yabber — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:48:30 +0000

Also you can do this using php includes
<? include("/path/to/text.txt")?>

then eveytime you update/change the text file it is shown on the page

Mika

Wil — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:57:15 +0000

1. This is easy. In Perl, something like this would do the trick nicely. Perl is know for it's speed in file-handling.

sub generate_random_text {

	open (RANDOM,"<$RANDOM_FILE") || die("Could not open $RANDOM_FILE $!");
	@allrandom = <RANDOM>;
	close(RANDOM);

	$phrases = join('',@allrandom);

	@phrases = split(/%%/,$phrases);

	$random_text = $phrases[int rand @phrases];

	return $random_text;

}

You would then create a text file with your blocks of text in, each deliminated by a %%. This is a quick sample of how your file might look:

Random Text
%%
Another Random Text
%% 
And another one

2. Yes this is also possible. I assume you're looking to create a template, and then drop in plain text on a form and this will create a file out of your templates? I've actually got a code similar to this already if you're interested. It would obviously need to be customised heavily, so give me a shout if interested.

More information

selie — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 03:45:11 +0000

Actually the magazine is very large, consisting of atleast 30 articles per monthly issue.

Gurudev — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 03:43:00 +0000

1. You can display any text dynamically on your page, if your host allows "server includes". If you want different text displayed from a group of texts, then you will need a script for this.

2. Can be done in a lot of ways, but need more info. How big are these magazines? Is it just one page or a lot of pages?

Let me know if this is/would be a paid. You can email me or use the pm.

thanks