Php Help please

[bridlodian]

Hi,

I am trying to do a simple page which will display a different Javascript Jigsaw every day. The code i have been using is the following. :-

 

<?php

// create an array with the files you wish to use in

$dirarray[1] = "day1.html";

$dirarray[2] = "day2.html";

$dirarray[3] = "day3.html";

$dirarray[4] = "day4.html";

$dirarray[5] = "day5.html";

$dirarray[6] = "day6.html";

$dirarray[7] = "day7.html";

$dirarray[8] = "day8.html";

$dirarray[9] = "day9.html";

$dirarray[10] = "day10.html";

$dirarray[11] = "day11.html";

$dirarray[12] = "day12.html";

$dirarray[13] = "day13.html";

$dirarray[14] = "day14.html";

$dirarray[15] = "day15.html";

$dirarray[16] = "day16.html";

$dirarray[17] = "day17.html";

$dirarray[18] = "day18.html";

$dirarray[19] = "day19.html";

$dirarray[20] = "day20.html";

$dirarray[21] = "day21.html";

$dirarray[22] = "day22.html";

$dirarray[23] = "day23.html";

$dirarray[24] = "day24.html";

$dirarray[25] = "day25.html";

$dirarray[26] = "day26.html";

$dirarray[27] = "day27.html";

$dirarray[28] = "day28.html";

$dirarray[29] = "day29.html";

$dirarray[30] = "day30.html";

$dirarray[31] = "day31.html";

 

// copy the element in the array corresponding to today's date

if (!copy($dirarray[date], "../index.html")) {

  echo "failed to copy...\n";

}

?>

 

 

 

The effect iam after is the Jigsaw will appear on the page...ie 1sr December will be a partridge as in 1st day of christmas, then the 2nd december will be Jigsaw of 2 turtle doves etc etc. I have the script to install for the jigsaws and have the html pages dated from day1.html to day31.html as listed in the code above, but no idea where to put the code above so that is will display the day1.html on the 1st and day2.html on the 2nd etc. I have them in a directory called advent with 2 folders one named index.html (which is a blank page) and the file with the above code i have in advent.php, but also tried it at index.php Hope i am making sense, I am a complete novice when it comes to php, and have been trying to make this script work for the last 9 hours. So if anyone can please help me i would be very greatful

 

Many thanks

 

Mic

[felixtgomezjr]

maybe you can just redirect it after checking the date? like this

 

//your arrays here

//get the date
$datenow = date("d");
$index = "day".$datenow.".html";
header('Location:'.$index);

[jamesm6162]

@bridlodian

 

Your above code needs to be requested by someone before it will actually work. The server either serves an index.html or an index.php, but not both. Any dynamic code must be placed in a php file, which means your index.html will never be reached anyway.

Do what the previous post said, redirect by placing that code in your index.php.

Alternatively just include the correct page in your index.php, depending on the date.