https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-select-winner-from-contest-entries Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to select winner from contest entries. en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:17:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-select-winner-from-contest-entries#post-19599 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:39:05 +0000 MMLibrary 19599@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, Carl. I wondered if there was something more "elegant" or built in, but that will certainly work.</p> <p>And you get an A+ for speed - my keyboard was almost still warm from typing my question! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-select-winner-from-contest-entries#post-19597 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:31:19 +0000 Carl Hancock 19597@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>There isn't any built in functionality to select a random entry. I would just try using an online random number generator, set it's minimum and maximum to the number of entries that form has and let it generate a random number and then go to that entry and use that as your winner.</p> <p>Here is a random number generator:</p> <p><a href="http://www.random.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.random.org/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-select-winner-from-contest-entries#post-19589 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:44:13 +0000 MMLibrary 19589@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>At mmlibrary.org/drawing I have a form to take entries in a contest drawing. ( I'm a Gravity newbie, but have some experience with css and PHP.)</p> <p>I've searched the forum and searched the net, but can't figure out the best way to "draw a random winner" at the end of the contest.</p> <p>Would appreciate any help. Thanks!</p> <p>Pam </p>