if gif else jpg

Anon

I am very new to php and programing..
<?php
$gif = file( "img/web_01.gif");
$jpg = file( "img/web_01.jpg");

if ($gif) { //if gif is there include it
include($gif );
} else { //if gif is not there include jpg
include($jpg);
}
?>
Am I on the right track here? The if the if statement is true how does it know if the img/gif file is there?

Thanks
Forest

Anon

You'll probably not like the results of incorporating the
contents of the gif or jpeg into your current php file
as if they were html source. Are you perhaps trying to
determine the appropriate source file for an <img>?

If so, you can do it this way:

if (file_exists("img/web_01.gif"))
    echo "<img src=\"img/web_01.gif\">";
elseif (file_exists("img/web_01.jpg"))
    echo "<img src=\"img/web_01.jpg\">";
// else neither file exists, so don't show any image at all

Anon

That gets me much closer. Thanks for the reply.

If I take the backslashes out of the img element both images are rendered in the browser. Other wise i just get two broken images.
i.e:
<?php
if (file_exists("img/web_01.gif"))
echo "<img src="img/web_01.gif">";
elseif (file_exists("img/web_01.jpg"))
echo "<img src="img/web_01.jpg">";
?>

Additionally

"; elseif (file_exists("img/web_01.jpg")) echo "
is echoed between the gif and jpg and
"; ?>
follows the jpg. Do I need to include some #include .h ?

Anon

My fault. I thought my ISP supported php.
I can't even get a simple echo "Hello"; to work.

Thanks again
Forest

Anon

I thought my ISP supported php.

Ouch, that might pose a little problem...

Anon

Triedto send a photo to a friend.  He said I had to use the JPG format to do so.  I have a Gateway computer, recently purchased that has a number of options to use photographs.  I need a simple anser to this computer problem.

Kirk Parker wrote:

I thought my ISP supported php.

Ouch, that might pose a little problem...