macOS PHP help

[jtalerico]

I am trying to get a random picture script working.... I have used PHP before, but not recently...
<?php
$random = (rand()%3)+1;
$handle = fopen("/Users/joetalerico/Sites/images/"&random".jpg", "wb");
?>

So what i have is a directory that has images numberd 1 -3 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg.... I want to generate a number 1-3 and then take that string/int and put it into the path name to be opened. If i am doing this all wrong please dont write the code for me, just point me in the right direction. Thanks!

 

[aristobrat]

Remember that PHP uses "." to join strings together, not "&".

For example,

$date= "26";
print "Today is January " . $date. ", 2006";

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Try to start with:

<?php
$random = (rand()%3)+1;
$imgstr = "/Users/joetalerico/Sites/images/" . $random . ".jpg";
?>

...and why fopen()? Where are you opening this php script?

 

[jtalerico]

Thanks, now here is what i got....


<?php
$random = (rand()%3)+1;
echo "<br>";
echo $random;
$filename = "images/".$random.".jpg";
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$contents = fread($handle,filesize($filename));
?>


But the image wont display. What should i look at?

i try echo $contents but it just gives me the ascii of the image.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

If you want to display an image at a website it should be something like this:

echo "<img src='" . $imgstr . "' alt='description' />";

 

[jtalerico]

okay, i guess i have to do it that way, i thought there was a different way of doing it.. Guess i was wrong...

Thanks!

 

[jtalerico]

New question

say i want to check to see if a file has the extension of .jpg

how would i do it?

if(is_file($file)) {
echo "<bhabha>";
}

Is there like a is_image ? kind of thing that you guys know of? Thanks!

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Something like exif_imagetype()?

 

[jtalerico]

You are the man!!

 

[jtalerico]

echo "<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=1 width=500>\n";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td bgcolor=light grey>\n";
$dir = opendir('images/banner/');
while(false != ($file = readdir($dir))){
if(exif_imagetype("$file")){
echo "<img src=".$file.">";
}
}

Doesnt seem to be working like i thought....


Warning: exif_imagetype() [function.exif-imagetype]: Read error! in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/global.inc on line 19

Warning: exif_imagetype() [function.exif-imagetype]: Read error! in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/global.inc on line 19

Warning: exif_imagetype(2005_0105Image_30012.jpg) [function.exif-imagetype]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/global.inc on line 19

 

[jtalerico]

Fixed some parts of the code.... Still getting errors..

$dir = opendir('images/banner/');
while(false != ($file = readdir($dir))){
if(exif_imagetype("images/banner/"$file) == IMAGETYPE_JPEG){
echo "<img src=images/banner/".$file.">";


Warning: exif_imagetype() [function.exif-imagetype]: Read error! in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/global.inc on line 19

Warning: exif_imagetype() [function.exif-imagetype]: Read error! in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/global.inc on line 19

 

[Poeben]

Not the most elegant way in your case, but you could use the substr() function.

something like:

substr("filename.jpg", -4); // will return ".jpg" as string
substr("filename.jpeg", -5); // will return ".jpeg" as string

then you can dance your $var == ".jpg" ditty

I have done this sort of thing when dealing with many different file types. There is probably a better way, but whatever.

 

[jtalerico]

what does the -4, -5 thing mean? I am trying to open ALL images in a dir.

 

[jtalerico]

Mitthrawnuruodo -- any ideas?

I have tried try-catch blocks to catch the file read error.. But still nothing... here is the code that i am working with right now...

$dir = opendir('images/banner/');
while(false != ($file = readdir($dir))){
if(getimagesize("images/banner/$file") == 2){
echo "<img src=images/banner/".$file.">";
}
}

I know it is really ugly but i would like to get it to work. I am still getting the read errors.. I know the file is there. And i have done the echo "images/banner/$file" to make sure it is there, and it worked. But i cannot get if(getimagesize("images/banner/$file") == 2){ that statement to be happy!

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I don't really know...

But...

while(false != ($file = readdir($dir)))

should be

while(($file = readdir($dir)) != false)

or just

while($file = readdir($dir))

should also work because the while exits when the expression is false, anyway...

and getimagesize() returns an array, so seeing if it equals 2 might not give many true results...

and

echo "<img src=images/banner/".$file.">";

will not validate, and should be

echo "<img src='images/banner/".$file."' alt='Description' />";

or

echo "<img src=\"images/banner/".$file."\" alt=\"Description\" />";

 

[jtalerico]

Cool! I think i am getting somewhere...

http://69.68.181.132/~joetalerico/gallery.php

I am still getting read errors, is there a way to throw them? Because not everything in there is a jpeg.. So maybe a try catch again?

<?
$dir = opendir('images/banner/');
while($file = readdir($dir)){
if(exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG){
echo "<img src=images/banner/".$file.">";
}
}
?>

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

http://69.68.181.132/~joetalerico/gallery.php

I am still getting read errors, is there a way to throw them? Because not everything in there is a jpeg.. So maybe a try catch again?

Those two warnings you get:

Warning: exif_imagetype() [function.exif-imagetype]: Read error! in /Users/joetalerico/Sites/gallery.php on line 4

What excactly are you trying to read/feed the exif_imagetype() function...?

Maybe try to write out what you're doing (<-- Best debugging tip I can give ), something like:

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG){

 

[jtalerico]

Those two warnings you get:
What excactly are you trying to read/feed the exif_imagetype() function...?

Maybe try to write out what you're doing (<-- Best debugging tip I can give ), something like:

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG){

Yup i have done that! The problem is it is not a image, i want to throw that exception.. I guess when it is not a image it will show that error.. Check it out now..
http://69.68.181.132/~joetalerico/gallery.php

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Yup i have done that! The problem is it is not a image, i want to throw that exception.. I guess when it is not a image it will show that error.. Check it out now..
http://69.68.181.132/~joetalerico/gallery.php

The problem is the folder structure, you'll have to not call exit_imagetype() for this folder . and the parent folder ..

Other than that it seem to work...

 

[jtalerico]

Right.. But how can i get it to skip those two folders, they are the first thing it will hit.

maybe something like if(($dir = .) || ($dir = ..)){

Some how skip it?

 

[jeremy.king]

Right.. But how can i get it to skip those two folders, they are the first thing it will hit.

maybe something like if(($dir = .) || ($dir = ..)){

Some how skip it?

Could try to use the is_dir() function or just check the name

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(!is_dir($file) && (exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG)){

or

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(!($file == "." || $file == "..") && (exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG)){

P.S. Remember http://www.php.net has a very extensive language reference with examples.

 

[jtalerico]

Could try to use the is_dir() function or just check the name

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(!is_dir($file) && (exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG)){

or

while($file = readdir($dir)){
    echo "Next file: images/banner/" . $file . "<br />"; // Debugging
    if(!($file == "." || $file == "..") && (exif_imagetype("images/banner/$file") == IMAGETYPE_JPEG)){

P.S. Remember http://www.php.net has a very extensive language reference with examples.

I have been using php.net alot!! thanks, ill give it a try!

 

[Stampyhead]

You should check out the Sitepoint forums too (http://www.sitepoint.com). There are some very knowledgeable PHP gurus over there. They are they ones I pitch my toughest PHP problems to and they have always been very helpful.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

You should check out the Sitepoint forums too (http://www.sitepoint.com). There are some very knowledgeable PHP gurus over there. They are they ones I pitch my toughest PHP problems to and they have always been very helpful.

I'm going to second this. I haven't actually looked at the forums, but I learnt PHP from a Sitepoint book

Hey... what's wrong with the Mac programming forum here at MR...?

Ok, with a little help from php.net...

 

[Nermal]

Forgery! Muahahaha!