counting files

[davikokar]

hallo,

I am building a website and I would like to have a different banner background picture everytime the page loads. I would like the javascript code to count the available pictures (they are in a specific folder on the server: banner_img/) and then it should produce an array with the names of the pics, and finally assign randomly one to the background. The aim is: I would be able to add/remove pictures from my folder without the need to alter the javascript.

My question is: can I count files in this folder? Do you have an example on how to do it? Thanks

 

[kaht]

You should use whatever server-side language to accomplish this instead of javascript. ASP is starting to become a dinosaur, comparatively speaking, but it is more than capable of doing exactly what you are asking for. So, any server side language that you're using should be able to do this.

-kaht

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