Random Profile Link on Non-VB page

[sabret00the]

not sure if this is possible but if it is YAY basically i wanna be able to set up a page to that if i click the link RANDOM PROFILE i will direct me to a random profile of a forum member, is that possible? if it is, thank you very much in advance. if you know how to make it pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help me!

[sabret00the]

is there no help :s

[mr e]

well after finally reading your signature, i figured i'd spend 5 minutes and do this one

PHP Code:

$randname = $DB_site->query_first('SELECT username, userid FROM user ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1');
print '<a href="./VBFOLDER/member.php?s='.$session['sessionhash'].'&action=getinfo&userid='.$randname['userid'].'">'.$randname['username'].'</a>'; 


have fun just put that wherever you want

[Black Vivi]

wud be easier to do this:

PHP Code:

$randname = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT username, userid FROM user ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1");
$randuser = "<a href=\"./VBFOLDER/member.php?s=".$session['sessionhash']."&action=getinfo&userid=".$randname['userid']."\">".$randname['username']."</a>"; 


then put

PHP Code:

echo($randuser); 


where you want it to appear

and i fixed a bit of ur coding mr e

[mr e]

my coding! what was wrong with it? also my was is only a 2 liner, but i guess if you do everything in the header or something and want to echo it farther down, i dunno...

[Black Vivi]

u used a ";" twice at the end of the print
btw, print's old...
lol

[mr e]

my bad i did, but why do you use double quotes, and then switch out of them to do variables? it will add loading time to your page (using double quotes AND switching out for variables)

[Black Vivi]

i find it easier

[filburt1]

Double-quotes has pretty much no effect on performance in my experience.

[mr e]

oh really? i thought there was a big thread here somewhere that went into the whole single/double quote thing...oh well