Heey lads i need some help
Have absolutely no clue how to do this but i'm pretty sure it can be done.

I have a database with image locations on my site.
How do i create a javascript for somebody else to include in their site to browse through these images.
(The images which they need to browse through will vary per site which includes the javascript)
I think this requires javascript and php


No clue how to do this, if you guys could point me the way

The Javascript "src" can be any type of file, including a .php:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yourserver.com/myscript.php"></script>

So you can use PHP to output real Javascript code, which will then be placed on their site. For example:

myscript.php

PHP Code:

// .. all of your db work
$js = '';
while($img = mysql_fetch_array($res))
{
    $js .= 'document.write("<img src=\"' . $img['img_src'] . '\" alt=\"' . $img['info'] . '\" />");';
}

echo $js; 


And to the browser, it will look like valid Javascript:

document.write("<img src=\"http://yourdomain.com/image.gif\" alt=\"An image\" />");
document.write("<img src=\"http://yourdomain.com/image2.gif\" alt=\"An image 2\" />");
document.write("<img src=\"http://yourdomain.com/image3.gif\" alt=\"An image 3\" />");

That would create 3 images.

as simple as that? sweet

i'm going to use that with a bit of DHTML and have some great scripting fun

Thanks Chroder!

i am having the same problem. Actualy my pictures are in a folder and i want to use javascript to recognize all the picttures in the folder and makes the next files list such that this file list can be place in a javascript code to displays on site. Bascially i want to know how can i make the php so that it makes the list from a folder Thanks alot guys i really appreciate the help

Originally Posted by lajkonik86

as simple as that? sweet

i'm going to use that with a bit of DHTML and have some great scripting fun

Thanks Chroder!

Yup You should look into caching too, you don't want to be regenerating the same file every time a person requests it. Do an update every X mins or something.

Originally Posted by rcubes85

i am having the same problem. Actualy my pictures are in a folder and i want to use javascript to recognize all the picttures in the folder and makes the next files list such that this file list can be place in a javascript code to displays on site. Bascially i want to know how can i make the php so that it makes the list from a folder Thanks alot guys i really appreciate the help

You can use the same technique combined with directory functions. Something like this:

PHP Code:

<?php

$dir        = './myimages';
$url        = 'http://mydomain.com/myimages';
$mimetypes  = array('image/gif', 'image/png', 'image/jpeg');

///////////////

$dh = opendir($dir);
$js = '';

while( ($file = readdir($dh)) !== false )
{
    if($file == '.' || $file == '..')
        continue;
        
    $filepath = $dir . '/' . $file;
    if(is_file($filepath) &&  in_array(mime_content_type($filepath), $mimetypes))
        $js .= 'document.write("<img src=\"' . $url . '/' . $file . '\" />");';   
}

echo $js;

?>

sweet thanks alot

the javascript is only for customers so it will be low usage and only temporary for testing.
So no need for caching, which would be quite a hassle.

Thanks anyhow