[SOLVED] Displaying images in place of a number.

[RoninStretch]

Now i know this is possible with libraries etc but I'm still new so I don't know enough to get involved with that yet.

 

However I have a small site where users sign up and can earn/spend points.

I display the users points in the top of every page but atm it looks really bland.

So i created ten images..numbers 0-9.

When put next to each other these images should sit together to look like one number..The points can go upto the millions.

 

Of course the problem is how to decide which image/number to place and how???

 

I don't know what's possible with php but is there a way so that, for example if our points value is 43012, I can find out how long the number is? i.e how many characters long? Then find the first number is 4 so display image_4.gif, second number is 3 so display image_3.gif and so on?

 

 

Any links to relevant reading or advice will be hugely appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

[php_joe]

<?
$score = '43012';
$number = preg_split('//', $score, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

$count = count($number); // <<<< if you need to know how many char in the number (no purpose here)

foreach($number as $value){
echo "<img src=\"./{$value}.jpg\">";
}
?>

[AndyB]

Or:

 

<?php
$number = "43012"; // for example
for ($i=0;$i<strlen($number); $i++) {
    echo "<img src='image_". $number{$i}. ".gif'>";
}
?>

[RoninStretch]

Marvelous!!!

 

Thanks a lot both of you.

 

*sends love*