Random swf VIA PHP: Plz help...

[mhulse]

Ack!!! :😛ulling Out Hair:: I can't seem to get the below code to work! What is wrong with me!!! Please help:

//FILE NAME: random.php

<?php
/* Random flash file 
kvack.inc [[url]http://kvack.euphemize.net[/url]] of euphemize.net (c)MMIII
Please leave this header intact if you wish to use
*/

$directory = 'swf/'; //Directory relative to the file
$flashfiles = list_images($directory);

srand ((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$flash = array_rand($flashfiles);
$flash = $directory.$flash;

function list_images($path)
{
    //declares $flashlist as an array. good practice.
    $flashlist = array();

//$dh points to the directory object for $path.
$dh = opendir($path);

//cycle through the files/directorys in the directory object
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
    //for each file/directory, if *.swf, add it to the $flashlist[] array
    if (preg_match('/.(?:swf)$/i', $file))
	{
		$flashlist[] = $file;
	}
//sort the list
sort($flashlist, SORT_STRING);
//returns the array.
return $flashlist;
}
function echo_result($flash)
{
	echo '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="770" height="128">';
	echo '	<param name="movie" value="'.$flash.'"><param name="quality" value="high">';
	echo '	<embed src="'.$flash.'" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="770" height="128">';
	echo '	</embed>';
	echo '</object>';
}
?>

I am including the above PHP script into my main page like so:

<?php include_once('inc/random.php'); ?>

And then on that same page I am calling this function:

<?php list_images($directory);?>

Unfortunately, I do not get anything to display on my main page? Can anyone test out the above code, or give me any hints as to what I am doing wrong?

Does anyone know of any other PHP script(s) that will randomly display a .swf on page refresh?

Any code/links/help is appreciated

Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Micky

[gufmn]

I wrote a very simple function to generate a random image for one of my sites. Works great. I have pasted it exactly as it was written but you should easily be able to modify it to work for you. If you want to that is 🙂

function randomImage(){
	if ($handle = opendir('prodimages/welcome')){
		$counter = 0;
		$files = array(); 
    	while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 

		if (eregi(".jpg$|.jpeg$|.gif$", $file)){
			$files[] = $file;
			$counter++;
			}
	}
}
$random = rand(0, $counter - 1);
return $files[$random];	 
}