PHP newbie

[kpcrump]

i am building a script for my WS but i'm not real sure how to use it. i am very new to PHP, my buddy has helped me out but i've learned more here. The PHP script if a if / else script, it is supposed to replace the flash banner i created @ the top of my pages. I created 6 gallery pages and 6 flash banners but i don't know exactly how to place. Everytime i place it it doesnt work, what am i doing wrong?

Many thanks

Both the scrip and page are attached.

[djr33]

You just want a random banner? Is that it?
That script is incredibly complex... there are much better/easier ways of going about it.

[kpcrump]

i guess u could call it a random banner but it actually is specific to the page. eg: bedroom page, bedroom banner and so on. Actually when the site was developed the pages were written in PHP but wasnt flexable enough, so it was tied to a SQL dB to make everything work right. Any suggestions?

[jonnyynnoj]

So you want to change the banner depending on what page your on? If so you could make your links like http://yoursite.com/index.php?page=bedroom

Then your code would be like:

if ($_GET['page']=='home' or $_GET['page']==''){ //default page
echo "<img src="banner.jpg" />"; //default banner
}
elseif ($_GET['page']=='bedroom'){ //on the bedrom page, so show bedroom banner
echo "<img src="bedroom.jpg" />";
}
else{ //if the link is just http://yoursite.com/index.php
echo "<img src="banner.jpg" />";
} 

[Steganos]

Well...
You can just call your bannersthe same name as the page and just echo them. IE: I have a page in the format of www.domain.com/index.php?page=home.php. In this case, the home banner will be home.gif:

<?php
$page=$_GET[page]; 
$banner=explode(".", $page);
echo("<img src=\"path/to/$banner[0].gif\" alt=\"\" />");
?>

[kpcrump]

Trying both examples, wish me luck but if understand the 2nd one correctly i am breaking the string in to an array with the explode function correct? but when the server reads it, it might get confused because I am calling .swx files as well.

[mburt]

$banners = array("banner1.gif","banner2.png","etc.");
$random = rand(0,count($banners));
echo "<img src=\"" . $banners[$random] . "\" alt=\"Banner " . $random . "\">";

Not tested

[kpcrump]

Trying the last but it looks to me that the code is to assign random banners? rather than a very specific one. Notice that the very same banner (swx file) plays on both pages, when in fact each page has it's own .swx file. My problem is i don't know exactly where to implement the code on the given page to make it work correctly, no matter which example i've tried. i have tried to clear my head and just think PHP but that doenst seem to work.

Here are the pages in question :

http://www.kwcabinets.com/gallery.php?gal=Kitchen

http://www.kwcabinets.com/gallery.php?gal=Media%20Room

[thetestingsite]

Try the following attached file, and see if this is what you mean. First, look at the code and you will see what you need to edit.

Hope this helps.

Attachment 734

Note: All I did was edit your original code above.

[kpcrump]

Now, that's what i think i was after, when i tried to write it. Still won't work due to the big fat parse error, an unexpected T_string. Thanks, i'll keep chugging along.........