Re: ad banner rotator
| From: | Thomas Edison Jr. | Date: | Wed, 06 Sep 2000 02:15:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: ad banner rotator | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Isn't the PHPAdmanagement available at
www.phpwizard.net for this need? I haven't tried it so
i don't know....but i needed something like this as
well so i have been recommended that
T. Edison jr.
--- Jesper Juhl <juhl@eisenstein.dk> wrote:
> Daniel Guerrier wrote:
> >
> > Is there a function in PHP that takes care of
> rotating
> > banner ads? One similar to the function available
> in ASP.
>
> I don't think there is such a function, but it
> should be trivial to
> implement.
>
> If you just want to show a random ad everytime
> someone loads a page,
> then you could use the following approach.
>
> 1) create a file with the following format:
>
> image: ad1.gif
> url: http://www.adsite1.com/
> ---seperator---image: ad1.gif
> image: ad2.gif
> url: http://www.adsite2.com/
> ---seperator---image: ad1.gif
> image: ad3.gif
> url: http://www.adsite3.com/
> ---seperator---
> ... and so on ...
>
> 2) when a user loads a page do the following:
> 2.1) count number of adds in file
> 2.2) generate random number between 1 and
> nr_adds_in_file
> 2.3) output (let's say ad2 was selected) <a
> href="http://www.adsite2.com/"><img
> src="ad2.gif"></a>
>
> 3) That's it, unless you also want to detect if
> people click the ad.
>
> If you have some specific needs, then drop me a
> email and I'll see if I
> can maybe write something for you.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Jesper Juhl
> juhl@eisenstein.dk
>
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