Including Random File.

[stma]

I'm pulling random files from a folder named 'video' and including them. I don't have the ability to hard code in the file names, so I'm using this:

<?php $path11 = 'video/'; 
$handle = opendir ($path11);
while (($filename = readdir ($handle)) !== false)
{
if ($filename != '.' && $filename != '..')
{
$file_array[] = $filename;
}
}

$rand = rand (0, count ($file_array));
include ($path11 . $file_array[$rand]);  ?>

I keep getting the following error (but it's not consistant - just sporadic)

Warning: main(video/) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/auto/xxxxx/randomvid.php on line 12

Warning: main(video/) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxx/public_html/auto/xxxxx/randomvid.php on line 12

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening 'video/' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxx/public_html/auto/xxxx/randomvid.php on line 12

Line 12 is this line:
include ($path11 . $file_array[$rand]);


Right now there are only a handful of files in the video folder and they all have the same contents. Just can't figure out why I get the inconsistent failures.... any ideas? A way to fix it? Etc...

[Paulishness]

Have you tried echoing the include path to check that it's ok? Could show a really obvious error.

Edit - Nvm, works fine on my dev server with PHP 5.2.2 and Apache 2.2.4

[stma]

Like I said it works fine 90 percent of the time or so. For example I just refreshed the page 10 times but got 3 errors out of those refreshes.

Nothing I see "WRONG" with the code, so I figured it was my server acting up in some fashion. Tried another server and the same thing happens.

I guess if no one see's anything wrong I'll build in an error message that just says "file not avail" at this time or something.

Still be nice if someone could suggest something that works all the time.

[mysql_beginner]

Like I said it works fine 90 percent of the time or so. For example I just refreshed the page 10 times but got 3 errors out of those refreshes.

Try echoing the path '$path11 . $file_array[$rand]' as Paulishness said and see what it says when you get errors.

[stma]

When the error kicks up it isn't storing a file name.

So for example when it works I get:

video/podcast-video6.html

When it doesn't work I just get:

video/

It's just returning a blank value occasionally for the $rand value.

[mysql_beginner]

after while(), print_r($file_array) to confirm there is no empty value.

[stma]

I get the same value printing that out when I have a successful include and when I don't:

Array ( [0] => podcast-video3.html [1] => podcast-video5.html [2] => podcast-video4.html [3] => podcast-video1.html [4] => podcast-video6.html [5] => podcast-video2.html )

Through some additional error checking it's trying to include the array value of [6] on the errors which doesn't exist. So my guess is that this line:
$rand = rand (0, count ($file_array)); is counting wrong in some fashion and adding an extra value. How would I get rid of that?

[mysql_beginner]

Use
$rand = rand (0, count($file_array)-1);

[stma]

Thanks for the help - guess that one was obvious once the error appeared