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  1. POHow to use javascript/other method in order to print the date in a format, when requesting an image generated by a php script?
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    copied!<p>I am creating a site using bootstrap to give weather updates at the beach. <a href="http://www.newbrightonweatherstation.co.uk" rel="nofollow">MY SITE</a></p> <p>The following php script requests the correct image.</p> <pre><code>http://www.ntslf.org/files/php/pltdata_tgi.php?port=Liverpool&amp;span=4&amp;from=20130821 </code></pre> <p>the last set of numbers is the date backwards.</p> <p>Basically I want this image to update in the page and be the correct date. I tried using javascript but i couldn't get it to work</p> <pre><code>var var d = new Date(); var n = d.getDate(); </code></pre> <p>here is the source code for the website:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div class="col-lg-6"&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Tides&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tides over the next 2 days&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.ntslf.org/files/php/pltdata_tgi.php?port=Liverpool&amp;span=4&amp;from=20130821" class="img-responsive" alt="Responsive image"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>I can't work out how I would use javascript to change the img src to the correct date</p> <p>EDIT I now have and i'm still unable to make it work</p> <pre><code>&lt;div class="col-lg-6"&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Tides&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tides over the next 2 days&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.ntslf.org/files/php/pltdata_tgi.php?port=Liverpool&amp;span=4&amp;from=20130821" class="img-responsive" alt="Responsive image"&gt; &lt;script&gt; var d = new Date(); var date = d.getFullYear() + '' + (d.getMonth()+1) + '' + d.getDate(); var image = document.getElementsByClass("img-responsive")[0]; image.src = 'http://www.ntslf.org/files/php/pltdata_tgi.php?port=Liverpool&amp;span=4&amp;from='+date; &lt;/script&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre>
 

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