Rotating banner signature

[Cyberanson]

Because I can't stand services like clintonio.com, I decided to create my own rotating signature set. Here's the way it's done:

1. prerequisites
For this rotating signature you need:

1. some webspace
   
2. an enabled mod_rewrite Apache module
   
3. a working PHP interpreter
   

2. the code
All the things which follow can be accomplished with an IDE of your choice or simply Notepad.

Copy this code into a fresh file:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RewriteEngine on

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RewriteRule ^image\.png$ image.php
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</IfModule>

This means, that your webserver will change all requests to http://mydomain.com/image.png to http://mydomain.com/image.php. This is needed, because IPB only handles image file types in signatures. You could also choose .jpg or .gif.

Save this file as .htaccess.

Next one. Create a new file and put this in it:

Code:

<?php

foreach (glob("*.png") as $filename) {
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$img[] = $filename;
}

header("Content-Type: image/png");
readfile($img[rand(0,sizeof($img)-1)]);

?>

Explanation: $img is an array of image file names which is located in the current directory. Upload as many files as you wish. The only important point: the filetype has to match the given value.

The next line has to be changed, according to your images. If you prefer jpg, use this:

Code:

header("Content-Type: image/jpg");

The system should be clear.

Save this file as image.php.

Now load both files into a directory of your choice on your webserver. Copy as many image files of your preferred type into the same directory.

After you finished, change your signature to something like this:

Code:

http://mydomain.com/directory/image.png

And voila... you should have a beautifuly rotating signature.

Saving traffic
In order to use external URLs for your images, just use this code in your image.php:

Code:

<?php

$file = array(
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"<put image url here>",
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"<put image url here>"
);

header("Content-Type: image/png");
readfile($file[rand(0,sizeof($file)-1)]);

?>

Add as many URLs as you like, works the same and saves your server traffic.

If you have questions or problems... just ask here.

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