How to put weather on my site?

[pcaero]

I've been trying to put yahoo weather on my site thru a feed (rss)
With NO luck..

Can someone be kind enough to post step-by-step instructions using dreamweaver CS3?

THANKS

[developmy.mobi]

I expect ALOT of rep for this..

Step 1
Copy this code, and save it as weather.php

<?
class RSSParser {

   var $insideitem = false;
   var $tag = "";
   var $title = "";
   var $description = "";
   var $link = "";

   function startElement($parser, $tagName, $attrs) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           $this->tag = $tagName;
       } elseif ($tagName == "ITEM") {
           $this->insideitem = true;
       }
   }

   function endElement($parser, $tagName) {
       if ($tagName == "ITEM") {           
           $title = $this->title;
           $desc = $this->description;

            echo "<div><strong>" . $title . "</strong></div>";
            echo "<div>" . $desc . "</div>";
           
           $this->insideitem = false;
       }
   }

   function characterData($parser, $data) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           switch ($this->tag) {
               case "TITLE":
               $this->title .= $data;
               break;
               case "DESCRIPTION":
               $this->description .= $data;
               break;
               case "LINK":
               $this->link .= $data;
               break;
           }
       }
   }
}

$location = $_POST['location'];

if(!isset($location)) {
?>
<div><strong>Enter in your zipcode below</strong></div>
<form action="weather.php" method="post">
<div>
    Zipcode: <input type="text" name="location" size="10" /> <input type="submit" value="GO" />
</div>
</form>
<? 
}
else {
    $url = "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=" . $location;
    
    $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
    $rss_parser = new RSSParser();
    xml_set_object($xml_parser,&$rss_parser);
    xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
    xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
    $fp = fopen("$url","r")
       or die("Error reading RSS data.");
    while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
       xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))
           or die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",  
               xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),  
               xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
    fclose($fp); 
    
    xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
}
?>

Step 2
Oh wait, thats it.

This example: www.developmy.mobi/weather.php

[developmy.mobi]

Only want to have a static zipcode?

Use this code:

<?
class RSSParser {

   var $insideitem = false;
   var $tag = "";
   var $title = "";
   var $description = "";
   var $link = "";

   function startElement($parser, $tagName, $attrs) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           $this->tag = $tagName;
       } elseif ($tagName == "ITEM") {
           $this->insideitem = true;
       }
   }

   function endElement($parser, $tagName) {
       if ($tagName == "ITEM") {           
           $title = $this->title;
           $desc = $this->description;

            echo "<div><strong>" . $title . "</strong></div>";
            echo "<div>" . $desc . "</div>";
           
           $this->insideitem = false;
       }
   }

   function characterData($parser, $data) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           switch ($this->tag) {
               case "TITLE":
               $this->title .= $data;
               break;
               case "DESCRIPTION":
               $this->description .= $data;
               break;
               case "LINK":
               $this->link .= $data;
               break;
           }
       }
   }
}

$location = "01301";

    $url = "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=" . $location;
    
    $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
    $rss_parser = new RSSParser();
    xml_set_object($xml_parser,&$rss_parser);
    xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
    xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
    $fp = fopen("$url","r")
       or die("Error reading RSS data.");
    while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
       xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))
           or die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",  
               xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),  
               xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
    fclose($fp); 
    
    xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>

This example: www.developmy.mobi/weather2.php

[developmy.mobi]

Mods, make this a sticky?

[Scandiman]

Nice stuff, rep+

I was wondering if you have code to plug into noaa.gov or weather.gov instead of the yahoo api?

Mods, make this a sticky?

stuck!

[developmy.mobi]

In the second example, just change the $url variable to :

http://www.rss.noaa.gov/noaa-gov.xml

for example.

It doesn't look like they have forecasts for RSS.

[Gerry]

I'll rep to that!

Cheers!

[pcaero]

RRRRRREEEEEEEEEPPPPPPEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!

Thanks Dave....

Gonna try it out........

[noonoo1]

will this work for the uk weather?

[pcaero]

Only want to have a static zipcode?

Use this code:

<?
class RSSParser {
 
   var $insideitem = false;
   var $tag = "";
   var $title = "";
   var $description = "";
   var $link = "";
 
   function startElement($parser, $tagName, $attrs) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           $this->tag = $tagName;
       } elseif ($tagName == "ITEM") {
           $this->insideitem = true;
       }
   }
 
   function endElement($parser, $tagName) {
       if ($tagName == "ITEM") {           
           $title = $this->title;
           $desc = $this->description;
 
            echo "<div><strong>" . $title . "</strong></div>";
            echo "<div>" . $desc . "</div>";
 
           $this->insideitem = false;
       }
   }
 
   function characterData($parser, $data) {
       if ($this->insideitem) {
           switch ($this->tag) {
               case "TITLE":
               $this->title .= $data;
               break;
               case "DESCRIPTION":
               $this->description .= $data;
               break;
               case "LINK":
               $this->link .= $data;
               break;
           }
       }
   }
}
 
$location = "01301";
 
    $url = "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=" . $location;
 
    $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
    $rss_parser = new RSSParser();
    xml_set_object($xml_parser,&$rss_parser);
    xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
    xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
    $fp = fopen("$url","r")
       or die("Error reading RSS data.");
    while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
       xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))
           or die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",  
               xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),  
               xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
    fclose($fp); 
 
    xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>

This example: www.developmy.mobi/weather2.php

Dave,

Is there a way to just display the


Current Conditions:
Cloudy, 53 F

and not the forcasts...

THX

[developmy.mobi]

will this work for the uk weather?

See: www.londonweather.mobi

If you go to http://developer.yahoo.com

And go to the weather section, they have a section that allows you to use international location codes.

Hope this helps,
Dave

[Gabriel]

Hint: Just one word (or two): metar files!

PS: Now be a good boy and do your homework... and youll gonna have weather in your site!!!

[firemax]

i done this with weather . com API joining with a ip2country database. users don't need to choose location manually now.