Re: Help with CSS Page Layout

Thank you for your suggestions. I like the look of both of those programs.
There is a substantial price difference between them. Is this truly an
advantage over my Flash based program? I wonder if there isn't a better way
for me to do the Flash than what I've done (I'm likely not using the css
correctly for it!)

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:44:55 +0000, Malcolm N_ <malcom (AT) mgnixon (DOT) org.uk>
wrote:

So I have got a PHP random selector of an array of about 30 images
that display - and refresh if one hits the F5 key or refresh.

Here's my humble contribution to the topic. Note that it will read a
specified directory and display a random image from that directory, so
if you want to add an image, all you need do is upload it. However, it
may not work on a Windows server running IIS because it relies on
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. Other than that, just change the $imgdir line
to point to the directory you want to read. It defaults to read all
..jpg, .gif, and .png files. If you want to change that, the line below
the $imgdir line sets the types.

<?php
// root relative path where the images are stored
$imgdir = '/images/demo';

$types = array('.jpg','.gif','.png');

$imgpath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$imgdir;
if($dp = @opendir($imgpath)){
$files = array();
$exp = '\\'.join('$|\\',$types).'$';
while (($file = readdir($dp)) !== false){
if (preg_match("/$exp/",$file))
$files[] = $file;
}
srand ((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$img = $files[array_rand($files)];
$img_sz = getimagesize("$imgpath/$img");
print "<img src=\"$imgdir/$img\" $img_sz[3]>\n";
}
?>

Gary