Generating statistics from array output

[keegan90]

Hi there, first post so hope it goes well

 

Im trying to generate statistics on which quote will be displayed each time i refresh the page.

 

I've stored 10 famous quotes in the $famous_quotes array but have no idea on how to find out which 1 has been selected and then to generate the stats for that quote (if its even possible!!!)

 

Have been stuck on this problem for 4 days now!! So any help would be appreciated.

 

This is the code used for storing and randomising my quotes.

 

 

<?php

$famous_quotes=array("Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein", 

"If music be the food of love, play on - Shakespeare", 

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right - Isaac Asimov",

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal - Henry Ford",

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it - Yogi Berra",

"We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion - Hegel",

"The life which is unexamined is not worth living - Socrates",

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - M.K. Gandhi",

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals - Zig Ziglar",

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Sir Winston Churchill");

 

print_r($famous_quotes);

 

 

$random = rand(0, 9); 

 

 

echo $famous_quotes[$random];

 

?>

 

 

Have tried things like

 

<?php

if ($random = 1)

{

    $a = 0;

    $a++;

}

if ($random = 2)

{

$b = 0;

$b++;

}

  ?>

to try store which quote its printing out and then create stats using $a for first quote, $b for second etc etc...

 

But nothing works!!!

 

[ldb358]

your condition should look like this:

if ($random == 0)
{
    $a = 0;
    $a++;
} 

[kenrbnsn]

You really should be using a database here. If you don't you have no way of storing the number times a particular quote has been used.

 

Ken

[keegan90]

Thanks ldb358, that extra equals sign was what made it possible. And thanks for your advice kenrbnsn, i did use sessions in the end. it all works perfectly now