create a random question generator php

  <?php
    //Connect with mysql
    $db = new mysqli("host","user","pass","db");

    //Perform the query to choose random questions
    $query = $db->query("SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 20");

    while($row = $query->fetch_assoc()):
        $question = $row['question'];
        echo $question."<br />";
    endwhile;

    //close result
    $query->close();
    //Close connection
    $db->close();

    session_start();
    if(isset($_GET['question'])){
    $question = preg_replace('/[^0-9]/', "", $_GET['question']);
    $next = $question + 1;
    $prev = $question - 1;
    if(!isset($_SESSION['qid_array']) && $question != 1){
    $msg = "Sorry! No cheating.";
    header("location: start.php?msg=$msg");
    exit();
    }
    if(isset($_SESSION['qid_array']) && in_array($question, $_SESSION['qid_array'])){
    $msg = "Sorry, Cheating is not allowed. You will now have to start over. Haha.";
    unset($_SESSION['answer_array']);
    unset($_SESSION['qid_array']);
    session_destroy();
    header("location: start.php?msg=$msg");
    exit();
    }
    if(isset($_SESSION['lastQuestion']) && $_SESSION['lastQuestion'] != $prev){
    $msg = "Sorry, Cheating is not allowed. You will now have to start over. Haha.";
    unset($_SESSION['answer_array']);
    unset($_SESSION['qid_array']);
    session_destroy();
    header("location: start.php?msg=$msg");
    exit();
    }
    ?>
    <!doctype html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Quiz Page</title>

    <script type="text/javascript">
    function countDown(secs,elem) {
    var element = document.getElementById(elem);
    element.innerHTML = "You have "+secs+" seconds remaining.";
    if(secs < 1) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    var url = "userAnswers.php";
    var vars = "radio=0"+"&qid="+<?php echo $question; ?>;
    xhr.open("POST", url, true);
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if(xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
    alert("You did not answer the question in the allotted time. It will be marked as incorrect.");
    clearTimeout(timer);
    }
    }
    xhr.send(vars);
    document.getElementById('counter_status').innerHTML = "";
    document.getElementById('btnSpan').innerHTML = '<h2>Times Up!</h2>';
    document.getElementById('btnSpan').innerHTML += '<a href="quiz.php?question=<?php echo $next; ?>">Click here now</a>';
    }
    secs--;
    var timer = setTimeout('countDown('+secs+',"'+elem+'")',1000);
    }

    function getQuestion(){
    var hr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    hr.onreadystatechange = function(){
    if (hr.readyState==4 && hr.status==200){
    var response = hr.responseText.split("|");
    if(response[0] == "finished"){
    document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = response[1];
    }
    var nums = hr.responseText.split(",");
    document.getElementById('question').innerHTML = nums[0];
    document.getElementById('answers').innerHTML = nums[1];
    document.getElementById('answers').innerHTML += nums[2];
    }
    }
    hr.open("GET", "questions.php?question=" + <?php echo $question; ?>, true);
    hr.send();
    }
    function x() {
    var rads = document.getElementsByName("rads");
    for ( var i = 0; i < rads.length; i++ ) {
    if ( rads[i].checked ){
    var val = rads[i].value;
    return val;
    }
    }
    }
    function post_answer(){
    var p = new XMLHttpRequest();
    var id = document.getElementById('qid').value;
    var url = "userAnswers.php";
    var vars = "qid="+id+"&radio="+x();
    p.open("POST", url, true);
    p.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    p.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if(p.readyState == 4 && p.status == 200) {
    document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = '';
    alert("Thanks, Your answer was submitted"+ p.responseText);
    var url = 'quiz.php?question=<?php echo $next; ?>';
    window.location = url;
    }
    }
    p.send(vars);
    document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "processing...";
    }
    window.oncontextmenu = function(){
    return false;
    }
    </script>


    </head>

    <body onLoad="getQuestion()">
    <div id="status">
    <div id="counter_status"></div>
    <div id="question"></div>
    <div id="answers"></div>
    </div>


    </script>
    </body>
    </html> 

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