* Created: August 12, 2005
* Description:
* Returns a GIF stream if a random playing card for the date given.
* Randomness only works up to a specified date. Ie: all requests on
* a specific day will return the same card.
* Usage:
* [your_file.html]
*
* 
* 
*
* GET parameters:
* card : Either 1 or 2. If this parameter is 1 then it returns the first card
* otherwise it returns the second card.
*
* refresh : (optional) If present, it causes a refresh for a new random card.
* overwriting the previous random cards for today's date.
*
******************************************************************************/
define('INI_FILE', 'random_card.txt');
define('IMAGES_PATH','../images/cards/');
/**
* Loads the cards from random_card.txt if any are present.
* @returns associative array with keys: date, card1, and card2
*/
function loadCards(){
return parse_ini_file(INI_FILE);
}
/**
* Saves the cards to the ini file.
*/
function saveCards($card1, $card2){
$file = file(INI_FILE);
for ( $i=0; $i";
}
$cards = loadCards();
} else {
$cards = array();
}
if ( $cards['date'] && $cards['date'] == date('Y-m-d')
&& $cards['card1'] && $cards['card2'] )
{
return $cards;
} else {
$cards = array(
'date' => date('Y-m-d'),
'card1' => randomCard(),
'card2' => randomCard()
);
if ( $_GET['debug'] ){
echo "Saving cards to file...
";
}
saveCards($cards['card1'], $cards['card2']);
return $cards;
}
}
// Handle the request
if ( $_GET['card'] == '1' ){
$card = 'card1';
} else {
$card = 'card2';
}
if ( $_GET['refresh'] ){
$refresh = true;
} else {
$refresh = false;
}
$cards = getCards($refresh);
if ( $_GET['debug'] ){
echo "Cards: "; print_r($cards);
exit;
} else {
header('Content-type: image/gif');
$path = IMAGES_PATH.$cards[$card];
//echo '
';
//exit;
$fp = fopen($path, "r");
fpassthru($fp);
fclose($fp);
}
?>