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Posted by Fred Atkinson on 03/02/07 21:58
You are everything that is bad about USENET.
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:37:18 -0600, "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote:
>| To expand upon my needs ...
>
>hmmm...the need to google and rtfm?
>
>| main pages public_html
>|
>| subpages apple banana coconut
>|
>| sub-subpages aa bb cc dd ee ff gg
>|
>| Each of the aa-gg subdirectories will contain thumbnail .jpg
>| files. I'd like to be able to invoke the script quite a few times
>| within the same PHP page.
>|
>| Example:
>|
>| From the page in /banana, use <?php random_image $dir=aa> to
>| return a thumbnail that it randomly took from sub page /banana/aa. I
>| would invoke a thumbnail from another directory by changing aa to bb,
>| cc, dd, ee, ff, or gg.
>
>i call upon the almighty zeus, mythros, jesus christ, and budah. i summon
>your powers and invoke the thumbnail!
>
>how the fuck do you invoke a thumbnail?!!!
>
>anyway, that's a rediculous way to do it...but, ok.
>
>| So far, every script I've looked at I haven't quite been able
>| to make work.
>
>and the problem is the script? and you hope the script we give you will
>likewise, "not work"?
>
>| Though I have written a few PHP scripts, I am a PHP novice and
>| I need to 'keep it simple' so I can repeatedly use the script in the
>| page.
>
>look up the functions those scripts used. then go and do something
>remarkable...think. then find the manual. read it. 'fix' the script(s) you
>have and your problems are gone, AND you have learned something in the
>process.
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>| If the script is above the <html> tag and can be called from
>| within the actual page, that should work fine for my purposes.
>
>uh...you need to get a beginners book. just like javascript, you can execute
>php code anywhere you wish. unlike javascript, php will be processed on the
>server before the client ever gets it.
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>| Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>i'd mail you a manual, but it's already available online at php.net.
>
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