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Asked: 2026-05-24T00:38:01+00:00

i know a little php. Can anyone tell me how to write a simple

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i know a little php. Can anyone tell me how to write a simple php script so that the image in the header changes every 5 seconds or so. I dont want to place any kind of links on that image just want to change the images . thank you :))

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  1. Editorial Team

    PHP can only provide the image, you need a little bit of JavaScript to trigger events fetching the new images.

    Here’s a way to do it, adapted from http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/random-image-rotator.html:

    <HTML>
<HEAD>

<!-- STEP ONE: The core of it: JavaScript... -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original:  Robert Bui (astrogate@hotmail.com) -->
<!-- Web Site:  http://astrogate.virtualave.net -->

<!-- Begin
var interval = 2.5; // delay between rotating images (in seconds)
var random_display = 1; // 0 = no, 1 = yes
interval *= 1000;

var image_index = 0;
image_list = new Array();
image_list[image_index++] = new imageItem("http://www.something.com/image01.jpg");
image_list[image_index++] = new imageItem("http://www.something.com/image02.jpg");
image_list[image_index++] = new imageItem("http://www.something.com/image03.jpg");
image_list[image_index++] = new imageItem("http://www.something.com/image04.jpg");
var number_of_image = image_list.length;
function imageItem(image_location) {
    this.image_item = new Image();
    this.image_item.src = image_location;
}
function get_ImageItemLocation(imageObj) {
    return(imageObj.image_item.src)
}
function generate(x, y) {
    var range = y - x + 1;
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * range) + x;
}
function getNextImage() {
    if (random_display) {
        image_index = generate(0, number_of_image-1);
    } else {
        image_index = (image_index+1) % number_of_image;
    }
    var new_image = get_ImageItemLocation(image_list[image_index]);
    return(new_image);
}
function rotateImage(place) {
    var new_image = getNextImage();
    document[place].src = new_image;
    var recur_call = "rotateImage('"+place+"')";
    setTimeout(recur_call, interval);
}
//  End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<!-- STEP TWO: Insert the onLoad event handler into your BODY tag  -->

<BODY OnLoad="rotateImage('rImage')">

<!-- STEP THREE: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<center>
<img name="rImage" src="http://www.something.com/image01.jpg" width=120 height=90>
</center>

</BODY>
</HTML>
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