Please help with my JavaScript random image from folder

[coyotez0007]

Hi, i am working on a website and it is basically will revolve around pictures. So far i am still working on the site and at the moment i have about 400 pictures and counting i wish to put them all up in different parts of the site. Ok so i search online and here and found that many people use javascript codes like this
myimages[1]="image1.png"
myimages[2]="image2.png"
myimages[3]="image3.png"
and so on

But since i have many pictures i am not sure if doing it this way will make my home page very crowded so i decided to look for javascript that display random images everytime the page is refreshed. I found some now i found one and it works great the problem is that when i try and display three images using t he command <img src="http://mysite.com/RandIm/randim.php"/> all three display the same and i want the three to not repeat the same image. For example. lets say i put image 1, 2 , 3, 4 , and 5 and put the code three times when i preview my page this is how it looks.

1 1 1 * refresh* 3 3 3 instead of being for example 1 5 3 *refresh* 2 1 4.

I looked at the read me text cant figured it out i worked on it for a 2 weeks am a bit frustrated. If anyone can help me with this i would really appreciate it or if anyone can suggest anything that would be easy for me that would be even better. Here is the code i have at the moment.

<?php
/*******************************************************************************
*  Title: Random image script (RandIm)
*  Version: 1.0 @ January 3, 2009
*  Author: Klemen Stirn
*  Website: http://www.phpjunkyard.com
********************************************************************************
*  COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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*
*  This script may be used and modified free of charge by anyone
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*  liability that might arise from it's use.
*
*  If you are using this script you are required to place a link
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*
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*
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*******************************************************************************/

/*******************************************************************************
*  SETTINGS
*
*  See readme.htm file for further instructions!
*******************************************************************************/

/* The default folder with images */
$settings['img_folder'] = 'images/';

/* File types (extensions) to display */
$settings['img_ext'] = array('.jpg','.gif','.png');

/*
   How to display the images?
   0 = print just the image path (for includes), like: images/test.jpg
   1 = redirect to the image, when using: <img src="randim.php" />
*/
$settings['display_type'] = 1;

/* Allow on-the-fly settings override? 0 = NO, 1 = YES */
$settings['allow_otf'] = 1;

/*******************************************************************************
*  DO NOT EDIT BELOW...
*
*  ...or at least make a backup before you do!
*******************************************************************************/

/* Override type? */
if ($settings['allow_otf'] && isset($_GET['type']))
{
    $type = intval($_GET['type']);
}
else
{
    $type = $settings['display_type'];
}

/* Override images folder? */
if ($settings['allow_otf'] && isset($_GET['folder']))
{
    $folder = htmlspecialchars(trim($_GET['folder']));
    if (!is_dir($folder))
    {
        $folder = $settings['img_folder'];
    }
}
else
{
    $folder = $settings['img_folder'];
}

/* Make sure images fodler ends with an '/' */
if (substr($folder,-1) != '/')
{
    $folder.='/';
}

/* Get a list of all the image files */
$flist = array();
foreach($settings['img_ext'] as $ext)
{
    $tmp = glob($folder.'*'.$ext);
    if (is_array($tmp))
    {
        $flist = array_merge($flist,$tmp);
    }
}

/* If we have any images choose a random one, otherwise select the "noimg.gif" image */
if (count($flist))
{
    $src = $flist[array_rand($flist)];
}
else
{
    $src = 'noimg.gif';
}

/* Output the image according to the selected type */
if ($type)
{
    header('Location:'.$src);
    exit();
}
else
{
    echo $src;
}
?>

this is the code i use to call the image

<img src="http://cometprint.com/RandIm/randim.php"/> 

thank you in advance.

[coyotez0007]

Okay i have been experimenting with this but doesnt seem to work at all. Maybe someone here can help me.

I saved this as picklink.js

<script language="JavaScript"><!--

//Javascript Created by Computerhope http://www.computerhope.com

//store the quotations in arrays

images = new Array(4);

images[0] = "<a href = 'http://www.computerhope.com/index.htm'><img src='http://www.computerhope.com/banners/banner.gif' alt='Visit Computer Hope'></a>";

images[1] = "<a href = 'http://www.computerhope.com/history/index.htm'><img src='http://www.computerhope.com/banners/banner2.gif' alt='Computer History'></a>";

images[2] = "<a href = 'http://www.computerhope.com/index.htm'><img src='http://www.computerhope.com/banners/banner3.gif' alt='Visit Computer Hope'></a>";

images[3] = "<a href = 'http://www.computerhope.com/newslet.htm'><img src='http://www.computerhope.com/banners/banner4.gif' alt='Computer Hope Newsletter'></a>";

index = Math.floor(Math.random() * images.length);

document.write(images[index]);

//done

// --></script>

and then on the main page i am trying to call the javascript with this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="piclink.js"></script>

Doesnt seem to be working any help please.

thank you in advance

[Fang]

PHP would be better: http://randaclay.com/tips-tools/mult...ge-php-script/

[coyotez0007]

Thank you so very very much is exactly what i needed. BY any chance is there a way to add links to each image that appears?

Thank you in advance