[Tutorial] - Random Quote

[WinSrev]

Lots of people search the internet for weeks trying to find an advance version of this, but why not use a version like this? its powerfull.

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<?
   $quoteFile = "quotes.txt";  //File with quotes, a new quote should a new line in this document
   $fp = fopen($quoteFile, "r"); 
   $content = fread($fp, filesize($quoteFile));
   $quotes = explode("\n",$content);   
   fclose($fp);   
   srand((double)microtime()*1000000); 
   $index = (rand(1, sizeof($quotes)) - 1);
   echo $quotes[$index];
?>

Any comments or questions please post. Thanks,

[robbie]

you could shorten your code by using file($quoteFile); instead of opening, reading then exploding

[Phantom]

You could also do something like this:

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<?php
$title[0] = "Quote 0";
$title[1] = "Quote 1";
$title[2] = "Quote 2";
$title[3] = "Quote 3";
$title[4] = "Quote 4";
// get a random number
$randomize = rand(0, 4); // Change four to how many arrays you have
echo ($title[$randomize]);
?>

This can also be used for random titles.