"Flipping"

[TFD3]

Ok this may sound strange but I was wondering if someone can help me make a php script where two PNG images in the script rotate.

 

For example:

I had two images, image_1.png and image_2.png and I want image_1.png to show up for X amount of seconds then flip to image_2.png and have it show for X amount of seconds then start over again. This can be done with Java Script but for what im needing to use it for there is no way javascript can work.

 

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

 

Thanks guys!!

[lightningstrike]

This is I believe is not possible in php. However if it was a GIF image you might be able to find some library allowing you to generate an animated GIF image doing what you described. Use JavaScript or animated GIF files.

[TFD3]

This is I believe is not possible in php. However if it was a GIF image you might be able to find some library allowing you to generate an animated GIF image doing what you described. Use JavaScript or animated GIF files.

 

The only thing...GIF images are not supported for what I need

I'll give it a try with javascript

[btherl]

Sounds like your requirements are quite tight.  It is 100% not possible in php, as php runs on the server.  What you want (flipping an image) must be done in the client's browser.

 

The only way I can imagine it could be done without javascript is to have an iframe that constantly refreshes itself, each time refreshing to the other image.  The iframe and the image itself could be set as cacheable, so hopefully the browser would not be making http requests every time.

 

Other than that, javascript, flash, java, activex can all do it on the client side.