random number?

jasondavis

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  

$bbody = "rand(0,100)";

this won't work please help me I need a random number as a variable

Ludichrist

Works for me. What output are you getting?

Blulagoon

In the line beginning $bbody you wouldn't have the quotes.

I tend to use:

$random = mt_rand(1,1000);

Blu

Ludichrist

oops, I completely overlooked that when I tried the example. 😃

jasondavis

here is what I am trying to do

$bbody = mt_rand(1,1000);
$bbody = htmlspecialchars("</form><style type=\"text/css\">.imgborder {BORDER-RIGHT: c0c0c0 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; BORDER-TOP: dddddd 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; BACKGROUND: ebebeb; FLOAT: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; BORDER-LEFT: dddddd 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: c0c0c0 1px solid}</style>"."<table bgcolor=\"ebebeb\"><tr><td><form action=\"$script_url/index.php?s=1\" method=\"POST\"><table width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" bgcolor=\"ebebeb\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\"><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><div align=\"center\"><BR><font color=\"000000\">Myspace FriendID  :</font> <input type=\"text\" name=\"intMSUserId\" maxlength=\"10\"><input name=\"Add\" type=\"submit\" value=\"All aboard!\"></form><BR><center><a href=\"$script_url/buy.php\">Purchase a top spot of EVERY Train</a></center></div></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table>".$train);

$bbody .= htmlspecialchars("</td></tr></table><center><BR><RB><BR><font color=\"000000\" size=\"+1\" face=\"Verdana,  Arial,  Helvetica,  sans-serif\">Also Check out these trains</font><BR><br><a href=\"http://www.myspacebus.com\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"0270CA\" size=\"+1\" face=\"Verdana,  Arial,  Helvetica,  sans-serif\">MyspaceBus.com</font></a><BR>+<BR><a href=\"http://www.projectmyspace.com\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"0270CA\" size=\"+1\" face=\"Verdana,  Arial,  Helvetica,  sans-serif\">ProjectMyspace.com</font></a><BR>+<BR><a href=\"http://www.MSRider.com\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"0270CA\" size=\"+1\" face=\"Verdana,  Arial,  Helvetica,  sans-serif\">MSrider.com</font></a><BR>+<BR><a href=\"http://www.myspacerider.com\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"0270CA\" size=\"+1\" face=\"Verdana,  Arial,  Helvetica,  sans-serif\">MyspaceRider.com</font></a><BR><BR>These sites will get you thousands of friends and have low cost top spots for maximum friends</center>");

so in front of

</form><

I would like a random number but have had no luck also I need to wrapt a font color and size around the random number any help would be awsome

$bbody = mt_rand(1,1000); is displaying nothing

Ludichrist

This generates the random number between 0 and 100 and stores it in $bbody:

 srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  

$bbody = rand(0,100);

Then you can treat it like any other variable when displaying it.

Blulagoon

jasondavis wrote:
here is what I am trying to do

I would like a random number but have had no luck also I need to wrapt a font color and size around the random number any help would be awsome

$bbody = mt_rand(1,1000); is displaying nothing

If you want to output the random number to a browser you'd have to do this:

$bbody = mt_rand(1,1000);
echo $bbody;

If you want all your html special character stuff to follow after the random number, then you can use your $bbody .= to concatenate all of your html formatting, alternatively you might want to give the html stuff a different variable name.

The way I might do it would be this:


<?PHP
$bbody = mt_rand(1,1000);
?>

html formatting <?PHP echo $bbody; ?> more html formatting

Blu

Weedpacket

In short,

 $bbody = mt_rand(1,1000);
$bbody = htmlspecialchars("</form><style type=\"text/css\">.imgborder {BORDER-RIGHT: c0c0c0 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 4px.................");

sets $bbody to a random number, and then throws that random number away on the very next line and sets $bbody to something else.