Hi Tina,
To make all of this easier, it would probably be best to combine all of your files into 1, side bar file. That way we can be passing information around a lot easier.
So, if I understand correctly, we have the potential to show a maximum of 6 boxes that are spread over 3 sections. We want to show to randomly show 3 of those. Is that right?
If so, this is what I would do, since the slide show and the testimonials are only going to ever show 1 box, but the general text boxes can show up to 4, we should start with the general text boxes.
What we can do is get PHP to choose a random number for us between 1 - 3 to choose how many general text boxes to show.
For example:
$numberOfGeneralTextBoxes = rand(1, 3);
This will let us know how many general text boxes to show.
As for the other two types, the breakdown would go like this:
- if random number = 1, show the slide show and the testimonials box
- if random number = 2, show either the slide show or the random testimonials box
- if random number = 3, we already hit our maximum, so only show the general text boxes.
Does this sound like it would work for you?
Hope this helps get you started.
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