Recently I am also searching a php photo gallery package to keep my travel photos. I found several ones in the community and would like to share with others. I also want future Gallery 2.x can offer some of the nice features embedded in other php packages.
The following php packages has its own good points and it depends on your needs which one is fit for you.
- gallery - needless to say it is one of the most famous php gallery package and many php developers plan to have integration with another popular forum package - phpbb. It has lots of features but current version is not database driven. From my view, it is one of the best in the community and I hope future 2.x provide more features.
sample site: http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php
- Exhitbit - it is a php, mysql based photo gallery package which is created by a famous Canon G1 photographer - Pekka. The package performance is very very fast. Also it has very many exceptional features and the design is quite different from other similar gallery packages e.g. multi-view thumbnails, detailed photo view which offer very detailed information of a photo. I think the package is designed from a professional photographer's angle. Besides his photo taken by Canon G1 or D30 is excellent.
Sample site: http://photography-on-the.net/gallery/
- 4images - a php, mysql based gallery package which provide lots of features e.g. user access control, random photos, e-card, multi-level folders, auto image detector, resizer, thumbnails, etc. However the performance is slow
sample site: http://www.bali-pictures.com
- myalbum - php, mysql based gallery package which is integrated with another popular CMS - Xoops. If you are Xoops users, it may be best fit for you. Current version is 1.0 but I think more features will be added later.
sample site: http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/
- photo index - also php, mysql based and it can automatically loads lots of photographs at once. It is also integrated with phpnuke CMS. It is simple but it can extract EXIF data from photo automatically and maintained in backend database
sample site: http://bali.esweb.nl/modules.php?name=PhotoIndex
