How to get random image from directory using PHP

Question

I have one directory called images/tips.

Now in that directory I have many images which can change.

I want the PHP script to read the directory, to find the

Answer 1

I wrote a simple php script for my personal use. Now I want share it with stackoverflow's community. Usage is simple: create a folder "php" into root of your Web Server and put inside this file php rotate.php... now create two folders into your root called "pic" and "xmas"... you can adjust the folder names by editing the var $my_folder_holiday and $my_folder_default...

 0) {
        $imageNumber = time() % count($fileList);
        $img = $folder . '/' . $fileList[$imageNumber];
      }
      return $img;
    } else {
      mkdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/$folder", 0755, true);
    }
  }
  $my_gallery_month = date('m');
  $my_folder_default = 'pic';
  $my_folder_holiday = 'xmas';
  if ($my_gallery_month == 12) {
    $my_gallery = rotate($my_folder_holiday);
  } else {
    $my_gallery = rotate($my_folder_default);
  }
?>

This script was tested under PHP 7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3 and PHP 7.4 and works fine. Usage (for example in root you may have a folder "pic" and "xmas" containing your images):

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Other usage using FancyBox library:

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Hope this Helps.