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having a chat widget appear (or not!) - richb201 - 07-20-2021

I'd like to offer paying customers premium support. I have a support widget that I plan to use on a system called tawk.to. They advise to embed the following code on the page.


<script type="text/javascript">
var Tawk_API=Tawk_API||{}, Tawk_LoadStart=new Date();
(function(){
var s1=document.createElement("script"),s0=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
s1.async=true;
s1.src='https://embed.tawk.to/5fc604b2a1d54c18d8ef211d/default';
s1.charset='UTF-8';
s1.setAttribute('crossorigin','*');
s0.parentNode.insertBefore(s1,s0);
})();
</script>


Now in my case I am adding the a few lines of HTML at the bottom of every page (see below). Can I just paste the above script onto that page and expect it to display?
<h1>company</h1>

<p></p>
<a href="https://researchstudytoolkit.tawk.help/category/setting-up-the-research-credit-study-toolkit#company-tab" target="_blank">help on setting up the research study online</a>
<br>
<br>

can I just place the above script here?

RE: having a chat widget appear (or not!) - richb201 - 07-20-2021

I managed to get the regular old chat widget working. Now I just need to be able to have that appear only for paying users. I created a flag in the session vars for it. I then tried adding this code. Can I not wrap javascript within a php section? I need to use php to check if the user gets premium support or not.

<?php
if ($_SESSION['premium_support']==1)
{
<script type="text/javascript">
var Tawk_API=Tawk_API||{}, Tawk_LoadStart=new Date();
(function(){
var s1=document.createElement("script"),s0=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
s1.async=true;
s1.src='https://embed.tawk.to/5fc604b2a1d54c18d8ef211d/default';
s1.charset='UTF-8';
s1.setAttribute('crossorigin','*');
s0.parentNode.insertBefore(s1,s0);
})();
</script>
}

?>

How can I accomplish this?
<?
?>

RE: having a chat widget appear (or not!) - InsiteFX - 07-20-2021

You need to load the script on startup or it will not load later, best bet would to add it to a div then hide it.
After that if they are a paying customer then show the hidden div.

RE: having a chat widget appear (or not!) - paliz - 07-21-2021

I used pusher.Io realtime service for notifications and chat communication
Pusher. Io has great service and clear documentation , eazy work with it

Pusher. Io offers free and perumin plans too

RE: having a chat widget appear (or not!) - superior - 07-21-2021

For what version of CodeIgniter are you searching this solution?

RE: having a chat widget appear (or not!) - craig - 07-21-2021

You can accomplish this, but you can't just embed Javascript code directly in your PHP code.

Code:
<?php if ($_SESSION['premium_support']==1): ?>

<script type="text/javascript">

  var Tawk_API=Tawk_API||{}, Tawk_LoadStart=new Date();

  (function(){

      var s1=document.createElement("script"),s0=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];

      s1.async=true;

      s1.src='https://embed.tawk.to/5fc604b2a1d54c18d8ef211d/default';

      s1.charset='UTF-8';

      s1.setAttribute('crossorigin','*');

      s0.parentNode.insertBefore(s1,s0);

  })();

</script>

<?php endif; ?>

The only thing to make sure of is that the session variable 'premium_support' has a value.