The Currency Convertor Live module for Mambo offers rates updated from the European Central Bank daily at 2:15 PM CET.

Author: Werner Knudsen, version: 1.11.

Configuration: You can set your default currencies in the config file located at modules/mod_cucolive/config.php.

Use: The module output shows the currently selected conversion. Links are provided to Edit, About and More.

• Edit: Choose and convert between 26 different currencies.
• About: Read the About information.
• More: Open the Personal Currency Assistent from XE.com for more currencies.

Inline Conversion: With the module installed you can do Javascript based inline currency conversions in any Mambo content. In HTML edit mode you insert the appropriate script tags using modules/mod_cucolive/currency.php as the script source. The output is controlled by a number of parameters:

• amount: The amount you wish to convert.
• from: The currency you convert from, eg. USD. See the supported currency codes at http://www.ecb.int/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-xml.html.
• to: The currency you convert from, eg. EUR.
• action=script&sub=showall: The sub-action showall displays the current conversion like eg. USD 100.00 = EUR 79.77.
• action=script&sub=convert: The sub-action convert displays only the converted amount, eg. 79.77.
• action=script&sub=set: The sub-action set displays nothing but sets 4 Javascript variables that you can display later with document.write: fromC and fromA contains the currency and amount you are converting from while toC and toA contains the currency and amount you are converting to.

Inline Conversion Example: The beginning of this Mambo content item contains the following script:

<script src="modules/mod_cucolive/currency.php?action=script&sub=set&amount=100&from=USD&to=EUR"> </script>

With the Javascript variables set the following script writes a formatted conversion:

<script> document.write(fromC + " " + fromA + " converts into " + toC + " " + toA); </script>

The result can be seen here:

Warning: Be careful when your content includes Javascript - it can cause problems when combined with the HTMLarea content editor. The tags presented on this page seem to be rather harmless though.