is written in the ErrorLog

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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:37:38 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/view.php:[30]  from /framework/frontend.functions.php:[273] require "Undefined array key "header""
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:37:38 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/view.php:[31]  from /framework/frontend.functions.php:[273] require "Undefined array key "footer""
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:37:38 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/view.php:[32]  from /framework/frontend.functions.php:[273] require "Undefined array key "template_summary""
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:37:38 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/view.php:[33]  from /framework/frontend.functions.php:[273] require "Undefined array key "template_details""
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:37:38 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/view.php:[36]  from /framework/frontend.functions.php:[273] require "Undefined array key 1"


php7.4 is written in the ErrorLog

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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:40:43 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/addon.php:[22]  from /modules/faqbaker/addon.php:[22] include "include(/www/htdocs/w01be3f2/WB_Testbereich/php7.4/WB_aktuell/modules/SimpleCommandDispatcher.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory"
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:40:43 +0000 [E_WARNING] /modules/faqbaker/addon.php:[22]  from /modules/faqbaker/addon.php:[22] include "include(): Failed opening '/www/htdocs/w01be3f2/WB_Testbereich/php7.4/WB_aktuell/modules/SimpleCommandDispatcher.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:..')"



If someone can be found who wants to fix it, I can attach it here as zip.

[bupaje]

Hi, for latest Downloads you can use this attached droplet.
Instal it via Admin-Tools > Droplets > Import Selected Drolet
and use then this call in html: [[latest-downloads?limit=5]]

or try the droplet code ...

Thank you dbs. The droplet returned nothing for me but the code in the code section works perfectly. I appreciate this very much.

[bupaje]

2 - I did a search in the modules section and didn't see the FAQ module - is that one dead?

To 2

The module in version 2.0.0 is unfortunately no longer executable. (php8)
It throws the following error ...

2 - I did a search in the modules section and didn't see the FAQ module - is that one dead?

To 2

The module in version 2.0.0 is unfortunately no longer executable. (php8)...

Thank you very much hgs.

[bupaje]

Hi, for latest Downloads you can use this attached droplet.
Instal it via Admin-Tools > Droplets > Import Selected Drolet
and use then this call in html: [[latest-downloads?limit=5]]

or try the droplet code in a code or code2 section.

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<?php //not this first line. only for colored code here

global $wb, $database;
$header = "<h3>Last Downloads</h3>";
$limit = ($limit)?:'3';  
$sort = isset($sort) ? $sort :'DESC'; // DESC = Newest first

$sqlFiles = 'SELECT * FROM `'.TABLE_PREFIX.'mod_download_galler y_files` WHERE `active` = 1 ORDER BY `modified_when` '.$sort.' LIMIT ' . $limit;
$oRes = $database->query($sqlFiles);

$html = '<div id="last-downloads">' . $header;

if ($oFiles = $database->query($sqlFiles)) {

$html .= '<ul>';
   while ($aFiles = $oRes->fetchRow(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
       $changedate= date("d.m.y ", $aFiles['modified_when']) . '<br />';
       $title = $aFiles['title'];
       $desc = "<br /><small>".$aFiles['description']."</small>";
       //$root = $aFiles['root_parent'];
       $weblink = $aFiles['link'];
   
       $html .=  "<li>"
             .   $changedate
             .   "<span><a title=\"Download: ".$title."\" href=\"".$weblink."\"> " . $title . " </a></span>"
             . $desc
             . "</li>";
   }
$html .= '</ul>';
} else {
   $html .= 'No results';
}
$html .= "</div>";

echo $html;


Can I ask for a little more help? The download page is elsewhere. The latest news is on the home page. I guess I need to modify the code to ask for the id for the downloads page? I was getting some results as I placed another download in the sidebar of the home page initially but when I remove that one then the code you gave I guess is unaware of the location of the other download page. Thank you.

[bupaje]

Arggghh. I goofed but found another error - I failed to remove a space when I tried to fix the following error. Now the news title and link shows but the link goes to a wrong page

https://www.mytestsite.com/download_gallery/5%20Gallon%20Door%20Restore%20Express%20-%20Square%20V3%20(Cardinal).pdf but the link on the downloads page that does work is

https://www.mytestsite.com/modules/download_gallery/dlc.php?id=0811A32

Thanks for any help.

Burt

[hgs]

Unfortunately, we can't do anything with the linked pages.

Can you send us the correct links, gladly also as pm. Then we can possibly look a little more closely.

[bupaje]

Thank you. I have PM'd you.

[dbs]

Hello, i saw the link from your pn.

Your download links contains white spaces. This is not the way how DownloadGallery save new files.
What is your version of Download Gallery?

[bupaje]

Hello, i saw the link from your pn.

Your download links contains white spaces. This is not the way how DownloadGallery save new files.
What is your version of Download Gallery?

3.0.6 - thought that was latest?

[dbs]

I don't know something about your installation.
Was the files added via DonwloadGallery or via Media or via FTP?
The wihite spaces are the problem.

[bupaje]

I don't know something about your installation.
Was the files added via DonwloadGallery or via Media or via FTP?
The white spaces are the problem.

Thanks I didn't realize. I think for now I will make slight modification to just list the files and put a link that takes people to download page to get file since that works. Once site is launched I will revisit this - the boss is in a hurry. I really appreciate your help. I will let you know when I start testing again.