Rotating avatar script

Coffeee™ · 10-22-2003, 06:33 PM

Hey everyone,

Due to a big demand for the script I will post it here. Be ready!

1. Create a new directory in you public_html named something like "avatars".
2. Create a text file called "avatar.txt".
3. Paste the following into avatar.txt:
[code:1:57bd26f20b]<?php
$dh = opendir(".");
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
{
if (preg_match('/.(jpg|gif|png)$/i', $file) and $file != "avatar.gif")
{
$filelist[] = $file;
}
}

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$picnum = rand(0, sizeof($filelist) - 1);

header("Location: " . $filelist[$picnum]);

closedir($dh);
?>[/code:1:57bd26f20b]
4. Create another new text file, this time called ".htaccess". That is the actual file name, not just an extension. In .htaccess, paste the following:
[code:1:57bd26f20b]<FilesMatch avatar.gif>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>[/code:1:57bd26f20b]
5. Upload avatar.txt and .htaccess to the directory you created.
6. Rename avatar.txt to avatar.gif.
7. Upload images (jpg, gif, png) to your avatars directory.
8. Make sure file permissions for avatar.gif are set to 644 and the avatars folder is set to 755 (not sure if this makes a difference or not).
9. load http://www.yoursite.com/avatars/avatar.gif

PLEASE ONLY ASK SUPPORT IN THIS TOPIC AND NOT VIA PM!

There you got and enjoy!

-Rabid Bird

Pimpen 2010 · 10-22-2003, 06:41 PM

Sweet. I'm prob not gonna use it but its nice, I like it

fishfreek · 10-22-2003, 06:44 PM

The reason this does not work on this site is because your code seems to assume the avatar files are on the same webserver as the avatar.gif file. Yet here JS does not allow you to link to your avatar from your webspace so you hve to upload it here and that act breaks your code.

Coffeee™ · 10-22-2003, 06:52 PM

No, there is a place that shows linking isnt there

fishfreek · 10-22-2003, 06:55 PM

Nope. You can either upload your avatar from your pc, upload it from a remote server or use one from the gallery.

JS has that feature disabled

Coffeee™ · 10-22-2003, 06:57 PM

Oh damn, so I can't have a rotating avatar script... or how can I change the location?

Like he has to fetch the avatars out of http://www.wickedpuppy.net/images/avatars

Bubo · 10-23-2003, 01:46 PM

Basically, JS has it set so that when you select an avatar you transmit the image file to IMR. IMR uses the copy of the image from it's own cache, not the one on your source site.