Random avatars

[Robbie]

Is this possible??
Some of my members are asking for it.

[Jedi~]

All depends on how it would be set up.

[Robbie]

They use a php script to randomize a avatar.

[Nemesis]

Look, then hit refresh!

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[Chris Cromer]

Look then hit refresh for me as well.

Jedi has one also.

[Robbie]

Aha so it works, thnx.
Is there a possibility that someone can run a php script to destroy your forum? I mean, is it secure to run php in your avatar?

[Chris Cromer]

The php in the avatar scripts can't really do any damage because it is being loaded inside of a image tag. So if the php script being used doesn't have an image it will display an x.

Edit: Just to be sure, I tried to make a php file that would get the password from the board and save it to a file, the script would not save it to the file when I used it as my avatar.

[Spaceman-Spiff]

there are some cool ones here:
http://www.yabb.info/community/index.php?board=137;action=display;threadid=7266

[Ben_S]

<------ look and refresh too

[Robbie]

Thnx for the quick reply's!!

[Jedi~]

We love yours, Scotty

[Mach8]

We love yours, Scotty

Someone's obsessed with Holly Valance

[Jedi~]

I don't even know who that is, it's just a nice bunch of avatars

[Positronix]

I suppose you could offer a service to your visitors using this script:

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<?php
$absolute_path = "home/path/personal_avatars/" . $user;
$directory = "http://site.com/path/personal_avatars/" . $user;
$dir = opendir($absolute_path);
while($avatar = readdir($dir))
   {   if(($avatar != "..") and ($avatar != "."))
      {   $avatars[] = "$avatar";   }
   }
srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);
shuffle($avatars);
$randomAvatarURL = $avatars[0];
$avatar = fopen("$directory/$randomAvatarURL", "w+");
while (!feof($avatar))
   {   print fread($avatar,120);   }
?>

It's edited from one of those in the other discussion, but in this one you can create various directories containing various avatars for various users, using the same script. Upload the avatars for each user, then call it by using the url:

http://site.com/path/personal_avatars/avatar.php?user=username

Obviously changing details to reflect your setup. That's how my avatar works, and as you can see, it works fine!

[Ben_S]

We love yours, Scotty

Someone's obsessed with Holly Valance

Shes got a nice personality