Quote of the day in banner

[Zer0Cam]

Hey, I was wondering on how would I code a Quote of the day in the banner?

Everytime someone refreshes it displays a quote of the day

[StormTheGates]

Sure easily. Is it going to be placed over an image or just the text?

[Zer0Cam]

Yes it sure is

[StormTheGates]

Ok then here is the code for the saying:

 

$quotes = array("Saying1", "Saying2", "Saying3", "Saying4");
$rand = rand(0,3);
$say = $quotes[$rand];

 

Then you should do something like this I guess for the image:

 

<tr>
<td style="background:url(http://www.yoursite.com/banner1.jpg)"><?php echo "$say"; ?></td>
</tr>

[Zer0Cam]

And just how would I do this you gotta help me when it comes to these things were do I put this code etc...

[StormTheGates]

Hmmmmmmmm ok. Well here is what a sample page would look like:

 

<?php

$quotes = array("Saying1", "Saying2", "Saying3", "Saying4");
$rand = rand(0,3);
$say = $quotes[$rand];

?>

<table border=1>
<tr>
<td style="background:url(http://www.yoursite.com/banner1.jpg)"><?php echo "$say"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hey all, this is some text from my website!</td>
</tr>
</table>

[Zer0Cam]

Lets say I wanted to put this on the top of my SMF forum? ^^ up there would I put this in the index.template.php

[StormTheGates]

I dont know the SMF forum structure. Just find whatever file has the code for the banner in it and then put that at the top.

[eZe616]

Lets say I wanted to put this on the top of my SMF forum? ^^ up there would I put this in the index.template.php

 

Look where the banner is placed. if it's between a <td></td> then do what he did ^^ . be sure to add a width and height with the banner atrributes so the banner displays fully though.

[Zer0Cam]

I am still confused, lol

[eZe616]

Look inside your index.template.php where the Banner is placed.

 

lets say:

 

<table width="780" height="6oo">
<tr>
<td><img src="bannerurl.jpg"></td>
</tr>
</table>

 

instead of the

 

<td><img src="bannerurl.jpg"></td>

 

you replace it with

<td style="background:url(http://www.yoursite.com/banner1.jpg);width: 780px;height: ??px;"><?php echo "$say"; ?></td>

 

and for height and width, put the values of the width and height of the banner

[Zer0Cam]

I got it thanks, Some geek helped me with it I appreciate your help

[StormTheGates]

Press the solved button then so we can all feel shiny

 

We are also nerds, not geeks by the way.

[Zer0Cam]

I was refering to my friend LOL, its an inside joke but Ok I got it to work but maybe you can help me with one more thing how would  I call it from a file? So I can put alot of quotes in instead of flooding my index.template file with quotes

[StormTheGates]

Reading from the file could be harder than putting it in a database and grabbing a random one from the db. Do you really want me to type out how to call from a file? Ill do it if you want to go that route, just saying calling from the db might be easier.

[eZe616]

LoL...yeah, I would do the DB also, only because I don't know how to do it with a file.  . Also the db is easier to do also.

[Zer0Cam]

Well a file would be more easy for me , So I can just upload it everytime I update it as I dont have database access at the moment

[StormTheGates]

Fair enough. Make a file called liked quotes.txt and put every quote on an INDIVIDUAL LINE! Thats very important. The code I am going to give you will read 1 line at a time from the file. Replace the stuff at the top with this:

 

$quotes = array();
$file = "quotes.txt";
$fh = fopen($file, 'r');
$i = 0;
while(! feof($file)) {
  array_push($quotes, gets($file));
  $i++;
}

fclose($fh);

$rand = rand(0,$i);
$say = $quotes[$rand];

 

No promises, but that should work.

[eZe616]

StormTheGates.I'm just asking out of curiosity. Is it possible to wrap the quotes into a tag and get them individually instead of a quote on every line?, like a xml file works with the child nodes??

[StormTheGates]

I dont believe there is a native PHP function for that. However I do think it would be possible with some nasty code.

[eZe616]

How about just using a xml file with nodes, and extract those with php??or i'm a asking the same question twice.. ???

[StormTheGates]

I am not sure to be honest. I never use files for anything if I am honest with you. I just use my database and its faster and safer.

[eZe616]

Allright...Just a question I thought might be interesting...DB for me 2..lol

[StormTheGates]

And its now 2:15 am for me. So its drinking time for me. Night all.

[eZe616]

later