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Donners · 06-08-2005, 06:35 PM

I have this simple php script..

Code:

<?
   $quoteFile = "quotes.txt";  //File holding qoutes

   $fp = fopen($quoteFile, "r");   //Opens file for read
   $content = fread($fp, filesize($quoteFile));
   $quotes = explode("\n",$content);   //Put quotes into array
   fclose($fp);   //Close the file

   srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  // randomize
   $index = (rand(1, sizeof($quotes)) - 1); //Pick random qoute

   echo $quotes[$index]; //Print quote to screen

?>

But it only displays ONE qoute, I want it to display any number of qoutes of my choice. How can I do this?

Ice · 06-08-2005, 06:38 PM

are all your quotes saved in the quotes.txt file and is that file in the same directory as the random quote file?

Donners · 06-08-2005, 06:42 PM

Yes, and it has one qoute per line.

Ice · 06-08-2005, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donners

Yes, and it has one qoute per line.

hmmm I just set it up on my server and it works fine....

below is the code I used and an example of the quotes.txt file...

index.php

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>

<body>

<?
$quoteFile = "quotes.txt"; //File holding qoutes

$fp = fopen($quoteFile, "r"); //Opens file for read
$content = fread($fp, filesize($quoteFile));
$quotes = explode("\n",$content); //Put quotes into array
fclose($fp); //Close the file

srand((double)microtime()*1000000); // randomize
$index = (rand(1, sizeof($quotes)) - 1); //Pick random qoute

echo $quotes[$index]; //Print quote to screen
?>

</body>
</html>

quotes.txt

lick my balls
eat my ass
I like paste

link to working example of above...

http://www.pornfinders.com/quote/index.php

Donners · 06-08-2005, 06:50 PM

It works for me too. Maybe my question wasn't clear but I want to be able to show more then one qoute.

Instead of getting

"lick my balls"

I want to get

"lick my balls"
"eat my ass"

Or all three qoute if i want to. Any way of specificing how many qoutes it shows?

Rice_Master · 06-08-2005, 06:53 PM

Code:

<?
   $howmany = 3; // The number of quotes to display.
   $quoteFile = "quotes.txt";  //File holding qoutes

   $fp = fopen($quoteFile, "r");   //Opens file for read
   $content = fread($fp, filesize($quoteFile));
   $quotes = explode("\n",$content);   //Put quotes into array
   fclose($fp);   //Close the file

   For ($i = 0; $i < $howmany; $i++) {
 
   srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  // randomize
   $index = (rand(1, sizeof($quotes)) - 1); //Pick random qoute

   echo $quotes[$index] . "<br>"; //Print quote to screen

   }

?>

That'll work.

Rice_Master · 06-08-2005, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice_Master

Code:

<?
   $howmany = 3; // The number of quotes to display.
   $quoteFile = "quotes.txt";  //File holding qoutes

   $fp = fopen($quoteFile, "r");   //Opens file for read
   $content = fread($fp, filesize($quoteFile));
   $quotes = explode("\n",$content);   //Put quotes into array
   fclose($fp);   //Close the file

   For ($i = 0; $i < $howmany; $i++) {
 
   srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  // randomize
   $index = (rand(1, sizeof($quotes)) - 1); //Pick random qoute

   echo $quotes[$index] . "<br>"; //Print quote to screen

   }

?>

That'll work.

There's a chance of getting the same quote twice with that code though.

Donners · 06-08-2005, 06:57 PM

Many thanks!
Works perfectly!
Should have gone here directly, would have saved me a few hours of googling without any results.
Thanks again, you saved my day

swedguy · 06-08-2005, 07:15 PM

Or a shorter version....

Code:

<?
$howmany = 3;
$quoteFile = "quotes.txt";
$quotesArr = file($quoteFile);
$quotes = array_rand($quotesArr, $howmany);
print join("<br>", $quotes);
?>

Donners · 06-08-2005, 07:30 PM

That only shows a bunch of numbers..

swedguy · 06-08-2005, 07:41 PM

Oops. Fast and wrong ;)
I forgot that it returned the keys and not the values. This one works:

Code:

<?
$howmany = 3;
$quoteFile = "in.log";
$quotesArr = file($quoteFile);
$keys = array_rand($quotesArr, $howmany);
foreach ($keys as $key)
	print $quotesArr[$key]."<br>";
?>

06-08-2005, 06:38 PM	#2
Ice Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny California Posts: 26,053	are all your quotes saved in the quotes.txt file and is that file in the same directory as the random quote file? __________________ icq 1904905

06-08-2005, 07:15 PM	#9
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	Or a shorter version.... Code: <? $howmany = 3; $quoteFile = "quotes.txt"; $quotesArr = file($quoteFile); $quotes = array_rand($quotesArr, $howmany); print join("<br>", $quotes); ?>

06-08-2005, 07:41 PM	#11
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	Oops. Fast and wrong ;) I forgot that it returned the keys and not the values. This one works: Code: <? $howmany = 3; $quoteFile = "in.log"; $quotesArr = file($quoteFile); $keys = array_rand($quotesArr, $howmany); foreach ($keys as $key) print $quotesArr[$key]."<br>"; ?>

06-08-2005, 06:42 PM	#3
Donners Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	Yes, and it has one qoute per line.

06-08-2005, 06:50 PM	#5
Donners Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	It works for me too. Maybe my question wasn't clear but I want to be able to show more then one qoute. Instead of getting "lick my balls" I want to get "lick my balls" "eat my ass" Or all three qoute if i want to. Any way of specificing how many qoutes it shows?

06-08-2005, 06:57 PM	#8
Donners Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	Many thanks! Works perfectly! Should have gone here directly, would have saved me a few hours of googling without any results. Thanks again, you saved my day

06-08-2005, 07:30 PM	#10
Donners Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	That only shows a bunch of numbers..