Tokens with PHP?

[aim high]

This is what I want to do.

Have a web page with a paragraph. Lets say

"Hi my name is Bill. blah blah"

but I want to use tokens so its

"Hi my name is {Name}"

where name is like a list of 20 names. Is there a way to draw data from an excel spreadsheet opposed to just having it all in the coding which would get messy? Is there a better solution opposed to php?

 

[emp]

USe a database or (in your case) an array.

Easy to do, just pick up any PHP tutorial and figure it out.

Why? because you will learn a lot that will help ya later.

::emp::

 

[nathanjacobs]

<?php


$persons_name = array("Bob", "Bill", "John");
$persons_name = $persons_name[rand(0,2)];

echo "$persons_name is cool.";

?>

 

[kblessinggr]

Easily done with variables, or even the string_replace function

But if you really want to use a token style system, look into the smarty template engine.

smarty.net

 

[esomark]

Definately use php for stuff as simple as this.

Do you know any php? Check out Newbies Paradise, free tutorials for beginners in programming, website design, linux...

No jokes its actually really good when you're starting out. PHP is so easy

 

[knukk]

<?php

$token = '{name}';
$input = "Yadayada blabla $token";
$names = array('Name1', 'Name2', 'Name3');
$name = $names[rand(0, sizeof($names))];
$output = str_replace($token, $name, $input);
echo $output;

?>

 

[Supergeek]

Google "Smarty" too if you want to use PHP.

 

[aim high]

i just got it done in 4 hours with around 80 separate tokens with arrays haha. probably would have been easier with a little bit more php knowledge. going to pick up a php/sql book now.

 

[kblessinggr]

i just got it done in 4 hours with around 80 separate tokens with arrays haha. probably would have been easier with a little bit more php knowledge. going to pick up a php/sql book now.

Smarty would have saved you a lot more time (and had better flexibility on the output side)