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LikePod

Reputation: 300

PHP: Select Random Files

I am trying to make an android app where the users can vote the photos, with PHP creating a XML file for app, so the application can read all file list and can show but the problem is that with php,I cannot choose only two random files (2 photos) from directory and make a list of this 2 selected file in XML.

Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 178

Answers (3)

LikePod
LikePod

Reputation: 300

i don't know if it's the best solution but i followed your suggestion and i did this and it's working as i wish. but is it the optimum solution ?

$myfeed = new RSSFeed();    


$dir = opendir ("./"); 
$i = 0;
while(false !=($file = readdir($dir))){
if (strpos($file, '.jpg',1)||strpos($file, '.jpeg',1)||strpos($file, '.png',1) ) { 
    $images[$i]= $file;
    $i++;
    }
}
$random_img=rand(2,count($images)-1);
$random_img1=rand(2,count($images)-1);

$myfeed->SetItem("http://myhost.c o m/images/$images[$random_img]", "$images[$random_img]", ""); 
$myfeed->SetItem("http://myhost. co m/images/$images[$random_img1]", "$images[$random_img1]", "");

then im taking output in xml format.

thank you for your help.

Upvotes: 0

Tateyaku
Tateyaku

Reputation: 154

There isn't enough information for us to give accurate answers.

If you want the PHP to get only two random files then you can read the list into an array, and shuffle, or use a loop to grab two random objects.

$arrayList = array();

for($i=0; $i<1; $i++) {
   // will pick a random number between 0 and the maximum number in array
   // when populating the array, put an if statement that if it is in the xml
   // do not add to array
   $x = rand(0, count($arrayList));

   // do something with $x and remove it from the array or put an if statement
   // in this for loop so it will check if it pulled the same item, if so
   // then $i--; and let it loop until it finds another (not really recommended)
}

This isn't the most elegant way, but it will get the job done. Again, just not enough information to give the best answers. If you are using a SQL database, then can just pull from there with randomness.

Upvotes: 0

alex
alex

Reputation: 490433

Simply read the files into an array (glob()), shuffle it (shuffle), and then slice off (array_slice()) the top two.

Upvotes: 3

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