Widget no longer works!

[coothead]

Hi there qim,

At approximately 1:45am GMT, 1st. March the currency
converter returned to your site.

There must have been a slight Yahoo server problem.

coothead

[qim]

Yes, it appears to be back.

I wonder if this was a hiccup that took some time to fix, or is the due to changes in their API.

Apparently there still is a Google API

How to Convert Currency using Google Finance in PHP

Many thanks

[coothead]

@qim

…or is this due to changes in their API.

No.

[qim]

Thanks, coothead

[coothead]

Hi there qim,

No problem, you’re very welcome.

The “Google API” looks absolutely wonderful.

And it is “Copy & Paste” too.

Super!

What more could an aspiring coder ask for.

coothead

[qim]

@coothead

And it is “Copy & Paste” too.

How?..

[coothead]

@qim

How?..

coothead

[Gandalf]

It’s not actually a Google API, but from some outfit called PHPGang.

[qim]

@Gandalf

but from some outfit called PHPGang.

Sounds ominous…

Is it safe?

[Gandalf]

@qim

Sounds ominous…

Is it safe?

I’m not sure I would say it sounds ominous. It’s just that you thought it was a Google tool but in fact it’s a tool using Google Finance. PHP Gang seem to have a number of scripts for PHP and JS, so my guess is it’s probably safe but I can’t be sure.

On the other hand if the Yahoo widget is now working, why change?

[qim]

@Gandalf

On the other hand if the Yahoo widget is now working, why change?

I want to keep the Yahoo, but if this problem starts happening often I should start looking at an alternative.

I have to look at the Google Finance API and see if it can be used easily in the same way as the Yahoo.

Thanks

[coothead]

Hi there qim,

here is the "“Copied & Pasted” code…

<form action="https://www.google.com/finance/converter" method="get" name="f">

<div>
 <input name=a maxlength=12 size=5 autocomplete=off value="1">
</div>

<div>
<select name=from value="">
 <option  value="AED">United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)</option>
 <option  value="AFN">Afghan Afghani (AFN)</option>
 <option  value="ALL">Albanian Lek (ALL)</option>
 <option  value="AMD">Armenian Dram (AMD)</option>
 <option  value="ANG">Netherlands Antillean Guilder (ANG)</option>
 <option  value="AOA">Angolan Kwanza (AOA)</option>
 <option  value="ARS">Argentine Peso (ARS)</option>
 <option  value="AUD">Australian Dollar (A$)</option>
 <option  value="AWG">Aruban Florin (AWG)</option>
 <option  value="AZN">Azerbaijani Manat (AZN)</option>
 <option  value="BAM">Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible Mark (BAM)</option>
 <option  value="BBD">Barbadian Dollar (BBD)</option>
 <option  value="BDT">Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)</option>
 <option  value="BGN">Bulgarian Lev (BGN)</option>
 <option  value="BHD">Bahraini Dinar (BHD)</option>
 <option  value="BIF">Burundian Franc (BIF)</option>
 <option  value="BMD">Bermudan Dollar (BMD)</option>
 <option  value="BND">Brunei Dollar (BND)</option>
 <option  value="BOB">Bolivian Boliviano (BOB)</option>
 <option  value="BRL">Brazilian Real (R$)</option>
 <option  value="BSD">Bahamian Dollar (BSD)</option>
 <option  value="BTC">Bitcoin (฿)</option>
 <option  value="BTN">Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)</option>
 <option  value="BWP">Botswanan Pula (BWP)</option>
 <option  value="BYR">Belarusian Ruble (BYR)</option>
 <option  value="BZD">Belize Dollar (BZD)</option>
 <option  value="CAD">Canadian Dollar (CA$)</option>
 <option  value="CDF">Congolese Franc (CDF)</option>
 <option  value="CHF">Swiss Franc (CHF)</option>
 <option  value="CLF">Chilean Unit of Account (UF) (CLF)</option>
 <option  value="CLP">Chilean Peso (CLP)</option>
 <option  value="CNH">CNH (CNH)</option>
 <option  value="CNY">Chinese Yuan (CN¥)</option>
 <option  value="COP">Colombian Peso (COP)</option>
 <option  value="CRC">Costa Rican Colón (CRC)</option>
 <option  value="CUP">Cuban Peso (CUP)</option>
 <option  value="CVE">Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)</option>
 <option  value="CZK">Czech Republic Koruna (CZK)</option>
 <option  value="DEM">German Mark (DEM)</option>
 <option  value="DJF">Djiboutian Franc (DJF)</option>
 <option  value="DKK">Danish Krone (DKK)</option>
 <option  value="DOP">Dominican Peso (DOP)</option>
 <option  value="DZD">Algerian Dinar (DZD)</option>
 <option  value="EGP">Egyptian Pound (EGP)</option>
 <option  value="ERN">Eritrean Nakfa (ERN)</option>
 <option  value="ETB">Ethiopian Birr (ETB)</option>
 <option  value="EUR">Euro (€)</option>
 <option  value="FIM">Finnish Markka (FIM)</option>
 <option  value="FJD">Fijian Dollar (FJD)</option>
 <option  value="FKP">Falkland Islands Pound (FKP)</option>
 <option  value="FRF">French Franc (FRF)</option>
 <option  value="GBP">British Pound (£)</option>
 <option  value="GEL">Georgian Lari (GEL)</option>
 <option  value="GHS">Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)</option>
 <option  value="GIP">Gibraltar Pound (GIP)</option>
 <option  value="GMD">Gambian Dalasi (GMD)</option>
 <option  value="GNF">Guinean Franc (GNF)</option>
 <option  value="GTQ">Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)</option>
 <option  value="GYD">Guyanaese Dollar (GYD)</option>
 <option  value="HKD">Hong Kong Dollar (HK$)</option>
 <option  value="HNL">Honduran Lempira (HNL)</option>
 <option  value="HRK">Croatian Kuna (HRK)</option>
 <option  value="HTG">Haitian Gourde (HTG)</option>
 <option  value="HUF">Hungarian Forint (HUF)</option>
 <option  value="IDR">Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)</option>
 <option  value="IEP">Irish Pound (IEP)</option>
 <option  value="ILS">Israeli New Sheqel (₪)</option>
 <option  value="INR">Indian Rupee (Rs.)</option>
 <option  value="IQD">Iraqi Dinar (IQD)</option>
 <option  value="IRR">Iranian Rial (IRR)</option>
 <option  value="ISK">Icelandic Króna (ISK)</option>
 <option  value="ITL">Italian Lira (ITL)</option>
 <option  value="JMD">Jamaican Dollar (JMD)</option>
 <option  value="JOD">Jordanian Dinar (JOD)</option>
 <option  value="JPY">Japanese Yen (¥)</option>
 <option  value="KES">Kenyan Shilling (KES)</option>
 <option  value="KGS">Kyrgystani Som (KGS)</option>
 <option  value="KHR">Cambodian Riel (KHR)</option>
 <option  value="KMF">Comorian Franc (KMF)</option>
 <option  value="KPW">North Korean Won (KPW)</option>
 <option  value="KRW">South Korean Won (₩)</option>
 <option  value="KWD">Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)</option>
 <option  value="KYD">Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD)</option>
 <option  value="KZT">Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)</option>
 <option  value="LAK">Laotian Kip (LAK)</option>
 <option  value="LBP">Lebanese Pound (LBP)</option>
 <option  value="LKR">Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)</option>
 <option  value="LRD">Liberian Dollar (LRD)</option>
 <option  value="LSL">Lesotho Loti (LSL)</option>
 <option  value="LTL">Lithuanian Litas (LTL)</option>
 <option  value="LVL">Latvian Lats (LVL)</option>
 <option  value="LYD">Libyan Dinar (LYD)</option>
 <option  value="MAD">Moroccan Dirham (MAD)</option>
 <option  value="MDL">Moldovan Leu (MDL)</option>
 <option  value="MGA">Malagasy Ariary (MGA)</option>
 <option  value="MKD">Macedonian Denar (MKD)</option>
 <option  value="MMK">Myanmar Kyat (MMK)</option>
 <option  value="MNT">Mongolian Tugrik (MNT)</option>
 <option  value="MOP">Macanese Pataca (MOP)</option>
 <option  value="MRO">Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO)</option>
 <option  value="MUR">Mauritian Rupee (MUR)</option>
 <option  value="MVR">Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)</option>
 <option  value="MWK">Malawian Kwacha (MWK)</option>
 <option  value="MXN">Mexican Peso (MX$)</option>
 <option  value="MYR">Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)</option>
 <option  value="MZN">Mozambican Metical (MZN)</option>
 <option  value="NAD">Namibian Dollar (NAD)</option>
 <option  value="NGN">Nigerian Naira (NGN)</option>
 <option  value="NIO">Nicaraguan Córdoba (NIO)</option>
 <option  value="NOK">Norwegian Krone (NOK)</option>
 <option  value="NPR">Nepalese Rupee (NPR)</option>
 <option  value="NZD">New Zealand Dollar (NZ$)</option>
 <option  value="OMR">Omani Rial (OMR)</option>
 <option  value="PAB">Panamanian Balboa (PAB)</option>
 <option  value="PEN">Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN)</option>
 <option  value="PGK">Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)</option>
 <option  value="PHP">Philippine Peso (Php)</option>
 <option  value="PKG">PKG (PKG)</option>
 <option  value="PKR">Pakistani Rupee (PKR)</option>
 <option  value="PLN">Polish Zloty (PLN)</option>
 <option  value="PYG">Paraguayan Guarani (PYG)</option>
 <option  value="QAR">Qatari Rial (QAR)</option>
 <option  value="RON">Romanian Leu (RON)</option>
 <option  value="RSD">Serbian Dinar (RSD)</option>
 <option  value="RUB">Russian Ruble (RUB)</option>
 <option  value="RWF">Rwandan Franc (RWF)</option>
 <option  value="SAR">Saudi Riyal (SAR)</option>
 <option  value="SBD">Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)</option>
 <option  value="SCR">Seychellois Rupee (SCR)</option>
 <option  value="SDG">Sudanese Pound (SDG)</option>
 <option  value="SEK">Swedish Krona (SEK)</option>
 <option  value="SGD">Singapore Dollar (SGD)</option>
 <option  value="SHP">St. Helena Pound (SHP)</option>
 <option  value="SKK">Slovak Koruna (SKK)</option>
 <option  value="SLL">Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)</option>
 <option  value="SOS">Somali Shilling (SOS)</option>
 <option  value="SRD">Surinamese Dollar (SRD)</option>
 <option  value="STD">São Tomé &amp; Príncipe Dobra (STD)</option>
 <option  value="SVC">Salvadoran Colón (SVC)</option>
 <option  value="SYP">Syrian Pound (SYP)</option>
 <option  value="SZL">Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)</option>
 <option  value="THB">Thai Baht (THB)</option>
 <option  value="TJS">Tajikistani Somoni (TJS)</option>
 <option  value="TMT">Turkmenistani Manat (TMT)</option>
 <option  value="TND">Tunisian Dinar (TND)</option>
 <option  value="TOP">Tongan Paʻanga (TOP)</option>
 <option  value="TRY">Turkish Lira (TRY)</option>
 <option  value="TTD">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Dollar (TTD)</option>
 <option  value="TWD">New Taiwan Dollar (NT$)</option>
 <option  value="TZS">Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)</option>
 <option  value="UAH">Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)</option>
 <option  value="UGX">Ugandan Shilling (UGX)</option>
 <option  value="USD">US Dollar ($)</option>
 <option  value="UYU">Uruguayan Peso (UYU)</option>
 <option  value="UZS">Uzbekistani Som (UZS)</option>
 <option  value="VEF">Venezuelan Bolívar (VEF)</option>
 <option  value="VND">Vietnamese Dong (₫)</option>
 <option  value="VUV">Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)</option>
 <option  value="WST">Samoan Tala (WST)</option>
 <option  value="XAF">Central African CFA Franc (FCFA)</option>
 <option  value="XCD">East Caribbean Dollar (EC$)</option>
 <option  value="XDR">Special Drawing Rights (XDR)</option>
 <option  value="XOF">West African CFA Franc (CFA)</option>
 <option  value="XPF">CFP Franc (CFPF)</option>
 <option  value="YER">Yemeni Rial (YER)</option>
 <option  value="ZAR">South African Rand (ZAR)</option>
 <option  value="ZMK">Zambian Kwacha (1968–2012) (ZMK)</option>
 <option  value="ZMW">Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)</option>
 <option  value="ZWL">Zimbabwean Dollar (2009) (ZWL)</option>
</select>
</div>

<div>to</div>

<div>
<select name=to value="">
 <option  value="AED">United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)</option>
 <option  value="AFN">Afghan Afghani (AFN)</option>
 <option  value="ALL">Albanian Lek (ALL)</option>
 <option  value="AMD">Armenian Dram (AMD)</option>
 <option  value="ANG">Netherlands Antillean Guilder (ANG)</option>
 <option  value="AOA">Angolan Kwanza (AOA)</option>
 <option  value="ARS">Argentine Peso (ARS)</option>
 <option  value="AUD">Australian Dollar (A$)</option>
 <option  value="AWG">Aruban Florin (AWG)</option>
 <option  value="AZN">Azerbaijani Manat (AZN)</option>
 <option  value="BAM">Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible Mark (BAM)</option>
 <option  value="BBD">Barbadian Dollar (BBD)</option>
 <option  value="BDT">Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)</option>
 <option  value="BGN">Bulgarian Lev (BGN)</option>
 <option  value="BHD">Bahraini Dinar (BHD)</option>
 <option  value="BIF">Burundian Franc (BIF)</option>
 <option  value="BMD">Bermudan Dollar (BMD)</option>
 <option  value="BND">Brunei Dollar (BND)</option>
 <option  value="BOB">Bolivian Boliviano (BOB)</option>
 <option  value="BRL">Brazilian Real (R$)</option>
 <option  value="BSD">Bahamian Dollar (BSD)</option>
 <option  value="BTC">Bitcoin (฿)</option>
 <option  value="BTN">Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)</option>
 <option  value="BWP">Botswanan Pula (BWP)</option>
 <option  value="BYR">Belarusian Ruble (BYR)</option>
 <option  value="BZD">Belize Dollar (BZD)</option>
 <option  value="CAD">Canadian Dollar (CA$)</option>
 <option  value="CDF">Congolese Franc (CDF)</option>
 <option  value="CHF">Swiss Franc (CHF)</option>
 <option  value="CLF">Chilean Unit of Account (UF) (CLF)</option>
 <option  value="CLP">Chilean Peso (CLP)</option>
 <option  value="CNH">CNH (CNH)</option>
 <option  value="CNY">Chinese Yuan (CN¥)</option>
 <option  value="COP">Colombian Peso (COP)</option>
 <option  value="CRC">Costa Rican Colón (CRC)</option>
 <option  value="CUP">Cuban Peso (CUP)</option>
 <option  value="CVE">Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)</option>
 <option  value="CZK">Czech Republic Koruna (CZK)</option>
 <option  value="DEM">German Mark (DEM)</option>
 <option  value="DJF">Djiboutian Franc (DJF)</option>
 <option  value="DKK">Danish Krone (DKK)</option>
 <option  value="DOP">Dominican Peso (DOP)</option>
 <option  value="DZD">Algerian Dinar (DZD)</option>
 <option  value="EGP">Egyptian Pound (EGP)</option>
 <option  value="ERN">Eritrean Nakfa (ERN)</option>
 <option  value="ETB">Ethiopian Birr (ETB)</option>
 <option  value="EUR">Euro (€)</option>
 <option  value="FIM">Finnish Markka (FIM)</option>
 <option  value="FJD">Fijian Dollar (FJD)</option>
 <option  value="FKP">Falkland Islands Pound (FKP)</option>
 <option  value="FRF">French Franc (FRF)</option>
 <option  value="GBP">British Pound (£)</option>
 <option  value="GEL">Georgian Lari (GEL)</option>
 <option  value="GHS">Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)</option>
 <option  value="GIP">Gibraltar Pound (GIP)</option>
 <option  value="GMD">Gambian Dalasi (GMD)</option>
 <option  value="GNF">Guinean Franc (GNF)</option>
 <option  value="GTQ">Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)</option>
 <option  value="GYD">Guyanaese Dollar (GYD)</option>
 <option  value="HKD">Hong Kong Dollar (HK$)</option>
 <option  value="HNL">Honduran Lempira (HNL)</option>
 <option  value="HRK">Croatian Kuna (HRK)</option>
 <option  value="HTG">Haitian Gourde (HTG)</option>
 <option  value="HUF">Hungarian Forint (HUF)</option>
 <option  value="IDR">Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)</option>
 <option  value="IEP">Irish Pound (IEP)</option>
 <option  value="ILS">Israeli New Sheqel (₪)</option>
 <option  value="INR">Indian Rupee (Rs.)</option>
 <option  value="IQD">Iraqi Dinar (IQD)</option>
 <option  value="IRR">Iranian Rial (IRR)</option>
 <option  value="ISK">Icelandic Króna (ISK)</option>
 <option  value="ITL">Italian Lira (ITL)</option>
 <option  value="JMD">Jamaican Dollar (JMD)</option>
 <option  value="JOD">Jordanian Dinar (JOD)</option>
 <option  value="JPY">Japanese Yen (¥)</option>
 <option  value="KES">Kenyan Shilling (KES)</option>
 <option  value="KGS">Kyrgystani Som (KGS)</option>
 <option  value="KHR">Cambodian Riel (KHR)</option>
 <option  value="KMF">Comorian Franc (KMF)</option>
 <option  value="KPW">North Korean Won (KPW)</option>
 <option  value="KRW">South Korean Won (₩)</option>
 <option  value="KWD">Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)</option>
 <option  value="KYD">Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD)</option>
 <option  value="KZT">Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)</option>
 <option  value="LAK">Laotian Kip (LAK)</option>
 <option  value="LBP">Lebanese Pound (LBP)</option>
 <option  value="LKR">Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)</option>
 <option  value="LRD">Liberian Dollar (LRD)</option>
 <option  value="LSL">Lesotho Loti (LSL)</option>
 <option  value="LTL">Lithuanian Litas (LTL)</option>
 <option  value="LVL">Latvian Lats (LVL)</option>
 <option  value="LYD">Libyan Dinar (LYD)</option>
 <option  value="MAD">Moroccan Dirham (MAD)</option>
 <option  value="MDL">Moldovan Leu (MDL)</option>
 <option  value="MGA">Malagasy Ariary (MGA)</option>
 <option  value="MKD">Macedonian Denar (MKD)</option>
 <option  value="MMK">Myanmar Kyat (MMK)</option>
 <option  value="MNT">Mongolian Tugrik (MNT)</option>
 <option  value="MOP">Macanese Pataca (MOP)</option>
 <option  value="MRO">Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO)</option>
 <option  value="MUR">Mauritian Rupee (MUR)</option>
 <option  value="MVR">Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)</option>
 <option  value="MWK">Malawian Kwacha (MWK)</option>
 <option  value="MXN">Mexican Peso (MX$)</option>
 <option  value="MYR">Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)</option>
 <option  value="MZN">Mozambican Metical (MZN)</option>
 <option  value="NAD">Namibian Dollar (NAD)</option>
 <option  value="NGN">Nigerian Naira (NGN)</option>
 <option  value="NIO">Nicaraguan Córdoba (NIO)</option>
 <option  value="NOK">Norwegian Krone (NOK)</option>
 <option  value="NPR">Nepalese Rupee (NPR)</option>
 <option  value="NZD">New Zealand Dollar (NZ$)</option>
 <option  value="OMR">Omani Rial (OMR)</option>
 <option  value="PAB">Panamanian Balboa (PAB)</option>
 <option  value="PEN">Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN)</option>
 <option  value="PGK">Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)</option>
 <option  value="PHP">Philippine Peso (Php)</option>
 <option  value="PKG">PKG (PKG)</option>
 <option  value="PKR">Pakistani Rupee (PKR)</option>
 <option  value="PLN">Polish Zloty (PLN)</option>
 <option  value="PYG">Paraguayan Guarani (PYG)</option>
 <option  value="QAR">Qatari Rial (QAR)</option>
 <option  value="RON">Romanian Leu (RON)</option>
 <option  value="RSD">Serbian Dinar (RSD)</option>
 <option  value="RUB">Russian Ruble (RUB)</option>
 <option  value="RWF">Rwandan Franc (RWF)</option>
 <option  value="SAR">Saudi Riyal (SAR)</option>
 <option  value="SBD">Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)</option>
 <option  value="SCR">Seychellois Rupee (SCR)</option>
 <option  value="SDG">Sudanese Pound (SDG)</option>
 <option  value="SEK">Swedish Krona (SEK)</option>
 <option  value="SGD">Singapore Dollar (SGD)</option>
 <option  value="SHP">St. Helena Pound (SHP)</option>
 <option  value="SKK">Slovak Koruna (SKK)</option>
 <option  value="SLL">Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)</option>
 <option  value="SOS">Somali Shilling (SOS)</option>
 <option  value="SRD">Surinamese Dollar (SRD)</option>
 <option  value="STD">São Tomé &amp; Príncipe Dobra (STD)</option>
 <option  value="SVC">Salvadoran Colón (SVC)</option>
 <option  value="SYP">Syrian Pound (SYP)</option>
 <option  value="SZL">Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)</option>
 <option  value="THB">Thai Baht (THB)</option>
 <option  value="TJS">Tajikistani Somoni (TJS)</option>
 <option  value="TMT">Turkmenistani Manat (TMT)</option>
 <option  value="TND">Tunisian Dinar (TND)</option>
 <option  value="TOP">Tongan Paʻanga (TOP)</option>
 <option  value="TRY">Turkish Lira (TRY)</option>
 <option  value="TTD">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Dollar (TTD)</option>
 <option  value="TWD">New Taiwan Dollar (NT$)</option>
 <option  value="TZS">Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)</option>
 <option  value="UAH">Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)</option>
 <option  value="UGX">Ugandan Shilling (UGX)</option>
 <option  value="USD">US Dollar ($)</option>
 <option  value="UYU">Uruguayan Peso (UYU)</option>
 <option  value="UZS">Uzbekistani Som (UZS)</option>
 <option  value="VEF">Venezuelan Bolívar (VEF)</option>
 <option  value="VND">Vietnamese Dong (₫)</option>
 <option  value="VUV">Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)</option>
 <option  value="WST">Samoan Tala (WST)</option>
 <option  value="XAF">Central African CFA Franc (FCFA)</option>
 <option  value="XCD">East Caribbean Dollar (EC$)</option>
 <option  value="XDR">Special Drawing Rights (XDR)</option>
 <option  value="XOF">West African CFA Franc (CFA)</option>
 <option  value="XPF">CFP Franc (CFPF)</option>
 <option  value="YER">Yemeni Rial (YER)</option>
 <option  value="ZAR">South African Rand (ZAR)</option>
 <option  value="ZMK">Zambian Kwacha (1968–2012) (ZMK)</option>
 <option  value="ZMW">Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)</option>
 <option  value="ZWL">Zimbabwean Dollar (2009) (ZWL)</option>
</select>
</div>

<div>
<input type=submit value="Convert">
</div>

<input type=hidden name=meta value=ei&#61;alvVVtnBJszDU_zgu9AF>

</form>

coothead

[Gandalf]

You are a star @coothead. It is very easy to deploy although I’m not sure about the inclusion of extinct currencies like the French Franc and Italian Lira…

[qim]

Hi, thanks coothead

That’s the html part. Don’t I have to do something about the php file?

Don’t worry about the Spanish colonial silver reales. I’ll sort those out.

[coothead]

Hi there gandalf458,

You are a star

Please, don’t get over excited.

That posted code was just meant to be a joke.

It would not work on a personal website as the
submitted form, of course, sends you to "Google.

To keep it personal. one would need to use the
code from http://www.phpgang.com, or ask the
almighty “Google” for their XML or JSON.

coothead

[qim]

but can´t you get what is needed from View Source in

http://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=$amount&from=$from&to=$to

the access to the rates must be somewhere in there. In the css?

www.google.com/finance/s/OVd9g2P4lGg/styles/finance_us.css

[Gandalf]

You could just copy and paste the code from the tutorial, although if you do let me know as there are a couple of bugs!

[coothead]

Hi there qim,

If “Google” allowed the use of the “object element”
or the “iframe element” for all their lovely stuff, then
you could have used the code that I posted, but
styling would not be possible. So WYSIWYG.

You could use this code…

<object 
 type="text/html" 
 data="https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=$amount&amp;from=$from_Currency&amp;to=$to_Currency" 
 width="300" 
 height="150">
</object>

…but you would be unable to change the country
order or style it.

coothead

[qim]

Got it!

Thanks

[coothead]

Hi there qim,

####My little

It is not really in my nature to blow my own trumpet,
but I must reluctantly say that I have not, as yet,
found a better free currency converter than the one
that I so lovingly crafted for your very good self.

coothead