note 15823 deleted from function.rand by jimw
| From: | jimw@php.net | Date: | Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:31:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 15823 deleted from function.rand by jimw | ||
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# Simple code to get a random row from a table with mysql < 3.23
# (in 3.23 you can use SELECT * FROM $table ORDER BY RAND() )
$i=0;
$table="quote_tbl";
mysql_connect("$DBHost","$DBUser","$DBPass");
mysql_select_db("$DB");
$result=mysql_db_query($DB, "SELECT quote,author FROM $table");
$num_quotes=mysql_num_rows($result);
$this_quote=rand(1,$num_quotes);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$quote=$myrow[quote];
$author=$myrow[author];
$i++;
if($i == $this_quote) {
break;
}
}
echo "<h3>Today's
quote</h3>\"<i>$quote</i>\"<br><b>$author</b><br>";