Mike Jones

iTrader: (1)

I have a quick question.
For the new layout I'm having a place with random pictures that come up every time a page is loaded. For the advertiser's I'd like to do this as well but when their logo is up I'd like a link to go to them. Right now here's what I'm doing for the random picture.
I made a file called advertise.php and put this in there:
[CODE]<?php
Header("Content-type: image/gif");
Header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$nr = rand(1, 8);
$fn = fopen("$nr.gif","r");
fpassthru($fn);
?> [/CODE]

Where the different logo's are 1.gif, 2.gif, etc... up to 8.gif

Then I call it up using:

[CODE]<img src="advertise.php"[/CODE]

So how would I make the link change with each picture?

Adric

Whenever I have coding questions I just type in what I need in google, and I usually find a page or form with what I need.

archemedes

if you can't get an answer off google, ask madmike at nastyz28, he wrote teh code for that board (well he modified the code) and they do just what you're wanting

meissen

Database it. Use mysql and have it pick a random row, then when it picks the random row, get the address and image ID from the row.

Mike Jones

iTrader: (1)

I only get like five databases to use and they're being used for things like the forum, chat, user's uploading their pictures, etc...

meissen

What's your point? Make the PHP script able to read the VB database, and then add a table to it for your advertisement links, and then however many rows you want there...

You might have to look at how VBulletin is written, but I know with like PHP Nuke, all the database-accessing functions are in "mainfile.php" so in my AIM Link Tracker script, I just had it include the mainfile.php at the top, and then I can use PHP Nuke's database commands.

Edit, don't know how firmiliar with PHP you are, but here's an example of my link tracker (which displays a table and part of it is someone's SN from the table added into a link)
In your case, it would just be something like...

meissen

If you need more help, lemme know... I'm no whiz at PHP, but if I don't know it I can always go on IRC and ask some people lol