Daily Image Update

[pHJason]

Is there a Javascript that exists that basically tells my site to change a specific image depending on what day of the week it is?

Practically I run a theater, and I would like there to be a Now Playing section that pulls up the appropriate image for that night's show.

Thanks in advance.

[Fotiman]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld! In your case, the images are really part of the content. This is something that is best handled server-side, not with JavaScript. Otherwise, people visiting your site with JavaScript disabled may not be able to view the correct content. What sort of server side platform is your site running on (PHP? ASP? etc.)? My recommendation would be to research a server side solution.

[pHJason]

We are PHP, shall I go ask there?

[Fotiman]

That's how I would approach it. Getting the current date in PHP is pretty straight forward:
[php.net...]

I would get the day of the week, and then depending on the result, display the appropriate data. For example:

<?php
$day = date("N");
switch ($day) {
case ("1"):
  //Monday
  break;
case ("2"):
  // Tuesday
  break;
case ("3"):
  //Wednesday
  break;
case ("4"):
  //Thursday
  break;
case ("5"):
  //Friday
  break;
case ("6"):
  //Saturday
  break;
case ("7"):
  //Sunday
  break;
}
?>