Generate Random Quotes with PHP

By Darren W. Hedlund
2005-03-30

Generate Random Quotes with PHP

The following will show you how to generate simple random quotes using PHP.

The first step it to open the PHP script:

<?

Next we will need to open the array sequence.

$quote = array(

You can have as many as you want, just open each one as a new number:

1  => "a",

2  => "b",

3  => "c",

4  => "d",

5  => "e",

Now close the array:

);

Now set up the random sequence. Notice that rand (1,5) meaning 1 through 5. you could change this to be 3,5 and it would only use array 3, 4 and 5:

srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);

  $randnum = rand(1,5);

Notice that the array uses $quote, and the random sequence uses $randnum, so we need to bind those two together:

echo"$quote[$randnum]";

Now end the PHP script:
?>

Here is the complete code:

<? 

$quote = array(

1  => "a",

2  => "b",

3  => "c",

4  => "d",

5  => "e",

);

srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);

  $randnum = rand(1,5); 

echo"$quote[$randnum]";

?>

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