5 lines of random content without repeating... have partial code.

virginiamonkeys

I have this code:

<?

/* 
   Random Content v1.0
   [url]www.triumphantmedia.com/resources[/url]
*/

$random_content="random_content.txt"; 
$random_content=file("$random_content");
$a=rand(0, sizeof($random_content)-1);
$b=rand(0, sizeof($random_content)-1);
$c=rand(0, sizeof($random_content)-1);
$d=rand(0, sizeof($random_content)-1);
$e=rand(0, sizeof($random_content)-1);

?>

It's a text randomizer that used to output one random message, but I want it to output 5. I don't want any of the 5 outputed to be repeated.

I added the $b $c $d and $e, but they are bound to repeat something eventually.

Please help.

devinemke

$file = file('random_content.txt'); 
$random_5 = array_rand($file, 5);

foreach ($random_5 as $value)
{
	echo $file[$value] . '<br>';
}

virginiamonkeys

Okay, I'm struggling here.

I put this into a new file called "random_content.php"

<?
$file = file('random_content.txt'); 
$random_5 = array_rand($file, 5);

foreach ($random_5 as $value)
{
    echo $value . '<br>';
}
?>

And my "random_content.txt" looks like this:

<LI>Blah blah</LI>
<LI>Blah, blah, blah</LI>
<LI>More blah blah</LI>
<LI>Even more blah blah</LI>
<LI>A bit of yadda yadda</LI>
<LI>Yadda</LI>
<LI>Blah</LI>
<Yadda Blah blah</LI>

And I insert this into my template "locksmithtowntemplate.php":

<?php
include('random_content.php');
$pagetitle = "$town $zip $state ($stabv) Locksmith Service";
$articletitle = "$town $zip Locksmith Service";
$keywords = "locksmith, locksmiths, $town, $county, $zip, $state";
$description = "We are locksmiths servicing $town $zip, $state. Locksmith contact information and a service request form is on this page.";
$mappic = "<CENTER>
<img src='images/$map' width='300' height='229' alt='Map of $town $zip $state'>
</CENTER>
<BR>
<P>Some services preformed are:
<UL>
$value
</UL>";
?>

Here is a sample page:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/calverton_virginia_locksmith.php

The random content is to be right under the map.

All I'm getting is numbers and they're not in the proper place.

devinemke

whoops, typo on my part. re-copy and paste my code above.

virginiamonkeys

Argh...

Okay, it's working fine in it's file here:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/random_content_locksmith.php

But I can't seem to call it into it's proper page:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/calverton_virginia_locksmith.php

I wrote the template as:

<?php
$pagetitle = "$town $zip $state ($stabv) Locksmith Service";
$articletitle = "$town $zip Locksmith Service";
$keywords = "locksmith, locksmiths, $town, $county, $zip, $state";
$description = "We are locksmiths servicing $town $zip, $state. Locksmith contact information and a service request form is on this page.";
$mappic = "<CENTER>
<img src='images/$map' width='300' height='229' alt='Map of $town $zip $state'>
</CENTER>
<BR>
<P>Some services preformed are:
<UL>

<?php include('random_content_locksmith.php') ?>

</UL>";
?>

virginiamonkeys

ARGH! I must be retarded. I've been working on this for hours now.

virginiamonkeys

Okay, for clarity I've listed a basic outline of this page here:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/images/loadorder.gif

I want to place this random code that was given in a previous post into my file preferrably within the $mappic string within the locksmithtowntemplate.php file or after the $mappic placement in the sommerville_22739_locksmith.php file.

I prefer the locksmith...template.php file because I'm trying to apply these changes to about 80 pages at once.

The file I want to place within the $mappic is working fine here:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/random_content_locksmith.php

I've tried a whole bunch of ways, but I'm a tad new to this and it only partly works.

I can put the line "echo $value" where I want it, but it only gives the last item on the list.

What's the proper way?

devinemke

i think you are overcomplicating this. you have the code working in random_content_locksmith.php. so paste that code into whatever other script you need it in. if you need that same piece of code in multiple pages you may wish to place it in a separate file and call it via [man]include[/man].

virginiamonkeys

I've tried it a million different ways.

Copy and paste into the script looks like the results here:

http://www.monkeywithatypewriter.com/test_page.php

Under the map.

devinemke

it looks like you are not properly escaping in ot out of PHP via the proper tags <?php ... ?>

virginiamonkeys

Didn't work. I've tried it a million different ways.

virginiamonkeys

Based on the picture included in an above link, is this spelled out properly?:

<?php
$pagetitle = "$town $zip $state ($stabv) Locksmith Service";
$articletitle = "$town $zip Locksmith Service";
$keywords = "locksmith, locksmiths, $town, $county, $zip, $state";
$description = "We are locksmiths servicing $town $zip, $state. Locksmith contact information and a service request form is on this page.";
$mappic = "<CENTER>
<img src='images/$map' width='300' height='229' alt='Map of $town $zip $state'>
</CENTER>
<?php
$file = file('random_content_locksmith.txt'); 
$random_5 = array_rand($file, 5);

foreach ($random_5 as $value)
{
    echo $file[$value] . '<br>';
}
?>
";
?>

devinemke

no, try this:

<?php
$file = file('random_content_locksmith.txt'); 
$random_5 = array_rand($file, 5); 
$random = '';
foreach ($random_5 as $value) 
{ 
    $random .= $file[$value] . '<br>'; 
} 

$pagetitle = "$town $zip $state ($stabv) Locksmith Service"; 
$articletitle = "$town $zip Locksmith Service"; 
$keywords = "locksmith, locksmiths, $town, $county, $zip, $state"; 
$description = "We are locksmiths servicing $town $zip, $state. Locksmith contact information and a service request form is on this page."; 
$mappic = "<CENTER> 
<img src='images/$map' width='300' height='229' alt='Map of $town $zip $state'> 
</CENTER> 
$random
"; 
?>

virginiamonkeys

Ahhhhhh......

EXCELLENT!

Thank you so much!

My hair thanks you.

I have much to learn still.

Do you have a website you will allow me to link to on my credits page?