[RESOLVED] pic of the day

zoobie

Sorry...too rusty for this one.

How about a non-random pic of the day script I can include that's good for a month...yet checks the date and if it's new years or the 22nd of october, overrides the script and displays another pre-assigned image?

Thanks

toxic_brain

you have to put jpg image files with names eg: 10_02_2005.jpg and will display on 2 october 2005. if it does not exist in ur image folder, 'default_image.jpg' will be displayed.

$image_file	=	date('m_d_Y', time()) . '.jpg'		;
if (!is_file($image_file))
	$image_file	=	'default_image.jpg'	;
echo "<img src = 'your_image_folder/$image_file'>";

zoobie

Oh...ok. Let's first start with all the days of the month getting their image. Then, we can stick that arguement in afterwards...I think.
Thanks

jara06

you mean a bit the way google does it ?
just assign 31 pictures, and make a "special day" array to check against or something 😃

jara06

i think it could be done this way.
havent tested it

function getTodaysPicture()
{
	// todays date
	$today = date('d-m-Y');

// standard files are named 01.jpg to 31.jpg etc.
// the picture filename will be here in the end
$picture = date('d') .'.jpg';

// special days which require another picture
$special_days = array(
					array('date' => '22-10-2005', 'pic' => 'today.jpg');
					array('date' => '31-10', 'pic' => 'endofoctober.jpg');
					);

// running through those special days
foreach($special_days as $key => $val)
{
	$tmp_d = substr($today, 0, strlen($val['date']));

	if ($tmp_d == $val['date']) {
		$picture = $val['pic'];
	}
}

if ((!file_exists($picture)) || (!is_readable($picture))) {
	return false;
} else {
	return $picture;
}
}

zoobie

I think I've got it...

if (date('j')=="23" && date('n')=="10")
{
echo '<img src="img/header/red.gif" style="margin-bottom:7px">';
}

else {
switch(date('j')) {
case 1: echo '<img src="img/header/white.gif">';
break;
case 2: echo '<img src="img/header/green.gif">';
break;
case 3: echo '<img src="img/header/blue.gif">';
break;
// etc for 1-31 days
}
}

jara06

that way you could end up with a lot of code, but if it suits ya..
Remember to Resolve thread when it is .. 🙂

zoobie

Well, I think I've changed my mind and will display a new image per month instead of daily. I'll just change a letter in the date function. This will also reduce the code by 2/3rds.
Thanks for the help.

PS - You have to hunt for the resolved button? Yikes...