Mr. John

Hi, I am completely new to PHP so please understand if I don't understand . I need a php scipt to put on my site that creates a random fact from a txt file. I have tried so many, but none of them seem to work. Does anyone know one or know where to good a good one?

DaWei

Nope, don't know of any, but it's reasonably easy to do. Read the file into an array, one line (fact) per element. Pick a random number in the range 0 to array length - 1 (integral). Fetch the fact from the element having that number as its index.

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grimpirate

Mr. John there is a previous topic in the forum regarding just what you're looking for. However it's random quotes rather than facts, but the content doesn't matter as it achieves the effect you're looking for. Here's the thread.
http://www.programmingforums.org/for...or-script.html

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Mr. John

Thank you for the link. I was wondering if there was anyway I could put this code into a .tpl file. I want to add this to my phpBB board header but it doesn't seem to be working.

titaniumdecoy

You need to install the eXtreme Styles mod from phpbbstyles.com. One of its features is to allow PHP in template (.tpl) files.