best very simple php banner rotator?

**Lycanthrope** · 05-09-2007, 10:00 AM

ad.php:

<?php
$ads = file('ads.txt');
echo $ads[array_rand($ads)];
?>

ads.txt would contain your iframe / banner html. One entry per line, no blank lines.

ie:

<iframe src="http://www.domain.com/iframe_1.html"...></iframe>
<iframe src="http://www.domain.com/iframe_2.html"...></iframe>

etc.

Then just include it <?php include("ad.php"); ?> where you want it.

**gleem** · 05-09-2007, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by Lycanthrope

ad.php:

<?php
$ads = file('ads.txt');
echo $ads[array_rand($ads)];
?>

ads.txt would contain your iframe / banner html. One entry per line, no blank lines.

ie:

<iframe src="http://www.domain.com/iframe_1.html"...></iframe>
<iframe src="http://www.domain.com/iframe_2.html"...></iframe>

etc.

Then just include it <?php include("ad.php"); ?> where you want it.

ahh, sweet, it's that simple huh?

How often would it show each banner? An equal amount of times? Is there a simple way to assign % show weights to each?

**Lycanthrope** · 05-09-2007, 10:15 AM

That would just be completely random, no weighting. I'm not much of a programmer. Ok, I suck... but if you place an ad twice in your list, it would theoretically be twice as likely to be displayed :P

**gleem** · 05-09-2007, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by Lycanthrope

That would just be completely random, no weighting. I'm not much of a programmer. Ok, I suck... but if you place an ad twice in your list, it would theoretically be twice as likely to be displayed :P

Actually turns out the way the idiots that created my CMS did it, it won't parse a php include... guess I'm gonna have to try javascript instead..

I'll try your deal on my Wordpress site, shoudl work

**k0nr4d** · 05-09-2007, 11:40 AM

try this
<?
$array = array("http://www.domain.com/iframe_1.html","http://www.domain.com/iframe_2.html");
shuffle($array);
echo "<iframe src='$array[0]'></iframe>";
?>

best very simple php banner rotator?

best very simple php banner rotator?

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