Smarty Random Number Plugin
Generate random numbers within Smarty templates
This Smarty plugin returns a random number withing a range specified by arguments.
Useful for selecting random bits in your template like quotes, images, links, etc.
<?php
/**
* Smarty plugin
* @package Smarty
* @subpackage plugins
*/
/**
* Smarty function plugin
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* Type: function
* Name: randnum
* Author: Rob Ruchte (rob care of elementcstudios dot com)
* Purpose: returns a random whole number
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* @param int floor optional lower range limit (defaults to 0)
* @param int ceiling optional upper range limit (defaults to 1000)
* @return int
*/
function smarty_function_randnum($params, &$smarty)
{
$floor = (array_key_exists('floor', $params)) ? $params['floor']:0;
$ceiling = (array_key_exists('ceiling', $params)) ? $params['ceiling']:1000;
$result = rand($floor, $ceiling);
$smarty->assign('randnum', $result);
}
Example:
{randnum floor=1 ceiling=4}
{if $randnum==1}
"This is my first quote" -rob
{elseif $randnum==2}
"This is my second quote" -rob
{elseif $randnum==3}
"This is my third quote" -rob
{else}
"Are we there yet?" -rob
{/if}

