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l008com · Sep 25, 2003, 01:47 AM

I'm looking for a script I can put in one of my sites to automatically swap the normal main image with a special one for the holiday. You know so around christmas you'll get my xmass image and around holloween you'll get my holloween image. Kinda like google does only I want a script to automate it. I'd like to be editable so I can do custom stuff (like leave the decorations up after Christmas but not turn the lights on :-) )

mzllr · Sep 25, 2003, 03:55 AM

this will change the pic depending on the month...

[php]<?

// current month
$month = date(n);

switch ("$month") {

case 10:
$pic = "images/halloween.jpg";
break;

case 12:
$pic = "images/xmas.jpg";
break;

default:
$pic = "images/not-a-holiday.jpg";
break;
}

?>

<html>

<head></head>

<body>

<img src="<? echo "$pic"; ?>">

</body>

</html>[/php]

l008com · Sep 25, 2003, 04:03 AM

Can you come up with something more specific? I don't want pumpkins and ghosts the whole month of october. And for valentines day, i'd only want my *dirty* logo up for just that day, for instance. Those holidays that are not always on the same day each year will be extra tricky too

Xeo · Sep 25, 2003, 04:18 AM

Figure out what range of dates you want these things to happen in between. Then use the date() function to determine which range the current day falls in and use switch() to choose between images.

mzllr · Sep 25, 2003, 04:59 AM

Originally posted by l008com:
Can you come up with something more specific?

woo hoo... one more to 100

[php]
<?

// holiday [ start, end ]
$xmas = array(15, 31);
$valentines = 14;

// current [ month, day ]
$today = array(date(n), date(j));

switch ("$today[0]") {

case 2:
if ("today[1]" == "$valentines")
{
$pic = "images/valentines.jpg";
} else {
$pic = "images/not-a-holiday.jpg";
}
break;

case 12:
if ("$today[1]" > "$xmas[0]" && "$today[1]" < "$xmas[1]")
{
$pic = "images/xmas.jpg";
} else {
$pic = "images/not-a-holiday.jpg";
}
break;

default:
$pic = "images/not-a-holiday.jpg";
break;
}

?>

<html>

<head></head>

<body>

<img src="<? echo "$pic"; ?>">

</body>

</html>[/php]