[SOLVED] Question?

[SkyRanger]

Here is the situation.  I am trying to use a php multi column to display some images that are uploaded to a directory without using a mysql backend.  I have figured out how to do it with mysql:

 

<?php
//set the number of columns
$columns = x;

mysql_connect('localhost','','');
mysql_select_db('test');
$query = "SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY id";
$result = mysql_query($query);

//we add this line because we need to know the number of rows
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
echo "<TABLE BORDER=\"0\">\n";

//changed this to a for loop so we can use the number of rows
for($i = 0; $i < $num_rows; $i++) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
    if($i % $columns == 0) {
        //if there is no remainder, we want to start a new row
        echo "<TR>\n";
    }
    echo "<TD>" . $row['stuff'] . "</TD>\n";
    if(($i % $columns) == ($columns - 1) || ($i + 1) == $num_rows) {
        //if there is a remainder of 1, end the row
        //or if there is nothing left in our result set, end the row
        echo "</TR>\n";
    }
}
echo "</TABLE>\n";
?> 

 

But instead of doing it that way, I am trying to figure out how to get php to count the images in the directory and display them in columns.  Is there a way to do this and if so can somebody please help.  I can get them out of the directory and display on the page already using this:

 

<?php

function strip_ext($name) {
$ext = strrchr($name, '.');
if($ext !== false) {
	$name = substr($name, 0, -strlen($ext));
}
return $name;
}

function removeHyphen($filename) {
$target = $filename;
$patterns[0] = '/-/';
$patterns[1] = '/_/';
$replacements[0] = ' ';
$replacements[1] = ' ';
$filename = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $target);
return $filename;
}

function capFirstWord($word) {
$cap = $word;
$cap = explode(' ', $cap);
	foreach($cap as $key => $value) {
		$cap[$key] = ucfirst($cap[$key]); 
	}
$word = implode(' ', $cap);
return $word;
}

function formatFile($name) {
    $name = strip_ext($name);
    $name = removeHyphen($name);
    $name = capFirstWord($name);
    return $name;
}

$mydir = dir('./displayimages');
while(($file = $mydir->read()) !== false) {
	// Security - remove "." and ".." files (directories)
	if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
		// Output.  This is what is actually outputed by the script and that shows
		// up on the screen (browser).
		echo "<a href='./displayimages/$file'><img border='0' src='./displayimages/$file' width=\"77\" height=\"102\"></a>".formatFile($file)."</a><br>";
	 }
}
$mydir->close();
?>

[thepresidentis]

are you trying to have table rows and columns for your images? is that what you are looking to do?

<? //the rest of your script
?> // end php code to create a table
<table width="100%" border="1">
  <tr>
<? //restart php code
echo "<TD><a href='./displayimages/$file'><img border='0' src='./displayimages/$file' width=\"77\" height=\"102\"></a>".formatFile($file)."</a></TD>
//the rest of your code
?>	

 

if that is what ou are trying to do you need to create a table first

then echo your td columns.

you will problably have to play with it to get it to work for your needs, but that is the basic way to do that.

[SkyRanger]

What I need it to do, is have php count the number of images in the directory, and then place them in the table for example:

 

10 Images, would display 3 columns wide and 4 rows

 

If it was say 6 images then it would show 3 columns and 2 rows.

[SkyRanger]

~bump~

[Barand]

use glob() to pull the filenames into an array.

 

Then it's just a loop through the array.

[SkyRanger]

use glob() to pull the filenames into an array.

 

Then it's just a loop through the array.

 

Never even thought of that Barand, thanks