i've used php to rotate banners on this site -->> http://www.bmspresents.com/bms_try/index.html

i got it from here -->> http://www.automaticlabs.com/

and i'm now trying to get the same php [but adjusted] to rotate blurbs at the bottom on each page. only i cannot figure it out.

the php has been saved in the same folders as the blurbs
the blurbs are individual html files
it's linked the same as i've linked the banners which is <img src="http://www.bmspresents.com/blurbs/rotator.php" />

below are the bits in the php. i've changed pieces to reflect font colour and paragraph size [hope i'm right about the size]

ps: i am not a programmer [css is about as far as i've been able to reach], so if you start talking in programmer speak, i'll not understand it :-D

:::::

*/

    $extList = array();
    $extList['html'] = 'text/html';
    $extList['gif'] = 'image/gif';
    $extList['jpg'] = 'image/jpeg';
    $extList['jpeg'] = 'image/jpeg';
    $extList['png'] = 'image/png';


// You don't need to edit anything after this point.


// --------------------- END CONFIGURATION -----------------------

$img = null;

if (substr($folder,-1) != '/') {
    $folder = $folder.'/';
}

if (isset($_GET['img'])) {
    $imageInfo = pathinfo($_GET['img']);
    if (
        isset( $extList[ strtolower( $imageInfo['extension'] ) ] ) &&
        file_exists( $folder.$imageInfo['basename'] )
    ) {
        $img = $folder.$imageInfo['basename'];
    }
} else {
    $fileList = array();
    $handle = opendir($folder);
    while ( false !== ( $file = readdir($handle) ) ) {
        $file_info = pathinfo($file);
        if (
            isset( $extList[ strtolower( $file_info['extension'] ) ] )
        ) {
            $fileList[] = $file;
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);

    if (count($fileList) > 0) {
        $imageNumber = time() % count($fileList);
        $img = $folder.$fileList[$imageNumber];
    }
}

if ($img!=null) {
    $imageInfo = pathinfo($img);
    $contentType = 'Content-type: '.$extList[ $imageInfo['extension'] ];
    header ($contentType);
    readfile($img);
} else {
    if ( function_exists('imagecreate') ) {
        header ("Content-type: image/png");
        $im = @imagecreate (375, 100)
            or die ("Cannot initialize new GD image stream");
        $background_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
        $text_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 55,63,71);
        imagestring ($im, 2, 5, 5, "IMAGE ERROR", $text_color);
        imagepng ($im);
        imagedestroy($im);
    }
}

?>

Whats the problem? Are you getting an error message?

Might be because you havn't enabled GD in ur php.ini

uncomment the line which has php_gd2.dll

Many shoes,

Jamez/SiliconFuRy

<<Whats the problem? Are you getting an error message?

no error message. just nothing at all. if you look at the url, there's just a question mark where the blurb should be -->> http://www.bmspresents.com/bms_try/index.html

<<Might be because you havn't enabled GD in ur php.ini
uncomment the line which has php_gd2.dll

i don't have a clue what this means. as i mentioned before, i'm not a programmer.

cat

Are you admin of the server? If so, then you need to edit php.ini to enable pph_gd2.dll.

If not, and you have leased the hosting from some company, find out if they can give you access to the php.ini, or ask them if they can enable the GD image library.

Many shoes,

Jamez/SiliconFuRy

i'll send what you've written to my host people.

i'm just wondering why it won't work for rotating text, when almost the exact php worked like a charm for rotating the banners. [just drop and go]

in the directions it says it's a piece of cake to do for a designer. no need for intervention.

thanks, cat

Ah, ive just found you're problem.

In your HTML you have done a IMG SRC to a page that loads text(that script is returning text, if you load http://www.bmspresents.com/blurbs/rotator.php directly, you get text). IMG SRC only loads files with MAPI extension of type Image.

In english, that menas that you can only load pictures with IMG SRC.

There are simpler ways in PHP to create a random text banner, if you want to know how to do this, lemme know.

Many shoes,

Jamez/SiliconFuRy

I had a spare 10mins at work this morning :D

Heres the PHP code for rotating text...

<?php

$linesfile = "lines.txt";

$lines = file_get_contents($linesfile);

$quotes = explode("\n", $lines);
$rand = rand(1,count($quotes))-1;
$quote = $quotes[$rand];
echo $quote;

?>

Have a lines.txt available in the same Directory, with each quote on a seperate line, and make sure theres no empty line on the last line.

instead of ur <IMG> tag, use this...

<iframe src="tmp/bannertest.php" frameborder=0 scrolling=0 width=100%></iframe>

obviously, change the SRC value to the rotating text script.



Many shoes,

Jamez/SiliconFuRy