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Hi

We have four wallpaper-style images that we need to theme a site with. Each image is carved into three (eg Wallpaper1A.jpg, Wallpaper1B.jpg, Wallpaper1C.jpg, Wallpaper2A.jpg, Wallpaper2B.jpg, Wallpaper2C.jpg) to display within three templates (Header, LeftSidebar, RightSidebar) which are includes on each page.

Is there a way in EE to use PHP to output a random value between 1 and 4 and have this value remain the same across all 3 templates? I’ve tried a few solutions including assigning the value of a Variable B to Variable A, with Variable A value set to random, but can’t get this to work across separate templates.

I’m guessing that path.php might be where the solution goes but that’s as far is i’ve got.

Thanks for any help

Simply generate the random value, and pass it on to the sub-template.

<?php srand((double)microtime()*1000000); $theme = rand(1,4); ?>

{embed="/includes/header" my_theme_id="<?php echo $theme;?>"}
{embed="/includes/left_sidebar" my_theme_id="<?php echo $theme;?>"}
{embed="/includes/right_sidebar" my_theme_id="<?php echo $theme;?>"}

In your sub_templates you can then use something like:

Wallpaper{embed:my_theme_id}A.jpg

Makes sense? Untested, but should get you started.

to display within three templates (Header, LeftSidebar, RightSidebar) which are includes on each page.

If that means they are embedded, perhaps try the following:
Enable PHP for the template and set it to Input Parsing stage.

<?php $somenumber = rand(1,4); ?>

{embed="site/embed_one" random="<?php echo $somenumber ; ?>"}

{embed="site/embed_two" random="<?php echo $somenumber ; ?>"}

{embed="site/embed_three" random="<?php echo $somenumber ; ?>"}

Inside the embedded templates you can then refer to the value with {embed:random}.

LOL. Agreed.

Great minds think alike, right? 😊

That worked perfectly.

Thank you people.

-Hamish

I’m trying desperately to get my head around this. Which bit goes in the containing template and which bit goes in the embedded template?