Waiting for html...

Anon

Hi all,

Is there any way we can make sure all html code (along with images) has finished loading before we execute php?

I tried to integrate javascript with php, but my knowledge of js is nil, so didn't get very far.

My idea was to get javascript to return a variable with function onLoad(); - then read that variable into php - once php has the variable available - it would go on it's way. (didn't work - probably because it was done incorrectly.)

The reason why I am doing this is - I have to run image resize - create images in tmp locations, then clean the tmp folder.... but php cleans the tmp folder before html displays the image... (has to be done one the fly)

I would like these images deleted as soon as the user is done viewing them - they're part of the page and not viewed separately, so it goes by <img src=foo.gif> - then unlink(foo.gif);

but unlink takes place before img src -

any help would be appreciated.

regards,
-m.

Anon

PHP is processed on the server. AFAIK you cannot do what you are wanting to do, without (of course) reloading the page.

-Travis

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Uhm.. so you are creating images for evey page, and deleting them again when the page has been viewed. What is the point? Why don;'t you just keep the images on disk and save yourself the trouble of re-creating them all the time?

Anon

the images are on disk - however, our client wants to upload custom images to replace those in the template - this can be done for any number of images in the template with an image of any dimension - hence we have to calculate which image is being replaced, resize / ratio is accordingly, then display it within the page.

The same image can replace multiple pre-set images on the template. The various template pages do not need to hold a static design across the client site, hence we would be looking at storing an insane amount of images. (now multiple this across an estimated 6000 clients on site launch)

All that however is taken care of and complete, my issue is simply disposing of the dynamic images - maybe a cron job scheduled to run every 5 minutes for cleanup.... probably makes the most sense.

I have another idea, if that works, I'll share the solution.

regards,
-m.