Just being Random

Anon

Hi, this is more of a case of asking HOWTO as opposed to what am I doing wrong.

I am not asking for someone to write the code for me, though that would be nice - just to get that clear.

So what I want is to make a random number between say 1 and 10, and pending on the number it picks, it then loads a page relating to that number via the @require ('somepage.php'); method.

What I am asking for here is ideas and tips on how this would best be done, or snippets of code that may server usefull.

Thank you for your time
Charlie

Anon

i would suggest storing the names of the pages in an array. then shuffleing the array. then, select a random number with the low being 0 and the high being the highest key in the array. then use that number to set a variable to the value held in the array with the key of the random number. then shove that variable in the include or require and BAM. random pages.

Anon

shuffleing the array?

YOu lost me, how do I do that, or are you not talking litrally there?

sethadam1

<?php
//set your array, in this case, there are two - $quotes and $source
$quote[0] = "Do you know what the costliest phrase in technology is? It will work because it would be cool if it did.";
$source[0] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, Red Herring, December 1996";
$quote[1] = "The way to find what the mainstream will do tomorrow is to associate with
the lunatic fringe today.";
$source[1] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, InfoWorld, October 1995";
$quote[2] = "All I have is an opinion -- I don't deal in Truth.";
$source[2] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, Be Newsletter, Volume III, Issue 39";

//find the total number of quotes
$quotecount = count($quote);
//take 0 into account
$quotecount = ($quotecount -1);
//get a random number
$quotenum = rand(0, $quotecount);

echo "<center>";
echo "";
echo "$quote[$quotenum] \n";
echo "$source[$quotenum] \n";

-Adam

sethadam1

Ah, it read my font tags! Use this:

<?php
//set your array, in this case, there are two - $quotes and $source
$quote[0] = "Do you know what the costliest phrase in technology is? It will work because it would be cool if it did.";
$source[0] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, Red Herring, December 1996";
$quote[1] = "The way to find what the mainstream will do tomorrow is to associate with
the lunatic fringe today.";
$source[1] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, InfoWorld, October 1995";
$quote[2] = "All I have is an opinion -- I don't deal in Truth.";
$source[2] = "Jean-Louis Gassé, Be Newsletter, Volume III, Issue 39";

//find the total number of quotes
$quotecount = count($quote);
//take 0 into account
$quotecount = ($quotecount -1);
//get a random number
$quotenum = rand(0, $quotecount);

echo "<center>";
echo "$quote[$quotenum] \n";
echo "$source[$quotenum] \n";

-Adam

Anon

ok here is what i have already but it is NOT working - 🙁

=== START CODE ===
<pre>
$AdvertArray[0]="link1.php";

$AdvertArray[1]="link2.php";

$AdvertArray[2]="link3.php";
$AdvertArray[3]="link4.php";

$randNum=rand(0,3);
$page = "adverts/".$AdvertArray[$randNum];
</pre>
=== END CODE ===

Then to siplay the contents of the file it is ment to load, I use

=== START CODE ===
<pre>
<? @require ('$page'); ?>
</pre>
=== END CODE ===

Has anyone any ideas?

sethadam1

<?php
$AdvertArray[0]="link1.php";

$AdvertArray[1]="link2.php";

$AdvertArray[2]="link3.php";
$AdvertArray[3]="link4.php";

//dynamically finds size of array (do not modify)
$adcount = count($AdvertArray);
$adcount = ($adcount -1);
$randNum = rand(0, $adcount);

$page = "./adverts/.$AdvertArray[$randNum]";

require("$page");

-Adam

Anon

Thnx, that worked great!

Charlie