Random signature image

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This little script allows you to have a random signature on any forum supporting the [img] BBCode. Note that your webhost (not the forum's) has to support PHP.

Contents 1 The code 2 Usage 3 Workarounds if PHP extention is not supported in signature 3.1 Fake extension method 3.2 Folder extension method

The code

Make a new PHP file, sig.php.

Insert this code:

 
<?php
$directory = dir('.') ;
$images = Array() ;
$filetypes = Array() ;
while (false !== ($item = $directory->read())) {
	if(false === strpos($item, '.')) continue ;
	$item_ext = explode('.', $item) ;
	$item_ext = $item_ext[count($item_ext) - 1] ;
	switch($item_ext) {
		case 'jpeg':
		case 'jpg':
			$filetypes[] = 'image/jpeg' ;
			$images[] = $item ;
		break ;
		case 'gif':
			$filetypes[] = 'image/gif' ;
			$images[] = $item ;
		break ;
		case 'png':
			$filetypes[] = 'image/png' ;
			$images[] = $item ;
		break ;
	}
}
$directory->close() ;
$rand = mt_rand(0, count($images) - 1) ;
$image = $images[$rand] ;
$type = $filetypes[$rand] ;
header("Content-type: $type") ;
if( false !== ( $length = filesize($image) ) ) {
	header("Content-length: $length") ;
}
header('Pragma: no-cache') ;
header('Cache-control: no-cache') ;
header('Expires: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 16:00:00 GMT') ; //straight out of the RFC :)
readfile($image) ;
?>

This will include all the images in the same directory as the script.

Usage

Go to your signature settings, and insert this:

[img]http://www.yourhost.com/yourdir/filename.php[/img]

Workarounds if PHP extention is not supported in signature

Fake extension method

Append a bogus image "file" to your PHP call:

[img]http://www.yourhost.com/yourdir/filename.php/bogus.png[/img]

This should work in most situations.

Folder extension method

Change the name of the folder your script is in to something like "sig.png". Then name your script 'index.php'. Call it with:

[img]http://www.yourhost.com/sig.png[/img]

Created by Elbekko 17:40, 2 July 2006 (GMT), rewritten to be much less processor-intensive by Thetorpedodog 17:20, 14 July 2006 (GMT)