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How can I use php to change page content by date?

Asked by rapidpictures in Web Authoring, PHP and Databases, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Tags: PHP content scheduling rotation dynamic html

Hi,
I've been asked by a fitness instructor to automatically change a webpage so that a different fitness programme is displayed each week.
The url will remain static however the body of the page will change.

I'm sure this could be achieved using an SQL database, however I would like to have a folder on the server, with pre-prepared content e.g. "www.mysite.co.uk/weekly_content/"
which contains a folder "weekly_content" with a unique html file for each week of the year, e.g. date.html
file 1= "01_01_2009.html"
file 2= "08_02_2009.html"
file 3= "15_02_2009.html"
etc for 52 weeks of the year

so html file 1 is displayed up until the 7th of January 2009 then replaced on the 8th by file 2.

I have discovered csDynamic
http://www.cgiscript.net/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=cgi.db&command=viewone&id=62
which allows shceduled changes on specific dates, as does RandText Pro
http://www.pointafter.com/randtextpro.htm

which are neat paid for solutions, however I don't want to create a schedule, I'd rather simply ftp my 52 pages to the web server and allow a php page to do the auto scheduling.

NB I have found a similar bit of php code to change images on a page each day, I think it should elicit what I'm after. See:
http://www.totallyphp.co.uk/scripts/display_a_different_image_for_each_day_of_the_week.htm

Thanks,

Owen

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             <?php 
 
/** 
 * Change the name of the image folder 
 * 
 * Images must be named Monday.gif, Tuesday.gif etc 
 */ 
 
// Change to the location of the folder containing the images 
$image_folder = "images/days"; 
 
// You do not need to edit below this line 
 
$today = date('l'); 
 
if (file_exists($image_folder."/".$today.".gif")) { 
  echo "<img src=\"$image_folder/".$today.".gif\">"; 
} 
else { 
  echo "No image was found for $today"; 
} 
 
?>

           
         

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How can I use php to change page content by date?

Asked by rapidpictures in Web Authoring, PHP and Databases, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Tags: PHP content scheduling rotation dynamic html

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