[Javascript] Javascript to change include filename

[tedd]

At 12:35 PM -0600 1/21/09, Del Wegener wrote:
>Good Day;
>
>One of my websites currently contains the following div
>
>      <div id="blendme">
>           <!--#include file="pic3.txt"-->
>      </div>
>My client wants to have 12 - 20 different pic_ordernn files.  A 
>random number generator should be use decide which file to include 
>(pic1.txt, pic2.txt, pic3.txt, ..., or pic15.txt).
>
>I can write code to randomly create/select one of the filenames but 
>how do I insert that filename in the above include statement?
>
>It seems to me the include is serverside and my JS is client side.
>
>Can that filename be a variable whose value is determined when the 
>page is loaded?
>
>Is this a PHP job?
>
>Thanks for all your suggestions.
>
>Del

Del:

For you to use server-side includes like that, then the suffix for 
your file should be ".shtml". Change it to ".php" and try this:

  <div id="blendme">
  <?php  $n=rand(1,15); include('pic' . $n . '.txt'); ?>
  </div>

If you need any further help, just ask.

Cheers,

tedd
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