Randomizing Links With Images

[Anon]

Hello Everyone,

I want to randomize links to Amazon with the thumbnail images of their books and the title in text. That way, when a visitor logs on they won't see the same set of books offered every single time.

What's the best way to do this (assuming it's possible)?

Thanks in advance.

TGH

[amcgrath]

You could select links from the db, store em and count em up into an array, then select the row at index [$x] ...$x being a random number you decide (rand(1,count($link_array) ...

or if you know the total amount of links available, then just "select from links limit 1,$x" $x being your random number again.

[mrjam]

or, a bad example for a site like amazon.com, but it works... 😉

you have x amount of images in a dir. use opendir() to open the dir and readdir() to read the files counting them.

Generate a random number between 1 and $filescounted. Start a new counter anddo the above again. If the current counter hits the randomly generated the number, get that images fileinfo and print the image tags.

Kinda...

I use this on my with 5 or so images, just to annoy a coworker. But as Allen wrote, a database should be just a bit better for amazon.com hehe.