PHP Random Quote Generator

The following code loads the contents of a text file and randomly displays a line from it. You can use this to display a random quote on a page every time it loads.

$file= "quotes.txt";


$quotes = file($file);


srand((double)microtime()*1000000);


$randomquote = rand(0, count($quotes)-1);


echo $quotes[$randomquote];

It works by loading a file into memory and picking a line from that file at random. Here is a sample file you might want to use.

This is the first quote - Person One


This is the second quote - Person Two

Fill this with your own quotes and you are away.