Make a PHP variable random and add it to an input value

Say I have a file named "value.php" . I want it to choose a random value for a variable.

<?php
$siteaddress = random
?>

PHP:

Obviously I want to replace "random" with a few web addresses, and select one as random.
I then want to make it into an input box in my index page

<input type="text" value="php variable" />

Code (markup):

So how would I make the variable set to a random address and then apply it to the input?



Thanks,

BP

 

If I understand you correctly:

$sites=Array("www.google.ca","www.yahoo.ca","www.cnn.com");
$pick=$sites[mt_rand(0,count($sites)-1)];

PHP:

Followed up with:

<input type="text" name="txtSomething" value="<?php echo $pick; ?>" />

HTML:

 

Yeah, basically that is correct. But I want to apply it to several different documents, so I will need to save the variable into a different PHP file, and include it into the form somehow.



Thanks a lot,

BP

 

Put tandac's code in a common.php file in a function called GetRandomSite (make sure to type "return $pick" as the last line of the function).

Then include that file in all your pages. When you need a random site, just type echo GetRandomSite()

 

Awesome, thanks