PHP - Random Links

[\(a\)]

Hi

I'm wondering if someone might be able to provide me with a few lines of
code to complete the following task in PHP.

I have three text files (a.txt, b.txt, c.txt), each containing text.

The script would randomly take a line of text from each file, merge them to
make a phrase and hyperlink it to a url with dashes between the words. The
output from the script would be vertical. Each time the script runs, the
output would be different.

The script would have a variable x that could be set to say how many lines
of output there would be.

Thanks for the help and I have an example below to clarify.

*************** ***

Contents of a.txt

this
that
what

Contents of b.txt

will be
was
is

Contents of c.txt

good
bad
funny

*************** ****

In the php script, x=5

An example of the output of the script which is vertical consists of 5
hyperlinks.

<a href="http://www.url.com/what-will-be-funny.shtml">wh at will be funny</a>
<a href="http://www.url.com/this-is-good.shtml">thi s is good</a>
<a href="http://www.url.com/that-is-bad.shtml">that is bad</a>
<a href="http://www.url.com/what-was-funny.shtml">wh at was funny</a>
<a href="http://www.url.com/that-will-be-bad.shtml">this will be bad</a>

[warstar]

Re: PHP - Random Links

yeah maybe try to write it your self here are some tips:
to open a file read: http://nl2.php.net/manual/nl/function.fopen.php
to read data from the file c:

http://nl2.php.net/manual/nl/function.fread.php

to check if the file has anded c(u can make a file statement using
this)): http://nl2.php.net/manual/nl/function.feof.php

a well i dunno never read from files but u can make some kinda array
like this:
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
$handle = fopen ($filename, "r");
while(!feof($ha ndle))
{
$start[] = fread ($handle, filesize ($filename));
}
fclose ($handle);

and do this 3 time's so u get like 3 array 1 called start 1 called
middel and 1 called end then u just take a random like
this(http://nl2.php.net/manual/nl/function.array-rand.php):
$rand_keys = array_rand ($start);
echo $start[$rand_keys];

and do this 3 times u could make some nice function out of this but he
your the 1 that gone make it :D

Good luck



On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:56:28 GMT, "\(a\)" <no@spam.com> wrote:
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>Hi
>
>I'm wondering if someone might be able to provide me with a few lines of
>code to complete the following task in PHP.
>
>I have three text files (a.txt, b.txt, c.txt), each containing text.
>
>The script would randomly take a line of text from each file, merge them to
>make a phrase and hyperlink it to a url with dashes between the words. The
>output from the script would be vertical. Each time the script runs, the
>output would be different.
>
>The script would have a variable x that could be set to say how many lines
>of output there would be.
>
>Thanks for the help and I have an example below to clarify.
>
>************** ****
>
>Contents of a.txt
>
>this
>that
>what
>
>Contents of b.txt
>
>will be
>was
>is
>
>Contents of c.txt
>
>good
>bad
>funny
>
>************** *****
>
>In the php script, x=5
>
>An example of the output of the script which is vertical consists of 5
>hyperlinks.
>
><a href="http://www.url.com/what-will-be-funny.shtml">wh at will be funny</a>
><a href="http://www.url.com/this-is-good.shtml">thi s is good</a>
><a href="http://www.url.com/that-is-bad.shtml">that is bad</a>
><a href="http://www.url.com/what-was-funny.shtml">wh at was funny</a>
><a href="http://www.url.com/that-will-be-bad.shtml">this will be bad</a>
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