Image rotation PHP script needs a tweak

paulae · #1 Jun 13, 2009, 03:33 PM

This is what I want to do: I want a sidebar image rotation of a different image each day of the month, clicking through to different sponsor for each image. I found a PHP script that does the random image each day part, but I can't figure out how to include the link code for each image. Here is the script that works so far, and if anybody can show me how to put in the URL for each image to link to, I will be so happy! I've put in 2 images to test it. There will be up to 30 eventually. These are pictures of homes for sale, each one linking to an individual real estate agent's website. I tried sticking the URL right after the image code, but that made the whole thing break.

Code:

<?php

$totalPics="2";                    // Total photos in folder

$photoOfTheDay = Array (           // Add up to 31 photos below

   '1' => '/ads/weichert/0615Mary.jpg' ,     // Name of or Path to image
   '2' => '/ads/weichert/0619Janet.jpg' ,     // Name of or Path to image
   
);
//  published at: scripts.tropicalpcsolutions.com

// Place day of month in variable 'x'
//$x=date("d"); 
// A website vistor made a suggestion to change the date function to use j 
// instead of d. This causes the date to be read without leading zeros.
$x=date("j");  //Thanks for the suggestion Andrew

// If value of date exceeds the amount of photos then pick a random photo to display
if($x > $totalPics) { $x=rand(1,$totalPics); }

// Display image
echo <<<EOC
<center><img src="$photoOfTheDay[$x]"></center>
EOC;

?>