Question

I have decided i’d like to do an ambitious mood change depending on the time of day. I need to get the time and compare it against the sunset and sunrise of any given day.

So far I have found some javascript here that works well. Can anyone tell me how I might give the lat and long to the PHP function date_sunset? I have the IP in a PHP variable using $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] but that’s all I have. I can’t really do much else as I have never used the function and never tried to combine PHP and JS. Any ideas?

— Update —

I have been trying to use the jQuery $.ajax function. Here is my code;

<script language="JavaScript">
var lat = geoip_latitude();
var long = geoip_longitude();
$(document).ready(function(){
   //var url = 'http://www.ransomedesign.co.uk/web/?lat=' + lat + '&long='+ long;
   // $.get(url);
  $.ajax({
  type: "GET",
  data: { lat:lat, long:long},
  url: "http:www.ransomedesign.co.uk/web/",
  success: function() { alert("you win"); }
  })
});
</script>

There are two different approaches in there. (1st one is commented out). This does populate my $_SERVER php code, but only on the 2nd request of a page for my site. I really need this to process on the first visit before anything loads. After this the value will be stored in a session and php will do the rest.

Can anyone see whats wrong with this code or why it wont work straight away? My php if after this, is that correct?

Many thanks…

Answer 1

This question had no answer as such, I ended up getting a PHP module and .dat file installed on my hosting for me. The AJAX did work, but only after a page from my site had been visited – which was no use sadly. Thanks for the help everyone..