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$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) as total_images
FROM ".IMAGES_TABLE." a, ".CATEGORIES_TABLE." b
WHERE a.image_active=1
AND a.cat_id =
'80' AND b.auth_viewcat=".AUTH_ALL."
AND b.auth_viewimage=".AUTH_ALL."
";
$row = $site_db->query_firstrow($sql);
$total_images = $row['total_images'];
mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);
$number = ($total_images > 1) ? mt_rand(0, $total_images - 1) : 0;
$sql = "SELECT a.image_id, a.cat_id, a.image_name, a.image_active, a.image_thumb_file, a.image_comments
FROM ".IMAGES_TABLE." a, ".CATEGORIES_TABLE." b
WHERE a.image_active=1
AND a.cat_id =
'80' AND b.auth_viewcat=".AUTH_ALL."
AND b.auth_viewimage=".AUTH_ALL."
LIMIT $number, 1";
$row = $site_db->query_firstrow($sql);
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Replace the 80 with your cat_id... (o:
so it works on my site:
http://www.picsforfree.de/random.php