Hi there:)
it's my first thread here so first i'd like to say hello to everyone:)

i have pictures with links to other sites on my page. After each reloading script shows 5 random pics with links.
I have 3 tables with 5 pics on my so 15 pics is used at one time. i have a 45 pics in a txt file which can be teken by script.
My problem is that i have 2 or even 3 same pics after each reloading. what can i do to have no doubled pics?
the scripts looks like below:
<?
$ile = 5;
$file = file("pics.txt");
echo "<table width=\"600\"><tr>";
for($i=0;$i<$ile;$i++)
{
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$link = $file[array_rand($file)];
$sp = explode("||", $link);
if($sp[0]<>"")
{
echo "<td align=middle><a
href=\"".$sp[2]."\"><img src=\"".$sp[0]."\" border=3></a><br><font
style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma\">".$sp[1]."<br></font></td>";
}
}
echo "</tr></table>";
?>

Help me pls:)
doogi

Hm...
First thing.

If you have to put PHP code, put it between [ PHP ] and [/ PHP ] (without spaces) so it will be color coded! see my code below!


<?

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$ile = 5;
$file_names = file("pics.txt");
echo "<table width=\"600\"><tr>";

$picked_file = array_rand($file_names,5); //Ask it to pick 5 random entries!
foreach($picked_file as $file)
{
$link = $file_names[$file];
$sp = explode("||", $link);
if($sp[0]<>"")
{
echo "<td align=middle><a href=\"".$sp[2]."\"><img src=\"".$sp[0]."\" border=3></a><br>
<font style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma\">".$sp[1]."<br></font></td>";
}
}
echo "</tr></table>";

?>



See if the code solves your problem! :)

Regards,
JD

<?php

$ile = 5;
// I used this line to test it
// $file = array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0);
$file = file('pics.txt');

echo '<table width="600"><tr>';
echo "\n";

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$link = array_rand($file, $ile);

for($i=0; $i<$ile; $i++)
{
$sp = explode('||', $link[$i]);
if($sp[0] <> '')
{
echo '<td align=middle>';
echo "\n";

echo '<a href="'.$sp[2].'"><img src="'.$sp[0].'" border=3></a><br>';
echo "\n";

echo '<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma">'.$sp[1].'<br></font>';
echo "\n";

echo '</td>';
echo "\n";
}
}

echo '</tr></table>';
echo "\n";

?>

I think that should work. :)

Edit: Ah, phpkid already replied :D

Thanks for your support guys:)

Thanks for your support guys:)

phpkid - it works fine but only in one table /in one table i don't have doubled images with links anymore/ but still i have same pictures in second or third table from time to time /i mean that pics for example 1.jpg is never doubled in one table but can be again in others tables in the same time.

Cagez - i filled my page with your script but it looks that script takes nothing from txt file, <a href=""> - no link taken and <img src="11" border=3> - number taken but extension .jpg not.
sample below:
<table width="600"><tr>
<td align=middle>
<a href=""><img src="11" border=3></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma"><br></font>
</td>
<td align=middle>
<a href=""><img src="15" border=3></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma"><br></font>
</td>
<td align=middle>
<a href=""><img src="20" border=3></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma"><br></font>
</td>
<td align=middle>
<a href=""><img src="46" border=3></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma"><br></font>
</td>
<td align=middle>
<a href=""><img src="48" border=3></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma"><br></font>
</td>
</tr></table>

what to do now?:)
i hope that you understood what i mean, i'm asking beacuse sometimes i don't understand myself:)

regards
doogi

<?php

$ile = 3;
// I used this line to test it
// $file = array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0);
$file = file("pics.txt");

echo '<table width="600"><tr>';
echo "\n";

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$keys = array_rand($file, $ile);

for($i=0; $i<$ile; $i++)
{
$sp = explode('||', $file[$keys[$i]]);
if($sp[0] != '')
{
echo '<td align=middle>';
echo "\n";

echo '<a href="'.$sp[2].'"><img src="'.$sp[0].'" border=3></a><br>';
echo "\n";

echo '<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma">'.$sp[1].'<br></font>';
echo "\n";

echo '</td>';
echo "\n";
}
}

echo '</tr></table>';
echo "\n";

?>
Doh! I was using array_rand wrong ;) This should work now.

I would have a file called 'links.txt' that contains:
http://www.yoursite.com|/path/to/image.jpg|This is the alt info
http://www.yoursite.net|/path/to/image.jpg|This is the alt info

and a php file 'links.php' that contains this code:
<?php

$file = file_get_contents("./links.txt");
$line = split("\n", $file);

foreach ($line as $l) {
$text = split("\|", $l);
print "<a href=\"$text[0]\"><img alt=\"$text[2]\" src=\"$text[1]\" border=\"0\"></a>";
}

?>

Thats all you need, apart from a layout to include 'links.php' into.

No, that would get each image out of the file, he only wants 5, and to get them randomly.

same again:(
it shows pictures now but doubled again.
i'm not sure if i explained well what i mean, so again:

5 random pictures from pics.txt file

something else , other links and so on


5 random pictures from pics.txt file

something else , other links and so on

5 random pictures from pics.txt file

something else , other links and so on

that's like my page looks like and i want no picture doubled on a page

after every script i tried i always have some pictures doubled, not in one line but in one page
so i wonder if it's possible or only my wishes

doogi

So, for example, accross 3 pages you want random images on all of them without duplicated on any?

Hm, thats a little more difficult... You have to track which ones the user has seen and which s/he hasnt.

hmm everything what is more complicated then html is a difficult for me:)
if my idea isn't possible in php my second idea is to make pics1.txt, pics2.txt and pics3.txt and divide all pictures
but that way pictures from pics3.txt will never exist in a line one:(

btw i hava also exact same problem with llinks with descriptions which are among pictures


doogi

Greetingz...

I've gotten the following code to work...

Basically put it into showads.php and include('showads.php') where you need the pics to show.


<?php

// Check if already assigned
if (!isset($DoneImages))
{
$DoneImages = array();
}

$ile = 5;
$file = file("pics.txt");

echo '<table width="600"><tr>';
echo "\n";

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

for($i=0; $i<$ile; $i++)
{
// Pic Random Numbers that arn't in $DoneImages
do
{
$Pic = Rand(0, Count($file) - 1); // Had to add -1 so that there would always be $ile per row...
}while (in_array($Pic, $DoneImages));

// Add currently selected random pic to $DoneImage
$DoneImages[] = $Pic;

$sp = explode('||', $file[$Pic]);
if($sp[0] != '')
{
echo '<td align=middle>';
echo "\n";

echo '<a href="'.$sp[2].'"><img src="'.$sp[0].'" border=3></a><br>';
echo "\n";

echo '<font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma">'.$sp[1].'<br></font>';
echo "\n";

echo '</td>';
echo "\n";
}
}

echo '</tr></table>';
echo "\n";
?>


Hope this help....

I have some nicer code...

It randomly loads from the file, but only takes one entry once.

This is the file it reads from:
http://www.corephp.org|/links/corephp_01.png|Core PHP.org
http://www.yoursite.net|/links/corephp_02.png|Core PHP.org
http://www.yoursite.com|/links/corephp_03.png|Core PHP.org
http://www.yoursite.net|/links/corephp_04.png|Core PHP.org
http://www.yoursite.com|/links/corephp_05.png|Core PHP.org
http://www.yoursite.net|/links/corephp_06.png|Core PHP.org

and this is the code:
<?php

# Read the text file and split it into lines:
$file = file_get_contents("./links.txt");
$line = split("\n", $file);

# Init some vars:
$keys = array();

# Make a random list of numbers with
# no duplicates and display the info
# from the text file:
while (count($keys) <= 1) {
$rand = rand(0, count($line) - 1);
if (!in_array($rand, $keys)) {
# Add the key to the $key var:
$keys[] = $rand;

# Split the text, then display it:
$text = split("\|", $line[$rand]);
print "<a href=\"$text[0]\"><img alt=\"$text[2]\" src=\"$text[1]\" border=\"0\"></a><br />";
}
}

?>

Good luck, hope mine works for you.

thx guys for your big help:)

The Wolf-somehow it doesn;t work for me. It can be a problem with me because almost everyhing what i can do with php is copy paste:) but thx again


ChristGuy - thank you very much it's probably i've been looking for
, anyway it works , nothing doubled .
could you do same think with my links.txt?

<?
//start of the script
$ile = 25;
$file = file("links.txt");
for($i=0;$i<$ile;$i++)
{
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$link = $file[array_rand($file)];
$sp = explode("||", $link);
if($sp[0]<>"")
{
echo "".$sp[0]." <a href=\"".$sp[1]."\">".$sp[2]."</a><br>";
}
}
//end of the script
?>


btw.
i use notpad to write txt file but too much infos fot it.
can i use wordpad to create txt.
does lenght of txt file wit all links make a visible difference in loading of the page?

thx
doogi

Damn, ok. at least you got it working, the length of the txt file would make a small diff, but only very small...

Greetinz...

try the following..

<?
if (!isset($DoneImages))
{
$DoneImages = array();
}

//start of the script
$ile = 25;
$file = file("links.txt");

for($i=0;$i<$ile;$i++)
{
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);

do
{
$Pic = rand(0, Count($file) - 1);
} while (in_array($Pic, $DoneImages));

$DoneImage[] = $Pics;

$sp = explode("||", $file[$Pic]);

if($sp[0]<>"")
{
echo "".$sp[0]." <a href=\"".$sp[1]."\">".$sp[2]."</a><br>";
}
}
//end of the script
?>

it works:)
thank you very much again:)

best regards
doogi

Glad it worked....

About editing text files... you can use Wordpad... Just save as text..

BTW.. I use EditPad Lite http://www.editpadlite.com/

Kinda like notepad on steroids....