Hi,
I'm trying to generate a simple link to a random item in the archive, which I'll put in the site header.
The code below has two problems. One is that it's not a very efficient way to get a random item id. But more importantly, it interferes with the main item loop on the page (so on items/browse for example, it ends up shuffling the item results; on items/show, it randomizes the item being displayed on the page).
function random_item_link(){
$random=recent_items(total_items());
shuffle($random);
set_items_for_loop($random);
if (has_items_for_loop()){
$index=1;
while ( (loop_items()) && ($index==1) ){
$id=item('id');
return '<a id="random-item-link" href="'.WEB_ROOT.'/items/show/'.$id.'">Show me a random item</a>';
$index++;
}
}
}
So I guess the main question is what I need to do to have multiple loops on the same page?
Thanks - E