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[fusionxn1]

I have a script that fetches five images, after I figured out for to strip all of the crap out of it I am now left with the result of 5 URLs with a space in between each one.

How can I make it that before the Space it adds the next url to another variable?

I will tell you what I am trying to do:

I am grabbing 5 images based on search results and I want to include all 5 into a generated image BUT as I said it is returning the 5 urls will spaces and I need them to be separate to work.

Thanks.

[trq]

Post the relevent code.

[chiprivers]

If I follow what you are asking your are left with a string like this:

$string = "www.domain.co.uk/image.gif www.domain.co.uk/another.gif www.domain.co.uk/im.gif";

you can put these into an array like this:

$images = explode(' ',$string);

you then have:

$images[0] = "www.domain.co.uk/image.gif"
$images[1] = "www.domain.co.uk/another.gif"
$images[2] = "www.domain.co.uk/im.gif"

[fusionxn1]

EDIT TO NEW REPLY: Ill try that :) Ill reply later thanks :).

Ok:

Basically the variable in this code returns the results and my code is a little messy right now but this is the code that returns the url after filtering the crap:

[code]preg_replace( array('/title="(.+?)"/','/alt="(.+?)"/','/height="(.+?)"/','/width="(.+?)"/','/<a href="(.+?)"/','</a>','/<img/','/" \/>/','/</','/>/'),
        array('','','','','','','','','',''),
        $file[8]);[/code]

And What I get with that is:

[code]http://imgurl.com/1.jpg http://imgurl.com/2.jpg http://imgurl.com/3.jpg http://imgurl.com/4.jpg http://imgurl.com/5.jpg[/code]

Now I some how what to make all 5 separate (maybe into variables?) so I can include each one into a generated image. Right now im getting an error obviously because its trying to add an image to a generated one with all 5 urls and spaces.

Hope someone can help me.

[fusionxn1]

Ok to a limit yours works :)

$images = explode(' ',$imagesreturn);

to test it what i did was

echo $images[0];
echo $images[1];

But only one is showing. Hmm.. Any help? :).

[trq]

Post the relevent code.

[fusionxn1]

Thank you os much!

I changed $images = explode(' ',$string); to $images = explode('    ',$string);

and it works! Is it ok to go ahead and ask my last question?

When someone links to the image say myimage.png

How can I make it update everytime its accessed?

[trq]

What do you mean by update?

[fusionxn1]

Basically. The image is generated and saved.

If I want to us eit on webpages and the information it saves to the png has changed it updates.

[trq]

You would need to store the infomation in a text file or preferably db, then compare the new data with the old. If its different, regenerate the image.

[fusionxn1]

I have no idea on how to do that :(.

[trq]

Well you use a combination of [url=http://php.net/fopen]fopen[/url] and [url=http://php.net/fwrite]fwrite[/url], to write to a file.

Post your code and we might be able to impliment an example.

[fusionxn1]

Well when the image is generated it makes a cache file the first time but what I want do is the generated file is saved to a folder. When ever that file is accessed (the file is png) i want it to regenerate.

[trq]

You have no way of knowing when the file is accessed.

[fusionxn1]

Is it posible to make a php script have the extention of .png because i know some sites block the dynamic images?

[fusionxn1]

Anyone? :).