Admob alternative text

[shad0w]

Hi I want to have an alternative text when Admob ADS are not displayed ... Admob changed the codes so what I fount in forum is not working ... Some1 pls post the full code ... A function for core would be great! I have a lavalair wap community. Thanks!

[Anshul]

// AdMob Publisher Code
// Language: PHP (fsockopen)
// Version: 20081105
// Copyright AdMob, Inc., All rights reserved
// Documentation at Start - Admob For Developers

  $admob_params = array('PUBLISHER_ID' => 'a1492d33c387285', // Required to request ads. To find your Publisher ID, log in to your AdMob account and click on the "Sites & Apps" tab.
  'ANALYTICS_ID' => 'your_analytics_site_id', // Required to collect Analytics data. To find your Analytics ID, log in to your Analytics account and click on the "Edit" link next to the name of your site.
  'AD_REQUEST' => true, // To request an ad, set to TRUE.
  'ANALYTICS_REQUEST' => false, // To enable the collection of analytics data, set to TRUE.
  'TEST_MODE' => false, // While testing, set to TRUE. When you are ready to make live requests, set to FALSE.
  // Additional optional parameters are available at: [url=http://developer.admob.com/wiki/AdCodeDocumentation]AdCodeDocumentation - Admob For Developers[/url]
  'OPTIONAL' => array());
  // Optional parameters for AdMob Analytics ([url=http://analytics.admob.com]Mobile Analytics | AdMob[/url])

  //$admob_params['OPTIONAL']['title'] = "Enter Page Title Here"; // Analytics allows you to track site usage based on custom page titles. Enter custom title in this parameter.
  //$admob_params['OPTIONAL']['event'] = "Enter Event Name Here"; // To learn more about events, log in to your Analytics account and visit this page: [url=http://analytics.admob.com/reports/events/add]Login - AdMob Mobile Analytics[/url]
  /* This code supports the ability for your website to set a cookie on behalf of AdMob
   * To set an AdMob cookie, simply call admob_setcookie() on any page that you call admob_request()
   * The call to admob_setcookie() must occur before any output has been written to the page ([url=http://www.php.net/setcookie]PHP: setcookie - Manual[/url])
   * If your mobile site uses multiple subdomains (e.g. "a.example.com" and "b.example.com"), then pass the root domain of your mobile site (e.g. "example.com") as a parameter to admob_setcookie().
   * This will allow the AdMob cookie to be visible across subdomains
   */
  //admob_setcookie();
  /* AdMob strongly recommends using cookies as it allows us to better uniquely identify users on your website.
   * This benefits your mobile site by providing:
   *    - Improved ad targeting = higher click through rates = more revenue!
   *    - More accurate analytics data ([url=http://analytics.admob.com]Mobile Analytics | AdMob[/url])
   */

// Send request to AdMob. To make additional ad requests per page, copy and paste this function call elsewhere on your page.
/////////////////////////////////
// Do not edit below this line //
/////////////////////////////////
// This section defines AdMob functions and should be used AS IS.
// We recommend placing the following code in a separate file that is included where needed.

  function admob_request($admob_params)
  {
      static $pixel_sent = false;
      $ad_mode = false;
      if (!empty($admob_params['AD_REQUEST']) && !empty($admob_params['PUBLISHER_ID']))
          $ad_mode = true;
      $analytics_mode = false;
      if (!empty($admob_params['ANALYTICS_REQUEST']) && !empty($admob_params['ANALYTICS_ID']) && !$pixel_sent)
          $analytics_mode = true;
      $protocol = 'http';
      if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) != 'off')
          $protocol = 'https';
      $rt = $ad_mode ? ($analytics_mode ? 2 : 0) : ($analytics_mode ? 1 : -1);
      if ($rt == -1)
          return '';
      list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
      $params = array('rt=' . $rt, 'z=' . ($sec + $usec), 'u=' . urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), 'i=' . urlencode($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), 'p=' . urlencode("$protocol://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), 'v=' . urlencode('20081105-PHPFSOCK-33fdd8e59a40dd9a'));
      $sid = empty($admob_params['SID']) ? session_id() : $admob_params['SID'];
      if (!empty($sid))
          $params[] = 't=' . md5($sid);
      if ($ad_mode)
          $params[] = 's=' . $admob_params['PUBLISHER_ID'];
      if ($analytics_mode)
          $params[] = 'a=' . $admob_params['ANALYTICS_ID'];
      if (!empty($_COOKIE['admobuu']))
          $params[] = 'o=' . $_COOKIE['admobuu'];
      if (!empty($admob_params['TEST_MODE']))
          $params[] = 'm=test';
      if (!empty($admob_params['OPTIONAL'])) {
          foreach ($admob_params['OPTIONAL'] as $k => $v) {
              $params[] = urlencode($k) . '=' . urlencode($v);
          }
      }
      $ignore = array('HTTP_PRAGMA' => true, 'HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL' => true, 'HTTP_CONNECTION' => true, 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' => true, 'HTTP_COOKIE' => true);
      foreach ($_SERVER as $k => $v) {
          if (substr($k, 0, 4) == 'HTTP' && empty($ignore[$k]) && isset($v)) {
              $params[] = urlencode('h[' . $k . ']') . '=' . urlencode($v);
          }
      }
      $post = implode('&', $params);
      // 1 second timeout
      $request_timeout = 1;
      $contents = '';
      $errno = 0;
      $errstr = '';
      list($usec_start, $sec_start) = explode(' ', microtime());
      $request = @fsockopen('r.admob.com', 80, $errno, $errstr, $request_timeout);
      if ($request) {
          stream_set_timeout($request, $request_timeout);
          $post_body = "POST /ad_source.php HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: r.admob.com\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: " . strlen($post) . "\r\n\r\n" . $post;
          $post_body_len = strlen($post_body);
          $bytes_written = 0;
          $body = false;
          $info = stream_get_meta_data($request);
          $timeout = $info['timed_out'];
          while ($bytes_written < $post_body_len && !$timeout) {
              $current_bytes_written = fwrite($request, $post_body);
              // write failed 
              if ($current_bytes_written === false)
                  return '';
              $bytes_written += $current_bytes_written;
              if ($bytes_written === $post_body_len)
                  break;
              $post_body = substr($post_body, $bytes_written);
              $info = stream_get_meta_data($request);
              $timeout = $info['timed_out'];
          }
          while (!feof($request) && !$timeout) {
              $line = fgets($request);
              if (!$body && $line == "\r\n")
                  $body = true;
              if ($body && !empty($line))
                  $contents .= $line;
              $info = stream_get_meta_data($request);
              $timeout = $info['timed_out'];
          }
          fclose($request);
          list($usec_end, $sec_end) = explode(' ', microtime());
      } else {
          $contents = '';
      }
      if (!$pixel_sent) {
          $pixel_sent = true;
          /*$contents .= "<img src=\"$protocol://p.admob.com/e0?"
           . 'rt=' . $rt
           . '&amp;z=' . ($sec + $usec)
           . '&amp;a=' . ($analytics_mode ? $admob_params['ANALYTICS_ID'] : '')
           . '&amp;s=' . ($ad_mode ? $admob_params['PUBLISHER_ID'] : '')
           . '&amp;o=' . (empty($_COOKIE['admobuu']) ? '' : $_COOKIE['admobuu'])
           . '&amp;lt=' . ($sec_end + $usec_end - $sec_start - $usec_start)
           . '&amp;to=' . $request_timeout
           . '" alt="" width="1" height="1"/>';*/
      }
      if (strlen($contents) > 5)
          return '<div><img src="./images/ad.gif" alt=""/>&nbsp;' . $contents . '</div>';
      else
          return '';
  }
  function admob_setcookie($domain = '', $path = '/')
  {
      if (empty($_COOKIE['admobuu'])) {
          $value = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
          if (!empty($domain) && $domain[0] != '.')
              $domain = ".$domain";
          if (setcookie('admobuu', $value, mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2038), $path, $domain)) {
              // make it visible to admob_request()
              $_COOKIE['admobuu'] = $value;
          }
      }
  } 

[morse]

php curl is better than fsockopen

[shad0w]

php curl is better than fsockopen

Is not better :D ... The same ads are returned ... So why is php curl better ?
I can't use php curl in my wap site ...