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5:02 am, October 8, 2021

timeline class and function

this is a class extend that generates a timeline based on structured data and order's the items by year decending.

this code will not work out of the box as it has other requirements, but it is a good example or starting point for a similar function to generate a timeline

also it had a requirement where the colours had to change per row so i added another array of the required colours and assigned each colour to the css that is generated as part of this function. 

PHP

// timeline.extend.php
class timeline extends core {

  public $class_extend = true; // this must be set to true! :)

  public $add_to_menu = false;
  public $add_section_button = false; // add this class to the section menu
  public $add_to_admin_menu = true; // add this class to the main admin menu

  public $nice_name = "timeline";
  public $nice_description = "timeline";
	public $db_table_name = "timeline";
  public $images_enabled = true;

  public $load_array = [
    "id",
    "uid",
    "insdate",
    "title",
    "additional",
    "category",
    "year",
    "month",
  ];


  public function show_timeline() {
    $db_table_name = $this->db->escapeString($this->db_table_name);
    $sql = "select * from $db_table_name order by year desc";
    $out = "";
    $css = "";
    $color_array = array(
      "#32567a",
      "#5e788f",
      "#c5a888",
      "#9f8167",
      "#ee7202",
      "#d05126",
      "#a4381b",
      "#514539",
    );

    $result = $this->db->query($sql);
    $line_num = 1;
    $col_array_num = 0;
    if($result) {
        while($row = $result->fetchArray()) {
            // $out .= $row['field_name'];
            foreach($this->load_array as $load_title) {
                //$template->set($load_title, $row[$load_title]);
                $this->$load_title = $row[$load_title];
            }

            $out .= "<div class='timeline-item timeline-item-$line_num'>
  <div class='grid-x'>
    <div class='large-1 cell'>
      <div class='timeline-year'>
        $this->year
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class='large-1 cell'>
      <div class='timeline-dot'>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class='large-2 cell'>
      <div class='timeline-month'>
        $this->month
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class='large-7 cell'>
      <div class='timeline-title'>
        $this->title
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>";

            // add color css
            $line_color = $color_array[$col_array_num];
            $css .= ".timeline-item-$line_num { color:$line_color; } .timeline-item-$line_num .timeline-dot { background:$line_color; }";

            $col_array_num++;
            if($col_array_num == 7) {
              $col_array_num = 0;
            }

            $line_num++;

        }
        $out = "<style>$css</style>
        <div class='timeline-wrap'>
          $out
        </div>";
        return $out;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
  }


}

// view page timeline
// where $page_content is the page output
$page_content .= '
<style>
/* Timeline */
.timeline-item {
	font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
	font-size:18px;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding-bottom:15px;
}
.timeline-title {
	font-weight:normal;
}
.timeline-dot::before {
	content:"";
	width:5px;
	top:22px;
	height:60px;
	background:#CCC;
	position:absolute;
	left:7px;
	z-index:9;
}
.timeline-dot::after {
    content: "";
    width: 7px;
    top: 6px;
    left: 6px;
    border-radius: 30px;
    height: 7px;
    background: #FFF;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 9;
}
.timeline-dot {
	z-index:10;
	position:relative;
	background:#000;
	border-radius: 50px;
	height:25px;
	width:25px;
	margin:0 auto;
	border:3px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
}
.timeline-year {
	text-align: right;
}
/* Timeline */
</style>
';

$page_content .= '<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/foundation/6.7.3/css/foundation.min.css" integrity="sha512-2meDMHyoDRV8O0gr5Diq32ch+6QqI9Af9Km4eFwgxZg356CbUI4S30C3zuUetkNAN4Bn+17y9OgxoQ3HnQ648w==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />';
$page_content .= $timeline->show_timeline();

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