Hi all
I am attempting to build an image gallery using PHP and mysql. All is going to plan (although very slowly), I have a number of folders that open to show thumbnail pictures. These can then be clicked to show a bigger picture. This all works fine but I would then like to enable visitors to download a yet bigger pictue to use as wallpaper (1024 x 768 pixels). Is this very complicated to perform? If not how is it done? My PHP is very limited as it appears to be the work of the devil so please be gentle with me!

As always cheers in advance
Burnsie

link to it!

http://elouai.com/force-download.php
gives quite a nice explanation.

What you want to do is send the file as an attachment, by letting PHP send the headers and then reading the file.

I don't think you require all the filetypes shown in this script, but you might have different image formats and they don't work with the same header.

Another way to do this is to use .htaccess to set the content disposition. The advantage of this is that you're not limited to the max PHP execution time (which may cause you problems with larger files).

A discussion of this method can be found here...

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/a...hp/t-8408.html

Hi all
Thanks for the input. Sorry I can't upload my part-built gallery at the moment due to 'technical difficulties'.
I had a look at elouai.com and the download button under the little doll appears to do exactly what I was after! However, the instructions for use are far to vauge for my my tiny php knowledge and might as well be written in Greek!
Perhaps this is a step too far and it's back to beatiful html for me.

cheers
Burnsie

Burnsie, did you have a look at the .htaccess discussion? It might be a little simpler to implement, though you'll have to have .htaccess file support.

Hi
err yep I read that and that all made even less sense! They go round in circles with no clear given answers. In fact is finishes with a link to http://elouai.com/force-download.php as suggested by Insensus. I only want visitors to be able to download jpg's no video or anything. The jpg's themselves are not that large and I don't think they need commpressing or anything. I have seen this done and I didn't think it would be too difficult but as I say my php is VERY limited so I have nothing really on which to base these beliefs!

cheers

Just link to them for goodness sake.

IE users can use the "Set as Background" or "Set as Desktop item" from the RC menu once they have opened the image.

The majority of users with other browsers are usually "tech savvy" enough to know how to RC and download.

This of course is my problem! I don't know how to link to the larger pictures.

I have a number of folders all containing the medium size pics. These folders contain thumbnail folders, which obviously contain my thumnail pics. The thumbnails when clicked open the medium pics. I then want to allow visitors to download a yet larger picture by clicking a link. The larger pics can reside in their own folder or with the medium sized pics or anywhere else, I don't know what the best structure might be.

There are some image gallery scripts that already have the option to enable download automatically