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May 14.2006

I have on my server about ten files that are to be made available to users, by their downloading them, from my website. Using html I can get the user to download a specific file with the code <a href=”Filename.typ”>textlink</a>.

However I want to be able to produce code (either <script> or HTML that will facilitate the downloading of a random file from the ten available.

What would the code be?
Can anyone help?

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@phpnoviceMay 15.2006 — A server-side code solution would be more reliable. For a JavaScript solution, you could list the ten files in a JavaScript array and then do this:

<a href="Filename.typ" onclick="

var idx = Math.floor(Math.random() * aryFiles.length);

this.href = aryFiles[idx];

return true;">textlink</a>
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@VillanescaauthorMay 15.2006 — Many thanks Phpnovice for your reply. I will try it and see if it works for me. I cannot do a server-side solution because my programming skills do not stretch that far!

Thank you again.

Villanesca
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