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Ally -- are you already gone? (wastintime) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2011-10-22 18:27:00

Entry tags:

tools: general, tools: html

Random Image Grabber

Refresh this page and this image will change to a random pick of nine images.

The first thing you need to do is rename all of your files of the same file type to be a file prefix (optional) followed by a incrementing number. Then, upload them to a directory online the preserves the file name (Photobucket, FileDen, etc.) Finally, use the following code to fetch the random image script which will return the URL of a random image.

The Code

YOUR_DIRECTORY → the directory where you've uploaded your image files
YOUR_FILE_PREFIX → the prefix you've put on each file (optional)
YOUR_BEGINNING_NUMBER → the lowest/highest number in your series of images
YOUR_ENDING_NUMBER → the highest/lowest number in your series of images
YOUR_FILE_EXTENSION → the file extension on your files

What can you do with this? Well, my purpose for it was to make a header on a journal that changes every time you refresh. You can see an example here, but I'm sure you can find oodles of other uses for the trick. Have fun! If anyone wants the actual PHP script file, let me know in the comments.

Questions/Feedback? Leave a comment to this post.

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	asphyxiated 2011-10-23 12:30 am UTC (link)
	I've wanted to know how to do this a million times, but was always too lazy to figure it out myself. Thank you so much. ♥ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wastintime 2011-10-23 12:36 am UTC (link)
	You're welcome! Now, my goal is figure out something that will make the image reload every X seconds without reloading the page. WHICH WOULD BE REALLY EASY IF WE COULD USE JAVASCRIPT. :[ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	standonthat.livejournal.com 2011-10-23 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	This is excellent, thank you! (Reply to this)

	muirnin 2011-10-25 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	I have wanted this for YEARS. Thank you! (Reply to this)

	fadesmod 2011-10-29 06:39 am UTC (link)
	thank you for this! (Reply to this)

	townsquare 2011-11-27 02:08 pm UTC (link)
	Nevermind, I got it to work, thank you so much! I typically use a few different images with the same theme to advertise, so this is a great help in not having to pick different files for different comms. And people can see all the ads in just one comm. I'm using it here and in ad comms like here. (Reply to this)

	townsquare 2012-02-15 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	Hello! I was wondering if you could upload the zip of the script, so that I could upload it to my own server? Thank you so much! (Reply to this)

	too_much 2012-05-15 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Is there a way to edit this, so instead of photos it's text? (Reply to this)

	pandan passing123 2012-07-10 07:43 am UTC (link)
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	ex_nikkis925 2012-07-20 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Where do you put this code? (Reply to this)