John Taylor-Johnston <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:57 PM said:
> But how do i get $files ?
What do you mean "get $files"?
This line right here:
>> $files = split("\n",`ls *gif`);
"get"'s $files.
Try print_r($files); and see what happens.
Chris.
> thanks :)
> John
>
> Raditha Dissanayake wrote:
>
>> this is in fact pretty easy.
>> this should get you started
>>
>> [code]
>> $files = split("\n",`ls *gif`);
>> srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
>>
>> $num = rand(0, count($files));
>> echo "$num = $files[$num]";
>> [/code]
>>
>> John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
>>> I have a directory jammed-packed with images.
>>> I want to read the directory contents /www/usr/htm/images/
>>> and display randomly any *.gif or *.jpg in said directory.
>>> Do-able? Seriously? Ideas? Places to start?
>
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> John Taylor-Johnston
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