i've seen ppls avatars they change every so often and some ppl even had a setup so you could change it,
this is done using php am i right?
can some one show/help me do it, i am willing to try and do want to learn,
but last time i tried to learn php i sorta sucked

This is one I knocked up myself...

code:

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  $path = "http://mywebsite.com/";
  if($_GET['picture']=="avatar"){
     $av[17] = "avatar17.gif";
     $av[16] = "avatar16.png";
     $av[15] = "avatar15.png";
     $av[14] = "avatar14.png";
     $av[13] = "avatar13.png";
     $av[12] = "avatar12.png";
     $av[11] = "avatar11.png";
     $av[10] = "avatar10.png";
     $av[9] = "avatar9.png";
     $av[8] = "avatar8.png";
     $av[7] = "avatar7.png";
     $av[6] = "avatar6.png";
     $av[5] = "avatar5.png";
     $av[4] = "avatar4.png";
     $av[3] = "avatar3.png";
     $av[2] = "avatar2.png";
     $av[1] = "avatar1.png";
     $av[0] = "avatar0.jpg";
     header("Location: ".$path.$av[rand(0,count($av))]);
  }else if($_GET['picture']=="signature"){
     $sig[0] = "signature0.png";

     header("Location: ".$path.$sig[rand(0,count($sig))]);
  }

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quote:

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
This is one I knocked up myself...

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code:

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$path = "http://mywebsite.com/";

$av = array(
    "avatar1.gif",
    "avatar2.jpg",
);

header("Location: " . $path . $av[array_rand($av)]);

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and on the forum in the avatar text box goes the path of the php file?

quote:

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Originally posted by xen0h
and on the forum in the avatar text box goes the path of the php file?

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if the avatar is on for example photobucket do i put the path like this

code:

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$av = array(
    "http://photobucket.com/someid/avatar1.gif",
    "avatar2.gif",
    "avatar3.gif",
    "avatar4.gif",
    "avatar5.gif",
    "avatar6.gif",

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code:

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$path = "http://photobucket.com/myuserid/pics";


thanx for years ago was when i learnt html and 2 years after that i tried a bit of javascript then i tried php and my brain exploded

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quote:

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Originally posted by traxor
Why don't you just use this script:

code:

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<?php
$dir = "imgs";
$dh = opendir($dir);
$files = array();
while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) {
$files[] = $filename;
}
sort($files);
array_splice($files, 0, 2);
srand( (double) microtime()*1000000 );
$key = array_rand($files);
readfile($dir . "/" . $files[$key]);
?>

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Make a folder called "avatar" on your server, for example http://skarz.co.uk/avatar/ then in that folder put that code in a .php file (this is where you will link the image to, ie. http://skarz.co.uk/avatar/random.php will go in the avatar url box in the user cp). The images that you want shown should go in the "imgs" folder: http://skarz.co.uk/avatar/imgs.

I doubt it would be that hard to just make seperate folders for different people. You can't be hosting that many people .

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