Random Products

[UncleSteve]

I'm running the random product contrib. of which I've found some extra code to widen the range of products. All good :)

 

Without confussing me, how can I make the products cycle, rather than 'random cycle' ?

 

What can I do to increase the range of displayed products? - I know how to chnge the quantity (batch) of products displayed on the page (yep thats a mess of a description ;) )

 

Thanks in advance for your help :D

?>
<!-- rnd_products //-->

<?php
  //SET THE QUERYS
$sql_query[0] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1'  order by
 p.products_ordered asc  limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

$sql_query[1] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1'  order by
 p.products_last_modified desc  limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

$sql_query[2] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1'  order by
 p.products_quantity  desc  limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

$sql_query[3] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1'  order by
 p.products_date_available desc  limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

$sql_query[4] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1'  order by
 p.products_date_added asc  limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

// uncle steve - start of new code below
$sql_query[5] = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1' order by
 p.products_date_added asc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
	// uncle steve - end of new code above

// get a random number - sam chnged from 4 to 5
$randomize = rand(0, 5);
$rndChooser = $sql_query[$randomize];
?>


<?php

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));

 new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);

  $info_box_contents = array();
  if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) 
  {
	$new_products_query = $rndChooser;
} 
 else 
  {
	$new_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . (int)$new_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added desc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
  }

 $row = 0;
 $col = 0;
 $info_box_contents = array();

 while ($new_products = tep_db_fetch_array($new_products_query)) 
 {
	$new_products['products_name'] = tep_get_products_name($new_products['products_id']);
	$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
										   'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',
										   'text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products['products_name'] . '</a><br>' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])) .'<br>'. '<a href="' . tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=buy_now&products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_buy_rnd.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW) . '</a> ');

	$col ++;
	if ($col > 2) 
	{
		  $col = 0;
		  $row ++;
	}
 }

 new contentBox($info_box_contents);
?>
<!-- rnd_products_eof //-->