unplugged_web Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I've got a form with radio buttons (I've used css to hid the buttons and show an image for the label), but I wondered if there was any way of randomizing the order of the options each time? So for question one it would be:1) A question: a) first answer:) second answerc) third answerd) fourth answere) fifth answerthen maybe next time it would be:1) A question: a) third answer:) fifth answerc) fourth answerd) first answere) second answerThe form is:Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 you could keep all the questions answers in an array and randomize the number to use to access each the array's index.or (probably neater and easier to maintain)you could use a server side language and a DB, and then you could just use SQL RANDOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Either of those gets you close. You'll also need a technique for checking items that have already been used. Otherwise you'll end up duplicating items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unplugged_web Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 you could keep all the questions answers in an array and randomize the number to use to access each the array's index.or (probably neater and easier to maintain)you could use a server side language and a DB, and then you could just use SQL RANDOMI think that using an array sounds the best way of doing it, because each question has different styles applied to them - unless I could store everything in the database? For example, I'd need to store: <label for="answer2a" style="padding-left: 73px; padding-right: 74px;" onclick="className='active'; setTimeout('showhide(\'question2\',\'question3\')',1000)">first answer</label><input name="answer2" type="radio" value="A" id="answer2a" class="button1"/> I'd certainly prefer to have everything stored in the database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 yup, make a table of questions, and a table of answers. Each answer is associated with a questions ID. You certainly wouldn't store the HTML/CSS/Javascript of course. With PHP you would construct a page with the appropriate HTML/CSS/Javascript while retrieving the relevant question and answer content from the DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unplugged_web Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 yup, make a table of questions, and a table of answers. Each answer is associated with a questions ID. You certainly wouldn't store the HTML/CSS/Javascript of course. With PHP you would construct a page with the appropriate HTML/CSS/Javascript while retrieving the relevant question and answer content from the DB.I okay I think I've got that, just to check I thought I could do it like this;store the code (including the css as each answer has different css) for each answer, then using RAND() display the answers to the question - so each question has a table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 you should just define the CSS when you write the PHP that generates the HTML. and by tables I meant tables in a database. I would use lists to organize the questions and answers.you should probably read the PHP/SQL tutorials so you get a better understanding of how they work with HTML/CSS and other things on the client side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unplugged_web Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 you should just define the CSS when you write the PHP that generates the HTML. and by tables I meant tables in a database. I would use lists to organize the questions and answers.you should probably read the PHP/SQL tutorials so you get a better understanding of how they work with HTML/CSS and other things on the client side.Thanks, I'll read those and then see how I get on. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unplugged_web Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 I decided to go down the database root and randomise everything that way. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I decided to go down the database root and randomise everything that way. Thanks for the help nice, you'll probably find it a lot easier to manage that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amj Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 If you have the Q's & A's in a DB then it might be an idea to have an array that you swap pointers (to Q's) over in a random way. I have used this method for a project I had on the laptop.Psudo code Loop myarray a = random b = random swap = myarray(a) myarray(a) = myarray(b) myarray(b) = swapEnd loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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