[SOLVED] Display an ALT tag when an image is missing...

[JTapp]

Does anybody know how I can display the ALT words "The image is not available" to the following line - so I can get rid of that little red "x" when the image isn't available?

 

 

echo "<img src='" . $imagesFolder . $row['CompanyID'] . ".jpg' /></p>";

 

[fred123]

I'm no expert (just waiting for my question to be answered, but...

 

$imagelink = $imagesFolder.$row['CompanyID'];

if (file_exists($imagelink)) {
echo "<img src='".$imagelink.".jpg' /></p>";
} else {
echo "<img src='".$imagelink.".jpg' alt='The image is not available' /></p>";
}

 

should work?

[JTapp]

Thanks for trying!

I tested it and got a blank page.. 

[fred123]

My fault i think, i used quotation marks on the ALT.

 

I've changed it now.

 

Use ' and " or put backslashes before them IE \".

[Barand]

<?php
$imagefile = "$imagesFolder{$row['CompanyID']}.jpg";
if (file_exists($imagefile))
echo "<img src='$imagefile' />";
else
    echo "<img src='default.jpg' alt='The image is not available'/>";
?>

[JTapp]

Well, its pretty close.  I'm getting the message, but it keeps the red "x".

 

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[DarkWater]

That's due to your browser.  Nothing you can do about that unless you make an image that you put up that says like "Sorry, image unavailable!"...like on Photobucket or Tinypic.

[LooieENG]

Well, how about just this? (unless I didn't read the thread properly and it has to be an alt tag)

 

<?php
$imagefile = "$imagesFolder{$row['CompanyID']}.jpg";
if (file_exists($imagefile))
echo "<img src='$imagefile' />";
else
    echo "The image is not available";
?>

[JTapp]

LooieENG - It didn't have to be an ALT tag.. thanks much!!!