How can I generate an include with a random number inside it?

[seegoon]

I want to include divs for promotions, adverts, random site content and so on. The method I'd thought of is this: include them using random numbers. So I'd eventually want to generate something like:

include("promo-column/promo-1.php")

where the 1 could be between two set numbers, randomly chosen on page load. I understand how to generate a random number (i.e.

echo 'whatever-', rand(1, 5);

but I don't know the syntax to have that happen inside the include.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[dlite922]

Could you explain a little more. I'm kind of lost as to what you're trying to do.

if you include random file (i.e. promo-X.php), why do you need to generate another random number inside promo-X.php?


Dan

[JKing]

You need to build your string.

$random_number = rand(1,5);

include("promo-column/promo-" . $random_number . ".php");