Randomness with PHP

PHP Coding Tutorials | Submited Feb 23, 2008

Written by: Rev. B.

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There's two files, one where you store the links, or quotes or whatever you decide to put (rand.php), and the page you're displaying it.

Basically...

In rand.php you add whatever content inside the "quotes", it can be links, images, quotes (what I used it for), it doesn't matter.

<?php
//For a link
$rand[] = '<a href="URL_HERE"> This is a link </a>';

//For a quote
$rand[] = 'Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.';

//For an image
$rand[] = '<img src="IMAGE_URL_HERE" />';


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

$random = rand(0,count($rand)-1);

<? echo "<p>" . $rand[$random] . "</p>"; ?>
?>

And add this into the page you want it to display on::.

<?php include "rand.php"; ?>

More

To add more of whatever content you added just toss more of these in the rand.php file:

$rand[] = 'blahh';