Randomly Generating a Joke

[evilgenius]

Hi,

 

What I want is that in the jokes section of site, I want a jokes to appear daily (today's Joke)

 

Whats the best way to do that.

 

Would it be better if there is a link to Today's Joke & it pops up after clicking it, or its better that it takes you to the

jokes page and displays it there.?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

EG

[per1os]

Whichever you prefer, I would say either the pop-up or it being displayed on the first window with a link to "more jokes" would be best, but this is not really a coding question is it?

[DeathStar]

<?php
session_start();
$number = rand(1,5);

if ($numb = 1){
echo "First Joke";}

elseif ($numb = 2){
echo "Second Joke";}

elseif ($numb = 3){
echo "Third Joke";}


elseif ($numb = 4){
echo "Fourth Joke";}

elseif ($numb = 5){
echo "Fith Joke";}

?>

 

 

 

 

 

[evilgenius]

Errr...is it possible to have a file with jokes, say 100 in it.

and then have the jokes generated from it, new one each day?? ???

[DeathStar]

It is posible, and also with a database.

Don't know how to do it with the file though.

[flappy_warbucks]

Errr...is it possible to have a file with jokes, say 100 in it.

and then have the jokes generated from it, new one each day?? ???

 

what i would do is make a fuile called jokes.txt and then use the fopen method to read the file line by line, that would then be loaded into an array that would have a random calling depending on the amount of jokes in the array i.e. rand(0,$jokes_in_array).

 

that way yu can easly add more jokes, and they will always be random

 

the more you have the more random it will be!

[DeathStar]

Mind if I use that idea XD

Good Idea..

[per1os]

Didn't I learn that like the second day of programming? =)

[Steppio]

The first step i ever took in the php world was this exact problem:

 

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php-amp-mysql-1-installation/1

 

that book should tell you how to do it with a database if you want, or i have alot of documentation on the fopen method, or failing that read about it at www.php.net. Good luck!

[DeathStar]

See there is the people who knows php beter than me and then there are people that does'nt know that things