[PLUGIN] Page static with ramdom

[SnorkY]

Hi!
I'm french user, sorry for my bad english.

I want create static page, with 1 random article inside.

URL : http://roulecommeunemerde.fr

[Edi]

There is no plugin for this.

But it should be no problem to create a template using the PHP function mt_rand():

http://php.net/manual/fr/function.mt-rand.php

[SnorkY]

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately I do not master at Bludit and even less the dev
I'm looking for help for that

[Edi]

Is it this what you want: One page (for example the main page) which shows only one post (one video), which is selected randomly?

[SnorkY]

Yes, so not on home.

I want create static page (/random) with random article (yes random one video for my exemple).

[Edi]

You can do it as follows:

1) Create an additional template for example random.php for your theme using the following:

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<?php

$pageNumber = 1; // First page number
$onlyPublished = true;

$listOfPages = $dbPages->getList($pageNumber, $amountOfItems, $onlyPublished);

$number = count($listOfPages);

$random = mt_rand(0, $number-1);

// Take only the keys
$listOfKeys = array_keys($listOfPages);

// Foreach key generate the page
foreach ($listOfKeys as $key) {
	if ($key == $listOfKeys[$random]) {
		$page = buildPage($key);
		echo $page->title();
		echo $page->permalink();
		echo $page->content();
	}
}

?>

See for this also How to get URL of latest post.

This is only the code for the random display. The styling depends on your theme.

2) Modify the template index.php of your theme adding a condition to "if ($WHERE_AM_I=='page')" with the slug of the page with the random display (in our example "random"):

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<?php
	if ($WHERE_AM_I=='page') {
		if ( $Url->slug() == 'random' ) {
			include(THEME_DIR_PHP.'random.php');
		}
		else {
			include(THEME_DIR_PHP.'page.php');
		}
	}
	else {
		include(THEME_DIR_PHP.'home.php');
	}
?>

3) Create a static content (in our example with the title "Random").

[SnorkY]

Wow thank you very much.

It's work !

[Bier]

Hi,

why this:

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$listOfPages = $dbPages->getList($pageNumber, $amountOfItems, $onlyPublished);
$number = count($listOfPages);
$random = mt_rand(0, $number-1);

instead of:

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$listOfPages = $dbPages->getList($pageNumber, $amountOfItems, $onlyPublished);
$random = mt_rand(0, $amountOfItems-1);