RE: [PHP] Am I dreaming or what :)

John Taylor-Johnston <mailto:taylorjo@collegesherbrooke.qc.ca>
on Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:57 PM said:

> But how do i get $files ?

What do you mean "get $files"?

This line right here:

>> $files = split("\n",`ls *gif`);

"get"'s $files.

Try print_r($files); and see what happens.


Chris.


> thanks :)
> John
>
> Raditha Dissanayake wrote:
>
>> this is in fact pretty easy.
>> this should get you started
>>
>>

>>     $files  = split("\n",`ls *gif`);
>>     srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
>> 
>>     $num = rand(0, count($files));
>>     echo "$num = $files[$num]";
>>

>>
>> John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
>>> I have a directory jammed-packed with images.
>>> I want to read the directory contents /www/usr/htm/images/
>>> and display randomly any *.gif or *.jpg in said directory.
>>> Do-able? Seriously? Ideas? Places to start?
>
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