Hi,
If you need to show images randomly from a directory then this script can help you.
index.php
Let’s configure some variables: $extensions, $images_folder_path & $url_to_images_folder.
<?php
// extensions to be checked
$extensions = array('jpg','jpeg','gif','png','bmp');
// images folder
$images_folder_path = '/home/site/public_html/images/';
// url to folder
$url_to_folder = 'http://www.yoursitename.com/images/';
Create the array with the URLs to the images:
// Images Array (SRC value)
$images = array();
srand((float) microtime() * 10000000); // IF PHP Version < 4.2.0
// Open directory and read images
if ($handle = opendir($images_folder_path)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
// get file extension
$ext = strtolower(substr(strrchr($file, "."), 1));
if(in_array($ext, $extensions))
{
$images[] = $url_to_folder.$file;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
Are there any images in the directory? Select randomly 2 distinctive values. If there are no images in the folder, notify the user with a message.
if(!empty($images)) // Do we have something to show?
{
$rand_key = array_rand($images, 1);
$src = $images[$rand_key];
echo "<img src='".$src."' align='absmiddle'>";
/*
Show second image; Make sure it will not be the same as the first one;
We will remove the element of the first image from the array. This way the script will not reselect it
*/
unset($images[$rand_key]);
$rand_key = array_rand($images, 1);
$src = $images[$rand_key];
echo "<br /><br /><img src='".$src."' align='absmiddle'>";
}
else
{
echo 'No images were found in <strong>'.$images_folder_path.'</strong>';
}
?>
This could be done with a lot less code.
A lot less code? Could be, but think how many beginners would actually understand a similar script with less code. The current application is well commented and gives the user an idea of how this script is actually working (step by step).
Good basic script.
You can: Make your rand_key array equal to the number of images that you want to show, then create a loop to display each image. This simple change makes this much more versatile.
Cheers
Hello, does anybody know how to show 6 random images? Thanks for a help.
Sorry but it can be better! Nice script, made some tweaks.
It now gets every photo out of the folder.. and shows them
<?php# Credits: Rickdegraaff.nl
// extensions to be checked
$extensions = array('jpg','jpeg');
// images folder
$images_folder_path = 'images/projects/';
// url to folder
$url_to_folder = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/porto/images/projects/';
// Images Array (SRC value)
$images = array();
srand((float) microtime() * 10000000); // IF PHP Version < 4.2.0
// Open directory and read images
if ($handle = opendir($images_folder_path)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
// get file extension
$ext = strtolower(substr(strrchr($file, "."), 1));
if(in_array($ext, $extensions))
{
$images[] = $url_to_folder.$file;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
foreach ($images as $imgvalue) {
print '
';
}
?>
The part:
foreach ($images as $imgvalue) {print '
';
}
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Thanks for your suggested code!