random pic - does not ALWAYS show

[Tobi Hammert]

i just want to show up a random pic.

<?
$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
if (count($files) < 1)
$count = count($files);
else
$count = 1;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i ++)
{
$file = $files[$i];
echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='$file' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

it works fine, just ocasionally, it shows NO pic.
whats wrong? that is, how can i solve it?

[Kimmo Laine]

"Tobi Hammert" <sp*******@gmai l.comwrote in message
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>i just want to show up a random pic.

<?
$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
if (count($files) < 1)
$count = count($files);
else
$count = 1;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i ++)
{
$file = $files[$i];
echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='$file' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

it works fine, just ocasionally, it shows NO pic.
whats wrong? that is, how can i solve it?

On those rare occasions when it doesn't work, have you looked at the source
code to see what the output was? print_r($files) ; to see if . and .. are
included in the file list. If they are, those might be casusing your
problem. If not, see the output when it doesn't work and try to figure what
went wrong. Another guess would be non-ascii characters in filenames don't
translate to url, like characters with umlauts or stuff like that.

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[Geoff Berrow]

Message-ID: <11************ *********@a75g2 000cwd.googlegr oups.comfrom
Tobi Hammert contained the following:

><?
$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
if (count($files) < 1)
$count = count($files);
else
$count = 1;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i ++)
{
$file = $files[$i];
echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='$file' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

it works fine, just ocasionally, it shows NO pic.
whats wrong? that is, how can i solve it?

Occasionally you get . or .. in which case you won't see a picture. If
your files are all .jpgs, try $files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*.jpg");
Alternatively try (untested):

$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
foreach( $files as $key=>$value){
if ($value=="." || $value==".."){
unset($files[$key]);
}
}

echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='".$file[0]."' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

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[Geoff Berrow]

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Berrow contained the following:

>
$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
foreach( $files as $key=>$value){
if ($value=="." || $value==".."){
unset($files[$key]);
}
}

echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='".$file[0]."' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

Ummm, that should be:-

$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
foreach( $files as $key=>$value){
if ($value=="." || $value==".."){
unset($files[$key]);
}
}
echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='".$files[0]."' border='0'></a>";

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Geoff Berrow wrote:

Message-ID: <dj************ *************** *****@4ax.comfr om Geoff
Berrow contained the following:

> $files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
foreach( $files as $key=>$value){
if ($value=="." || $value==".."){
unset($files[$key]);
}
}

echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='".$file[0]."' height='341'
width='634' border='0'></a>";
}
?>

Ummm, that should be:-

$files = glob("./gfx/zufall/*");
shuffle ($files);
foreach( $files as $key=>$value){
if ($value=="." || $value==".."){
unset($files[$key]);
}
}
echo "<a href='index.php '><img src='".$files[0]."' border='0'></a>";

Close, Goeff. But I think you want to remove the pseudo-files before
you shuffle. What happens if after the shuffle one of them comes up as
element 0?

Just putting the shuffle() after the foreach loop should work better.

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[Tobi Hammert]

found the bug - its almost embarassing ;)
was a hidden file, created prob. by dreamweaver. after i removed it,
everything worked smoothly.

thanks anyway!