PHP timer question please.

[Rianna]

Hello, I prefer using php but someone said you can't rotate ads on a timer using php, you have to use javascript, is that true?

Thank you very much!

[onlyican]

PHP is server side, so Nothing will happen to ur site without a reload
You will need to use Client Side Scripting (Javascript for example)

[Rianna]

Is javascript the only option, will any other scripts that you know of do it as well? Trying to avoid javascript for a few reasons. Thanks.

[HuggieBear]

Surely rotating ads on a timer is a bad idea.

If I go to a page with a banner at the top and I scroll down to read that page, it's going to make no sense if that banner changes to something else after five minutes, as I won't be able to see it.

I think you'd be better coding the server-side to deal with which banner's are shown when, and just have the front-end display them.  It means not having to use JavaScript and probably better control over what's seen where and when.

There's some examples of such [url=http://www.phpclub.net/?m=app&s=62]here[/url] that maybe able to give you a few ideas.

Regards
Rich

[onlyican]

What I would do on the advertisments, is have each add, with a id Number
then using the rand() function, randomly select a number every page load
then every time the page loads, a random add is shown to the user

[Rianna]

OK, I get what you mean, I should have also said text. If I want the text to change, I have some odd things going on, on my pages so I will need it. What about it? Javascript the only good second, minute, and even hour timers? Thanks much for the thinking outside the box, anyway as you both do. ;) Its appreciated.