My friend was talking about his ideas for his comic (and i made the website for him) and he was saying that he wanted to have 5 different endings for his comic, but the readers can only see 1 of them.

I dont know how they would choose, but i was thinking of like 5 buttons, and they choose one, and they cannot go change their mind and choose a different one.

Is this even possible?

When a user sees an ending page a record is made, if that record is present then only the first ending they viewed would be delivered. This can be accomplished by either storing their IP or Session ID in a database, or giving them a cookie. Obviously both can be undermined however if the reader doesn't know that there are alternative endings they may not be looking for a way around it.

page1.php -> page2.php -> end.php

end.php
step 1) look for cookie, if isset(cookie) then echo cookie.jpg
step 2) if !isset(cookie) then $deliver = random(image), then setcookie(cookie, $deliver) then echo $deliver

thats one way
-Mike

I understand some of it, but i dont really know php.


end.php
<?php
Code
?>

thats all i basically know how to do in php, im a HTML/CSS coder (not strict).


So in other words, could you give me a block of code to use? please?

I do see a point in delivering different endings to a story because you can then analyze how your audience responds and then push the ending that is most effective. But if your not going to be analyzing this traffic then why do you want to spend time coding something that offers no benefit to you or your end user?

It sounds like using a random image selector written in Javascript will suffice.

Google Search

If you are determined to only deliver a single ending I would get over to php.net and use this as an opportunity to learn a little PHP. I think you will find the more you understand it the more you will want to use it.