I want to make a little code that displays a different string everyday.
for example I have 100 strings. I want that when a user opens my site they'll see one of the strings that day. the next day they'll see another string..and so forth.
so far I thought about putting all the strings in array and give every string a hardcoded date on which it will displayed, and then with a simple if statement the correct string is going to be displayed.
is there any known(better) way to do this?
arcticM
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Jump to Postwhy you not creating database for string u can add it and next day delete all string with one line query and add new string.
Jump to PostYou'll need to store somewhere (in a file perhaps) which array index is the current one, and increase that daily.
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why you not creating database for string u can add it and next day delete all string with one line query and add new string.
arcticM
I don't want to create a DB for this.. it's really something tiny that I want to be done with as little code as possible.
and what I wonder about is not how to save the strings but how to display a different one everyday without hardcoding the dates.
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i want to set the strings once (not change the string everyday) if I set 30 strings, after 30 days I want the loop to repeat itself (so deleting a string each day won't work cause I'll have to insert it again when I'm out of strings).
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You'll need to store somewhere (in a file perhaps) which array index is the current one, and increase that daily.
arcticM
how do i update the index only ONCE a day?
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With a scheduled task (cron job).
arcticM
ok, any other suggestions on doing this inside the code itself?.. i see hardcodding the dates is the only option if I want the code to do it and not something like cron job?
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If you store the current date with the index, you can check if it has changed and overwrite it.
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