Response to WordPress Stack Exchange : 140202

gistfile1.php

<?php

/*idea to develop further would be, add a text box that the user can input the quote in
this then gets added to the DB and passed to the $quotes array. From here the results get
output the same way*/
/*
Plugin Name: Random Quotes
Plugin URI: xxx
Description: This Plugin randomly generates Quotes input by the user.
Version: 0.0.1
Author: xxx
Author URI: xxx
License: GPL2
*/

add_action('admin_menu', 'dw_quotes_create_menu');

function dw_quotes_create_menu() {
    //create custom top-level menu
    add_menu_page('Quotes Settings', 'Quotes Styling', 'manage_options', __FILE__, 'dw_styling_quotes_settings');
}

function dw_get_random_quote() {
    $quotes = get_option('dw_quotes', null);
    $quotes = unserialize($quotes);
    $rand_quotes = array_rand( $quotes);
    $result_quote = $quotes[$rand_quotes];

    return $result_quote;


}

function dw_styling_quotes_settings() {

    // load quotes
    $quotes = get_option('dw_quotes', null);
    $quotes = unserialize($quotes);

    if (is_null($quotes)) {
        $quotes = array();
    }

    if (isset($_GET['delete']) && is_numeric($_GET['delete'])) {
        unset($quotes[$_GET['delete']]); // remove that quote from the array
        $quotes = array_values($quotes); // reorder the keys
        update_option('dw_quotes', serialize($quotes)); // store results
        echo '<p style="font-size:110%;color:green;"><strong>Quote Deleted</strong></p>';
    }

    if ($_POST && isset($_POST['random_quote']) && $_POST['random_quote'] !== '') {
        array_push($quotes, $_POST['random_quote']);
        update_option('dw_quotes', serialize($quotes));
        echo '<p style="font-size:110%;color:green;"><strong>Quote Added</strong></p>';
    }

    ?>



    <div class="wrap">
        <?php screen_icon( 'plugins' ); ?>
        <h2>Quotes Page</h2>


        <form action="admin.php?page=wse140202.php" method="post">
            Add Quote:  <input style="width:600px;" type="textarea" name="random_quote" value="" />
            <br/><input type="submit" />
        </form>
    </div>

    <h3>Current Quotes</h3>
    <ul>
        <?php
        if ($quotes !== null) {
            $index = 0;
            foreach ($quotes as $quote) {
                echo '<li><strong>[ <a href="admin.php?page=wse140202.php&delete=' . $index . '">Delete</a> ]</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;' . $quote . '</li>';
                $index++;
            }
        }?>
    </ul>

    <h3>A Random Quote</h3>

    <?echo dw_get_random_quote();
}

?>