Displaying channel status via dynamic image?

[tripleWRECK]

I'm trying to setup a simple html/php page that I can grab an image from to show if my channel is live or not (an online + offline image that changes dynamically). Much like the status next to user's names here on this very forum. Pretty simple.

How would I go about doing such a thing? I'm new to php but have html experience.

Much appreciated.

[carlitosbahia]

http://community.justin.tv/forums/sh...ht=live+status
that could give you some ideas or a start point

[bgeorge]

More updated version of carlitos's link here -> http://bashtech.net/wiki/JustinTV_%2...el_Status_Icon (Channel Status Icon section)

[tripleWRECK]

Originally Posted by bgeorge

More updated version of carlitos's link here -> http://bashtech.net/wiki/JustinTV_%2...el_Status_Icon (Channel Status Icon section)

Wow thanks so much!

I've made a directory with on/offline images with the php script. When I use the URL I am getting this error: "The image “https://cs4.sunyocc.edu/~a.b.smith26...wrecktv” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."

That's in Firefox, in Chrome I'm only getting the broken image icon.

No doubt I'm making some stupid basic mistake as it's been ages since I've done any web stuff, any help is appreciated. Perhaps full example code would be best.

[tripleWRECK]

Anyone?

[bgeorge]

Remove the line "header('content-type: image/png');" and see if any errors are displayed then.

[tripleWRECK]

Originally Posted by bgeorge

Remove the line "header('content-type: image/png');" and see if any errors are displayed then.

Removing that gave me this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: json_decode() in /u/students/a/a.b.smith26995/public_html/twitch/status.php on line 5

[bgeorge]

Looks like your web server is running a version of PHP before 5.2.0 which is where that function was added.

[tripleWRECK]

Oh snap I see, well at least the script works haha. I'll look into a new host ASAP.