Random Video

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<html> <head> <title>Random Video</title> </head> <body> <h1>Displaying a random video</h1> <? /*source code of each embed videos inside the videos array*/ $videos= array('<embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/811523/ufo_mobile_transformer.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>','<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PD1_puuceg0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PD1_puuceg0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>','<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lkt-zAAYRGA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lkt-zAAYRGA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>','<object width="425" height="353"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pPCkhYMQgY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pPCkhYMQgY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="353"></embed></object>','<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fY4Epc2XSGc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fY4Epc2XSGc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>','<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_ruSmFFdAY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_ruSmFFdAY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>'); /*we display one video at a time (number 1 - default value)*/ $randvideo = array_rand($videos,1); echo $videos[$randvideo]; ?> <p>PRESS F5 TO REFRESH THE PAGE AND DISPLAY ANOTHER RANDOM VIDEO</p> </body> </html>

Notes:
- you can adapt the code to your needs, for instance adding banner codes instead of embed video inside the array,
- as of PHP 4.2.0, there is no need to seed the random number generator with srand() or mt_srand() as this is now done automatically.

You may wish to read additional materials from:
- function.array-rand.php

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