Yet Another Dayfile Reader (PHP)

[joewith]

Hi Barry,

Thanks, for the reply. I had made the necessary changes to lines 44 thru 47 to reflect the the correct uom
for my data, but that didn't do the trick.

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            'temp' => (isset($SITE['uomTemp']) ? substr($SITE['uomTemp'], -1) : 'F'), // CJW
            'rain' => (isset($SITE['uomRain']) ? substr($SITE['uomRain'], 1) : 'in'), // CJW
            'wind' => (isset($SITE['uomWind']) ? substr($SITE['uomWind'], 1) : 'mph'), // CJW
            'baro' => (isset($SITE['uomBaro']) ? substr($SITE['uomBaro'], 1) : 'inHg') // CJW

So still looking. I'm fairly new to coding php ( or for that matter anything else) so I'm still puzzled why it seems to work for everyone else except for me.

Thanks again,

[beteljuice]

Baro inHg = my problem - single occurence of a single character not capitalised ...

Solar irradiance 'correctly' upped to 1500 together with contrasting text.

New beta V1.2 available.

[joewith]

Hi Beetlejuice,

Baro inHg = my problem - single occurence of a single character not capitaised ...

Thanks, that took care of the problem. You wouldn't believe how many times I probably looked at that line without it registering with me that that was the problem...

Thanks again,

[beteljuice]

As an aside ....

In php
Although variables ARE case sensitive ....
function names are NOT ie. DoSomething() is the same as dosomething()

plus the beteljuice is rather stressed ATM - that's my excuse anyway !

[beteljuice]

PROBLEM !

Looking at others implementations the beteljuice can see a logic bug for T diff when 'native' UOM is F.

I'll fix it later - I hope !

Over the weekend I may also have an experiment for some to try ...

[laulau]

I added 'Heating/Cooling degree days' (DJU+, DJU-) here : http://meteo.laurentmey.fr/betel/basic.php

Over the weekend I may also have an experiment for some to try ...

I'm ready!

[beteljuice]

Update beta V1.3

Total rewrite of T Diff - very flawed logic

[laulau]

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missing after line 351

[beteljuice]

Exactly like Laurent says !

Edit for yourself or new download v1.3.1

[beteljuice]

Experiment

The following experiment does two things:

• Uses a seperate languages file to assist with future modifications.
  Does a best guess at a defined list of data types to change zeros to null - so averages etc. are more sensible

Comments from within the file:

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// Cumulus provides 0 or 0.0 for missing or invalid data - this can make a nonsense of minimum and average values.
// The best thing to do is to edit your dayfile.txt and nullify (,,) any false data.
// However; depending upon your location, some datasets can reasonably be expected to be > 0 (remember these are daily values)
// These could include:
// ... 'windspd', 'windgust', 'windrun', 'HoursSun', 'Solar', 'HighUV'

$SANITIZE = true; // attempt to ignore zero in the following datasets:
$zero_as_null = array('windspd', 'windgust', 'windrun', 'HoursSun', 'Solar', 'HighUV'); // datasets to 'fix'

Edit: download removed - no longer relevant
Let me know if this is a serious replacement for the current stuff please.

[laulau]

New test page herehttp://meteo.laurentmey.fr/btnew/basicN.php
I noticed that if you rename the script there is a problem here

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    function doesforme(detail){ // ajax content get for subsequent calls
        $("#gilliam").html("<h1>'.$translit[$lang]['loading'].'</h1>");
        betel_url = "betel_readDayfile.php"+detail+"&pane="+pane;
        grab = $.get(betel_url, function(php){
           $("#tableData").html(php);
        })
        .fail(function(){
            $("#gilliam").html("<h1><font-color=\"red\">'.$translit[$lang]['fail'].'</font></h1>");
        });
    }

because the script uses its own hardcoded name !

[beteljuice]

...because the script uses its own hardcoded name !

https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.p ... 7&start=68 - although it was an afterthought edit, So I forgive you

But ... does it do what it says on the tin.

Are all figures correct in all tables ?
Does it crash and burn anywhere ?
Am I talking to myself again doctor ?

[Graham64]

Yes it works.
http://poundstockpacket.org.uk/weather/basic700.php
See 2013 October wind values but sun hours are sometimes genuinely zero!
Will test later today (I am in Australia with family at present - testing on an ipad is difficult)

Excellent mods

[laulau]

Comparing http://meteo.laurentmey.fr/btnew/basicN.php
to http://meteo.laurentmey.fr/betel/basic.php
For "Solaire" (i've no solar sensor), in the new version it's blank where in precedent version was '0'
So 'something' is working with 'null' values

[Graham64]

Beteljuice
Experiment:
The number_format problem has returned for apparent temps and DP. I solved it by adding a (float) to DoTemp at approx line 393

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} else { // no change
        return number_format((float)$value, $temp_dec, '.' , '');
    }

The problem I had with missing wind speed values has been solved, see Oct 2013 at
http://poundstockpacket.org.uk/weather/basic700.php
The values recorded as zero when the anemometer was being repaired are shown as blank and ignored in calculating averages.
However the wind direction for the period is shown as E. I think this is the default value set by Cumulus when the anemometer was down. I can't see what can be done about this because E is a frequent valid value.

You included sun hours in the sanitize routine but zero is a frequent valid value for sun hours and so I have removed it from the $zero_as_null array.

Thanks for the excellent work on the experiment to deal with zeroes/nulls but I don't think it provides a fool-proof solution. For example, the wind direction problem and also I notice that there was one day in 2012 when my wind speed was genuinely (I think) zero but your routine has set it to blank. I suppose that the only way will be to either alter the DayFile values to null Using Cumulus or use a database.

Once again thanks for an excellent program, I will incorporate it into my website when I get home.

EDIT See later posts for more on wind direction values