Need Help rotating a block of code
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ukescuba
Senior Member
- Feb 24, 2008
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i am not going to write the script for you because its best to learn it hands on but i can help you on the way - the best method would be to use php and load the scripts randomly
check out both the "include()" and "rand()" statements for php - there are plenty of simple examples and tutorials online that will help you
at least demonstrate you've tried and ill help out some more if you cant figure it out
hth
check out both the "include()" and "rand()" statements for php - there are plenty of simple examples and tutorials online that will help you
at least demonstrate you've tried and ill help out some more if you cant figure it out
hth
macmastermike
Junior Member
- Apr 2, 2008
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you mean something like this?
hope this is helpful. if not just tell me. maybe i can help you
PHP:
<?php $id = rand(1, 3); ?>
<?php if ($id==1) { ?>
ONE
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($id==2) { ?>
TWO
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($id==3) { ?>
THREE
<?php } ?>hope this is helpful. if not just tell me. maybe i can help you
ukescuba
Senior Member
- Feb 24, 2008
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just do this...
<?php
$x=(rand(1,5));
$script="script$x.php";
include $script;
?>
say you have 5 scripts
save each of your scripts that you want to use in seperate files called script1.php script2.php etc
Explanation of code...
$x=(rand(1,5));
This line will create a random number between 1 and 5 ie 3
If you have more than 5 scripts increase the 5 to the number of scripts you have
$script="script$x.php";
This line creates the file name reference it basically inserts the random number into the file name ie script3.php
include $script;
this line tells the browser which file name to open ie include script3.php
place this code where you want to script to display/function
hope this makes sense...
<?php
$x=(rand(1,5));
$script="script$x.php";
include $script;
?>
say you have 5 scripts
save each of your scripts that you want to use in seperate files called script1.php script2.php etc
Explanation of code...
$x=(rand(1,5));
This line will create a random number between 1 and 5 ie 3
If you have more than 5 scripts increase the 5 to the number of scripts you have
$script="script$x.php";
This line creates the file name reference it basically inserts the random number into the file name ie script3.php
include $script;
this line tells the browser which file name to open ie include script3.php
place this code where you want to script to display/function
hope this makes sense...
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booman
Regular Member
- Mar 6, 2007
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Here's a couple php random rotation scripts. I know you wanted one that would rotate to the next one on page reload, but I think random would work just as good.
This one would rotate through 10 random php pages. You could include on these pages your affiliate links and banners, or modify the include to have it display your affiliate links directly.
This one rotates a random affiliate link via a meta refresh:
and this one rotates a random banner and affiliate link depending on the seconds that the surfers computer shows. It's javascript though.
This one would rotate through 10 random php pages. You could include on these pages your affiliate links and banners, or modify the include to have it display your affiliate links directly.
Code:
// random number 1 - 10
$result_random = rand(1, 10);
if($result_random ==1){
echo ' ';
include("one.php");
}
if($result_random ==2){
echo ' ';
include("two.php");
}
if($result_random ==3){
echo ' ';
include("three.php");
}
if($result_random ==4){
echo ' ';
include("four.php");
}
if($result_random ==5){
echo ' ';
include("five.php");
}
if($result_random ==6){
echo ' ';
include("six.php");
}
if($result_random ==7){
echo ' ';
include("seven.php");
}
if($result_random ==8){
echo ' ';
include("eight.php");
}
if($result_random ==9){
echo ' ';
include("nine.php");
}
if($result_random ==10){
echo ' ';
include("ten.php");
}
?>This one rotates a random affiliate link via a meta refresh:
Code:
<?php
$offers = array (
"http://affiliateurl1.com",
"http://affiliateurl2.com",
"http://affiliateurl3.com",
"http://affiliateurl4.com",
"http://affiliateurl5.com"
);
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
$url = $offers[rand(-1, count($offers) + 1)];
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url='.$url.'">';
}
else
{
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://yoursite.com">';
}
?>and this one rotates a random banner and affiliate link depending on the seconds that the surfers computer shows. It's javascript though.
Code:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var dt = new Date();
var sec = dt.getSeconds();
// if (sec<=20) means seconds 0 through 20
// change the IMG SRC = and the msg.link location to your own needs.
if (sec<=10) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
else if (sec<=20) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
else if (sec<=30) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
else if (sec<=40) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
else if (sec<=50) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
else if (sec<=60) { var msg="<IMG SRC=http://>"; document.write
(msg.link("http://")) ;}
// the order of the if,else if, and else are important. The program reads from
// the top down so if an if or else if work it will not read the following
// else ifs or else. (else is a catch all). To add more you just add mores
// else ifs and change the values. Say you wanted 6 images.
// if (hr <=10) .......
// else if (hr <=20)........
// else if (so on until you reach 50)
// else ......
// it's also easily modified for minutes months years if you want a banner
// to appear all day on a certain day then then another on another day.
<!-- end -->
</SCRIPT>