Posted by password on 11/11/06 16:30

"sTony" <rWorldDesigns@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> "password" <fatpipe@epiptaf.com> wrote in message
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> > <no@emails.thx> wrote in message
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> > > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:55:54 -0000, "password" <fatpipe@epiptaf.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >hello, i am using an automatic image rotator (php) which rotates
images
> > on
> > > >refresh or everytime a page is accessed and i was wondering if it is
> > > >possible to make the image change on a daily basis instead. ive been
> > hunting
> > > >the net but dont seem to be able to find a script that would do this.
> > >
> > > I did a similar thing recently with rotating headers. Instead of using
> > > a date/day we just settled on using the session, so that the header
> > > will remain stable for the life of the session - usually the time the
> > > browser is open - but not change when moving between pages.
> > >
> > > I just:
> > > * did session_start() at the top of the pages
> > > * set up MAXHEADERS as a define() constant for the maximum number of
> > > headers
> > > * uploaded 5 different files like header-?.jpg
> > > * then called this function to return me the name of the current
> > > header file:
> > >
> > > function header_rotate() {
> > > if (!isset($_SESSION['headername'])) {
> > > $_SESSION['headername']='header-'.rand(1,MAXHEADERS).'.jpg';
> > > }
> > > return $_SESSION['headername'];
> > > }
> > >
> > > Chris R.
> >
> > thanks for that, i know how to do sessions but sadly they, in this case,
> are
> > of no use because i have a site for a writer/poet who wants to have a
new
> > poem for every day and he wants the poem to be a scanned image rather
than
> > words.
> >
> >
> Just out of curiosity, why use php for something as simple as image
> rotation? Why not just use Javascript, or do you expect that Javascript
will
> not be available? Just wondering. Either way, just check the date and use
> it as a control to select which image to display. Another option would be
to
> add a cookie which expires in a day, and just store the imagepath in the
coo
> kie. If the cookie exists, show that image, otherwise, make a new cookie
> and store that image. There are lots of options, but really, it's rather
> stupid to be scanning words to begin with, since most people seem to have
an
> attention span of less than four seconds, especially when online, it's
> always best for a page to be as fast as possible, and I expect your poet
> friend will lose visitors if he continues on insisting to use scanned
poems,
> rather than just words. People online aren't known for their patients.
>
> Keep Coding,
>
hehe i know but he wants a scanned image so he can mess with it.
i dont really want to use javascript because not everyone has it turned on.
i just imagined (in my ignorance) that php was the only other viable way to
go. thanks again.

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