Color Array

[dansbanners]

That rather than having 6 colors chosen randomly in the code below:

<?php

function cssarray() {

// Create a new array
$color[1] = "blue";
$color[2] = "purple";
$color[3] = "green";
$color[4] = "grey";
$color[5] = "lightgreen";
$color[6] = "pink";

// total number of css files
$total = "6";
$start = "1";
$num = mt_rand($start, $total);
$colorfile = $color[$num];
echo "$color[$num]";
}
?>

Is there a way I could just have the color come out numerically rather than randomly as shown in the code above?

Thanks!

[alemcherry]

I guess you want the html color code in hex like #000000. If so, when you define it, define in the format you wish. Like
$color[1] = "#0000ff";

simple?

[dansbanners]

Ok, supposedly I comment out or delete the following code as to that I do not want the color chosen randomly but rather than numerically:

$num = mt_rand($start, $total);

How will I then do the following?

$total = "6";
$start = "1";
$colorfile = $color[$num];
echo "$color[$num]";

What should be placed in the above codes in place of "$num"?

Please advise. I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

[djmatt]

You could:

<?php
// Create a new array
$color[1] = "blue";
$color[2] = "purple";
$color[3] = "green";
$color[4] = "grey";
$color[5] = "lightgreen";
$color[6] = "pink";

// total number of css files
$total = "6";
$start = "1";

while($start <= $total)
{
$colorfile = $color[$start];
echo $colorfile;
$start ++;
}
?>

That will just print the color names across the screen in numeric order of the array. I hope that is what you wanted.

[dansbanners]

You could:

<?php
// Create a new array
$color[1] = "blue";
$color[2] = "purple";
$color[3] = "green";
$color[4] = "grey";
$color[5] = "lightgreen";
$color[6] = "pink";

// total number of css files
$total = "6";
$start = "1";

while($start <= $total)
{
$colorfile = $color[$start];
echo $colorfile;
$start ++;
}
?>

That will just print the color names across the screen in numeric order of the array. I hope that is what you wanted.

Hmm, we may be getting there.

What I really want is to just choose and print one color at a time. Such that each time the array gets called upon, it'll choose just one color. For instance, the 1st time the array gets called upon it'll print $color[1] = "blue";, then the 2nd time it gets called upon it'll print $color[2] = "purple";, up to its 6th color, then starting again and going back to its first color and all.

In another word, if you go back to the original codes in the 1st post, you'll see that it does choose and print just one color at a time each time the array gets called upon. The only difference is that it was chosen randomly, while I'd like to have it chosen numerically?

Is it possible?

P.S. Thank you all for your replies thus far. I appreciate it!

[djmatt]

If you used sessions you could add 1 to the session variable each time it loads a page, evaluate if it is over 6 {reset to 1} and then call the color.

I don't know what you are trying to do with this code, but it is recommended that your website have a consistent, reliable look. It will help people know they are on your site and remember it better if they can say, "it's the web site with the green background." If a page is red one time, a visitor may want to go back to that page and try to look for a red page. Just for you to consider.