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a script for a picture change, its a little different then u might think, help me!!! - xwolf (xwolf@xwolf.com), 21.8.97 - 11:06:07
>i need help creating and/or im looking for a cgi script that will change a picture everyday throughout the year, and then start all over again, once the year is up, with the first picture on a homepage, (this means i have 365 different pics).
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> i dont know much at all about scripting and im trying to learn if anyone can help please do!!
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Hi,
I don't see this is a great problem..
If you have 365 pictures, then do the following: Write the pathes to all of them
into a file, one below the other, so you will have at last 365 lines.
The script you have to code will read out all lines out of this file and
take the linenumber which is the same as yday.
yday you get if you split the localtime. See your perl-manual for this.
After that you print out the data of the picture-file.
Take a look into the hidden-counter to see how.

The way you call the hidden counter is also the same as you call this script.

Ciao,
Wolfgang


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Wolfgang Wiese, feedback welcome.