Need help tto write a script

[kmazumdar]

I am new to PHP and currently trying to create a script which will pick up a sound clip randomly from a give directory and play it using EMBED tag. Please help with some function name/algorithm using which I can pick up the sound clips randomly.

Thanks
Kmazumdar

[planetsim]

If its in a database do this

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1");

if its not

you must have the all in a page.

to have the same variable

like this $rand[1]

then use RAND

read it all here
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php

[bastien]

have each file assigned a number

then use the [man]rand[/man] fucntion to pick a random number between 1 and the total number of clips that you have...then play the clip