Is it ok to use a custom php script with C5 5 in an iframe?
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I have a php script that I am using to pull events from facebook and display them on my website. the url is apoprecords.com/events
To do this in C5 I am using an iframe block and have entered the address of the php file in the iframe block.
Everything seems to be working fine, im just curious if there is a better method that I should be using to run the script.
To do this in C5 I am using an iframe block and have entered the address of the php file in the iframe block.
Everything seems to be working fine, im just curious if there is a better method that I should be using to run the script.
The disadvantage (and advantage) of your method is that the content of the iframe is isolated from everything else - by varying degree depending on common domains.
So if you need to mix data from your old php page with C5, it could prove to be a problem.
A more integrated method would be edit your php into a single page. That would also be easier to get into a common look/style/theme.
Many questions of this sort begin the other way round. Someone has tried to integrate a foreign script (such as an advert) into a block or page, found some conflicts, typically in javascript included, then moved it out to an iFrame!