Posted by Paul Herber on 10/01/07 19:00

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:47:54 +0100, Krustov <me@privacy.net> wrote:

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>> I would like to pull a random or alphabetical result on the home page
>> of a site and leave that same result on there for one week. The
>> closest example I have found online is Random Quote Version 3.1 which
>> pulls from a text file rather than the database. I cannot mod it to
>> pull from my db and also it relies on cookies, so I would assume it
>> would pull a different random item for each computer and then keep
>> that item on the page for whatever time you specify (?). I am working
>> with dealers and would like to automatically feature a different
>> dealer every week without having to go into the db and choose which
>> one to feature.
>>
>
><?php
>
>$temp=time()+604800;
>
># the above is TIME NOW plus one week
>
># save $temp to database or flat file
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>?>
>
><?php
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># grab $temp from database or flat file
>
>$rambo=time();
>
>if ($rambo>$temp) {print "One week has passed - select another dealer";}
>
>?>

Whatever you do, do not follow Krusty's variable naming style.


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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.sandrila.co.uk/

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