Random Image Script?

Stonewall

Can someone plz tell me how you make a random image script like this one: http://renegade-zone.com/images/sig/test.php ? Thanks.

batman

Easy steps.

Upload all the images into a folder. e.g. images
Create a database with all the url's

e.g.

http://yoursite.com/pic1.jpg
http://yoursite.com/pic2.jpg
http://yoursite.com/pic3.jpg
http://yoursite.com/pic4.jpg

For the page that has the picture show up do something like this:

//your database login info and etc. here

$query = "select * from TABLE order by rand() desc LIMIT 1";
$result = mysql_query($query);
echo "<img src='$result' width='' height=''>";

I may have gotten it mixed up, been a long time since I've used php. 🙂

Stonewall

Ok, will try it. Thank you 🙂

batman

If that doesn't work, then you can always try javascript. If you would like to do that then check out this page Here

Stonewall

Ok thanks. i don't know much about java though. Once I've modified the script, renamed and put my images into a directory. What would I do with the javascript? Ultimately what I am trying to do is get it so I have a random picture for my forum signature. That's what the person I showed you above did. Thanks for all the help.

HalfaBee

A simple hardcoded random image could be done like this.

<?
$imgs = array( 'file1.jpg','file2.jpg','file3.jpg' );
header("Content-type: image/jpg");
readfile( $imgs[rand( 0,count($imgs)-1 )] );
?>

I think this will work. ( Did not test it )
Make sure the <? is the very first chararacter.

HalfaBee