Help????

[Anon]

Hi there,
Can anyone tell me why the

echo "<img src=http://localhost/images/$picture_name_thumb><br>\n";

part of my script won't bring up the image from the directory file. In my HTML form the user selects the image they want uploaded into the database and presses the Submit button which executes the PHP script below. The images full path is uploaded to the database, not the image itself. How do i change the script below to display the image in the browser?

<?

mysql_connect('localhost', 'micmac', 'esingil')
or die("Unable to connect to SQL server");
@mysql_select_db("typhoon_ent")
or die("Unable to select database");
$result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO bands (Band_Name,Profile,Picture_Name_Thumb)
VALUES ('$band_name', '$profile', '$picture_name_thumb')")
or die("Can't Perform Query");

If ($result)
echo "Success<br>\n";
echo "file name: $picture_name_thumb<br>\n";
echo "<img src=http://localhost/images/$picture_name_thumb><br>\n";

?>

Thanks,
mel

[factory21]

If the user is sending the FULL URL of the image to you, why are you using http://localhost/images/$path_name???

This problem is more of an HTML problem than a PHP problem. Make sure the URL is correct!

If the user is indeed sending a FULL URL, the statment should be:

echo "<img src=\"$path_name\">";

http://localhost/images/ not only implies that the image resides on your server, but that the image lies in the images directory. The only way that can work is if you are providing a pre-defined list of images the user can choose from. If that's the case, then again, make sure the URL that is being submitted is a valid URL to a valid image on your server.