Noob needs help for a simple script

[MichaelJS]

Hi all!

 

My programming skills are very limited so i'm here looking for help! I need a simple script that will pick a random image and link from a directory every X seconds. I've done the 1st part, but its updating everytime a user refreshes his browser and i don't want that! I want the script to randomly pick a new picture every hour.

 

This is what i have right now:

 

<?php

$fcontents = join ('', file ('banners.txt'));

 

$s_con = split("~",$fcontents);

 

$banner_no = (rand()%(count($s_con)-1));

 

echo $s_con[$banner_no];

?>

 

 

Please give some hints.

Thank you

[btherl]

You'll need to remember the image somehow.  Do you want a random image per user per hour?  If so, use sessions to remember the image.  If you want a random image to be the same for all users for an hour, you will need to store the selected image elsewhere, perhaps in a file or a database.

[MichaelJS]

You'll need to remember the image somehow.  Do you want a random image per user per hour?  If so, use sessions to remember the image.  If you want a random image to be the same for all users for an hour, you will need to store the selected image elsewhere, perhaps in a file or a database.

 

Yes, all users should see the same picture, and that picture changes randomly every hour, i don't wish to use databases! is there a simple way to do that?