Randomised Ads

[AbyssalLord]

Very true.  I just editted my random ad system to work with my database, and I started that with 1 because, the way it's programmed, starting it with zero can produce an error.  So, there are some cases where starting at another number is ok, but in most cases you should stick with 0.

 

[Ellie]

Wow, can't believe I missed that post. That's even better, and way simpler to edit, thanks

 

[AbyssalLord]

No problem...would you like a database system to go with it?  hehe... 

 

[Ceroscuro]

...Simpler than AbyssalLord's (I just modified it, so credit goes to him/her)

<?php
//The multidimentional array containing all of the ad info - this is the only place you edit
$ads = array(   
//               Image Source        Hyperlink Destination          Alt Text
0 => array('images/ad1.png', 'http://www.yoursite.com', 'My Awesome Site'),
1 => array('images/ad2.png', 'http://www.anothersite.net', 'Another Site') //...so on, so forth
);

//-------------------There's no need to edit anything beneath this point------------------------

//select a random ad from the array
$select = rand(1, count($ads) + 1);

//display the selected ad
echo '<a href="'.$ads[$select][1].'"><img src="'.$ads[$select][0].'" alt="'.$ads[$select][2].'" /></a>';

?>

 

[___]

Ah that's the beauty of open source, there's always a way to make it better and always someone who knows how to do it :D

 

[AbyssalLord]

Sweet...now let's see who comes up with the NEXT, EVEN BETTER version!  XD  (is there one?)

 

[Ceroscuro]

I don't think there would be one.  You could make it have less code, but then it would be more confusing to manage. 

 

[AbyssalLord]

Yeah, and the whole reason I wrote the code in the first place was to make it simpler to use...hehe