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[mandriva]

Ok here goes although you may find this request a little odd.

What i would like is some code i can put on my index page that displays a box and a number of current people browsing my site, however i dont want it to be current users i would like it to be a made up number to look like there ara a lot of people browsing my site because at the moment ther isnt any.

I know this sounds odd but it would really help me out.

cheers

[v0id]

You can easily do this in PHP. You just need to get a random number and output it. Then, when somebody refreshes your website they will see a new number indicating how many people you want to "simulate." IMO, I think it's a bad practice to do. I don't like sites that tries to cheat its users, with incorrect information.

echo "There's currently " . rand(1, 15) . " users online right now!";
// Another alternative is mt_rand. Simply add "mt_" and it will work.

[mandriva]

Many thanks for that. I hear what you are saying and its something i have really tried to avoid. I have a good website and need people to advertise on it to make money. Feedback from people who want to advertise are that there isnt enough advertisements on the site hence i need something to sway them and a faked number maybe the way to start my business off.