Load Image Dependant on the Date?

kgaard · Jul 28, 2005

I'm fairly new to PHP, and am curious if it would be possible to load different images (actually, .swf files) depending on the date? so that, each on the 1st of each month, a different swf loads for the duration of the month. I'd bet its possible, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about it. any tips/ideas?

thanks!

sleipnir214 · Jul 28, 2005

Don't think of it as loading different .swf files each month. Think of it as having a PHP script produce different HTML pages, each containing a reference to a different .swf file, for each month.

A simple example, rotating a JPEG monthly, could be something like:

<?php
print '<html><body>';

$month = date ('m');

print '<img src="/some/path/to/image' . $month . '.jpg'">';

print '</body></html>';
?>

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kgaard · Jul 28, 2005

excellent help! - though I'm getting an error kicked back at me from this line:

print '<img src="/some/path/to/image' . $month . '.jpg'">';

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

i think i've tried every combination of single and double quotes out there and not getting anywhere - sorry to be a such a newbie!

I thought in theory it should be:
print '<img src="'/some/path/to/image' . $month . '.jpg'">';

but then print only goes to the end of the img src=

silly newbies error i'm sure.. hehe

sleipnir214 · Jul 28, 2005

No, the line should read:

print '<img src="/some/path/to/image' . $month . '.jpg">';

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kgaard · Jul 28, 2005

awesome.

thanks!

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