Creating a dynamic signature

tw2 · Post by **tw2** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:36 pm

red
i`m reading through this mess man
only one way this will get fixed..
you need to sit down and start over from the begining
and post it from the start. on how to .
if everyone keeps trying what you posted it will never work as you know .
a few steps were left out .i think you got in a little bit of a rush.
oh well a good winter time project..

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:59 pm

tw2 wrote: red
i`m reading through this mess man
only one way this will get fixed..
you need to sit down and start over from the begining
and post it from the start. on how to .
if everyone keeps trying what you posted it will never work as you know .
a few steps were left out .i think you got in a little bit of a rush.
oh well a good winter time project..

All the article was really intended for was to explain the concept - not the actual code. I just used that code for an example, but you can use anything. As long as you have a
random <?php header("location: ");?> it makes it work.

I think the only problem in this case is a script error. If you copy and paste my script I can't see why it does not work.

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tw2 · Post by **tw2** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:27 pm

yes but, red.
the way it was posted.that is what they think it the code step by step
on how to make it

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:07 pm

Might re-do it later. But the thing is, if it's done correctly it should work first shot, so not really sure what to add.

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:29 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Might re-do it later. But the thing is, if it's done correctly it should work first shot, so not really sure what to add.

So you mean that there were other steps that you left out? I definately think that you should re-write it, I dont see why you shouldn't.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:08 pm

No steps where left out, but just a few obvious ones I might of not put enough details on. Now that I think of it, I never actually emailed the other tech sites to get this posted everywhere, so I'll redo it and email them after.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:33 pm

Ok, I just rewrote some parts, try it again and let me know if it works. I want to make sure I did not leave anything out and if you get it to work I'll send it over to a few hundred tech sites for posting. I never even did it when I first submitted it anyway. Almost 1000 hits is pretty good for something that's hardly been around.

http://www.iceteks.com/articles/db.php/act...icle/dynsig/p/1

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:06 pm

even with you re-writing the article I think the first one had more information. I still am not getting this right and I think it's because you might be leaving out the stuff that you think is obvious, and it's not to me.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:14 pm

Nothing is left out. It's as complicated as it gets. What is it doing? What's the link to the image, I'll check it...

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:18 am

That's most likely a result of the .htaccess file not working properly or something. It should have

ForceType application/x-httpd-php

and then the .jpg (php code) should go in the same folder.

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:27 am

See I have everthing that you are saying, but it's just not working. Maybe I am going to try this on a different server besides mine, since I use a newer version of PHP and maybe the syntax changed?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 4:07 pm

Could be... maybe put everything in a folder and send it to me and I'll check if it works on my host "as is". Maybe it's my version of php or something...

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:04 pm

Can you show me a link of what you mean?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:03 am

It should read it as php but it should not be displaying anything but the image, what exactly do you get, just the php code? You should be getting the image.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:57 pm

Is there a way to use the rand() function instead what you have done?

Maybe something like this:

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<?php
$random = rand(1,10);
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, no-store");
header("Location: http://whatever/sig/sig$random.jpg");
?>
[code]

Assuming you have ten jpg images named correctly... 

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:54 pm

Yep would work. I did not know about the rand command when I wrote that article, I use it allot in the cybervillage bank steal section and stuff.

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:09 pm

[quote=takahita_tsukino] Is there a way to use the rand() function instead what you have done?

Maybe something like this:

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<?php
$random = rand(1,10);
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, no-store");
header("Location: http://whatever/sig/sig$random.jpg");
?>
[code]

Assuming you have ten jpg images named correctly... [/quote]
 damn you tak! You telling me the script can be that simple now? Figure it out red! 

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:56 pm

That's IF you have the images named properly. If you have it like mine (a b c etc) then you need if statements for each one. But it's not more complicated, it's just more code.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:31 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: That's IF you have the images named properly

Yep, as in sig7.jpg or sig10.jpg...

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:55 pm

takahita_tsukino wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote: That's IF you have the images named properly
Yep, as in sig7.jpg or sig10.jpg...

which is what I had, Someone make the script work and let me know, I can care less about renaming the pictures, just make sure it works, we have been trying to get this to work for a long time now..

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:30 pm

Use something like this:

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<?php
$random = rand(1,10);
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, no-store");
header("Location: http://whatever/sig/sig".$random.".jpg");
?>
[code]

That should do it.  Make sure the random 1,10 is the right numbers for what you have.

 

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:23 pm

".$random.".

Could you please explain why you did that?

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 7:35 pm

how about just the whole code, I want to get this right.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:15 pm

It tells php that it's a variable. For example, you have this:

$variable="text";

echo("$variablesome stuff");

output: $variablesome stuff

But if you use

echo($variable."some stuff");

output: textsome stuff

But I've also seen situations where the first example still outputs the variable, so either way is probably ok, but the second way is the better way to do it. It's just easier to read.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:42 pm

Is there a way to use get a random letter? I guess I could do rand(1,26) and then pair up a number with a letter, but is there an easier way?

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