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CSS Random Changer

Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, but I'd like to know where I can find a way to do a style sheet changer like in spoono.

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This is more of a PHP question. It's probably pretty simple though.

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I know that's a PHP script they use, I wanna know if there's another way to do it. Javascript perhaps?

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http://www.alistapart.com/articles/alternate/

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I've heard that the problem with Javascript and changing stylesheets is that Javascript only adds to the existing stylesheet instead of replacing it. PHP just seems like a better option to me.

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Quote:

Originally posted by Apocalypse
PHP just seems like a better option to me.

If available, yes.

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<?php
$style[0] = "sheet1.css";
$style[1] = "sheet2.css";
$style[2] = "sheet3.css";
$style[3] = "sheet4.css";
$style[4] = "sheet5.css";

$rsc = (rand(0, 4)); // random stylesheet code

$css = "$style[$rsc]";

echo "<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='".$css.'" />";
?>

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PHP:

<?php
$style[0] = 'sheet1.css';
$style[1] = 'sheet2.css';
$style[2] = 'sheet3.css';
$style[3] = 'sheet4.css';
$style[4] = 'sheet5.css';

$styleSheet = array_rand($style);

echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . $styleSheet . '" />';
?>

or

PHP:

<?php
$styleSheet = array_rand(array('sheet1.css', 'sheet2.css', 'sheet3.css', 'sheet4.css', 'sheet5.css'));

echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . $styleSheet . '" />';
?>

or

PHP:

<?php
echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . array_rand(array('sheet1.css', 'sheet2.css', 'sheet3.css', 'sheet4.css', 'sheet5.css')) . '" />';
?>

or

PHP:

<?php
echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sheet' . rand(1,5) . '.css" />';
?>

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Last edited by Phil, November 27th, 2003 05:14 PM (Edited 1 times)

Spoono doesn't use the random style changer. He lets the viewer choose it.

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And the sig ran away with the spoon.

PHP:

<?php
$style = (isset($_GET['style'])) ? trim($_GET['style']) : (($_COOKIE['style']) ? trim($_COOKIE['style']) : 1);

if(!is_file($style . '.css'))
{
    $style = 'defaultStyle';
}

setcookie('style', $style, (time() + 31536000), '/');

echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . $style . ".css\" />\n";
?>

then use links like:
?style=stylesheet1
?style=blue
?style=style3

etc

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