i wanna open a directory and import my list of files nad display an image ..

[dv6cougar]

at random
so i have my script but for some reason, this is the outcome it gives me

0 -- . 0 -- . 0 -- U 55 -- 0 -- p

and teh script goes as follows

mt_srand(time());
	$dir = "bwcars";
	$odir = opendir($dir);

while (false !== ($index = readdir($odir))) { 
$do = count($index);
for($counter=0; $counter < $index; $counter++) {
$pic = mt_rand(1, $counter);
$pic--;
}
echo "<font color=red>$counter -- ".$index[$pic]." </font>";
}

and if I echo out just $index it does do the files correctly and not give me all the weird mumbo jumbo i showed you above. and another problem I am having is that i wanna use closedir() and it isn't letting me after it'sbeen opened, after my while statement and that.

any thoughts? thanks alot.

[HalfaBee]

Try this

    mt_srand(time());
    $dir = "bwcars";
    $odir = opendir($dir);

while (false !== ($index[] = readdir($odir))) {
    $do = count($index);
    if( $index[$do-1]=='.' || $index[$do-1]=='..' )
        array_pop( $index );
    for($counter=0; $counter < $do; $counter++) {
        $pic = mt_rand(0, $counter);
    }
    echo "<font color=red>$counter -- ".$index[$pic]." </font>";
}

[dv6cougar]

thanks, i'll test it in the morning 😃