incorporating ad banners into header...

[XFLOfficePool]

Hi everyone,
I've modifed the "header" template to fit my logo, menu system and whatnot. In that of course is a call to my Ad Banner system. The adbanner perl script allows me to pass a "page" parameter, a unique page number/name.

In my own perl scripts, I created a variable, $adstamp = rand();

Anyone care to help me with an equivalent PHP3 var? and I'm I correct in assuming it would go in global.php3 ?

I tried using $timenow, but it doesn't showup on my call to the adbanner script...

If you are curious about my new site, go to http://www.xflofficepool.com/test-index.htm

[Mike Sullivan]

Anyone care to help me with an equivalent PHP3 var?

$adstamp = rand();

and I'm I correct in assuming it would go in global.php3 ?

One of several places, but yes.

[Edited by Ed Sullivan on 01-10-2001 at 11:16 AM]

[XFLOfficePool]

Nice!

Thanks.

[XFLOfficePool]

hmmmm. Okay, I put $adstamp = rand(); in global.php3 but my "page=" parm to my adbanner perl script still gets nothing.

Here is the line from my "header" template. Is $adstamp truely global, seems the header template just isn't picking it up. Just a guess on my part. Or, is my use of the double quotes hiding $adstamp ?

<a target="_new" href="http://www.xflofficepool.com/cgi-local/webads/ads.pl?banner=NonSSI;page=$adstamp"><img src="http://www.xflofficepool.com/cgi-local/webads/ads.pl?page=$adstamp" width="468" height="60" alt="Sponsor Ad Banner" border="0"></a>


Any ideas?

[Mike Sullivan]

Make sure you put it before the eval("$header .... line

[XFLOfficePool]

That did it. Thanks.