Dynamic picture thumbnails and links

Mr_Mako

Hi...

I'm not sure how to explain this... hence I wasn't sure how to go about searching for a resolution to this on the forums.

Basically, what I have is a main directory where the main webpage files are located. Below that are specific directories that contain nothing but JPG pictures.

What I'd like to be able to do is twofold :

Create a PHP code index page in the root directory that can dynamically create links to the subdirectories... so that if a new directory is added, when the page is refreshed a new link appears... and
Within the subdirectories have a PHP index file that dynamically shows the pictures in the directory (as thumbnails preferrably) as links, so that the pictures can be clicked on and shown full size.

I have no idea how to go about doing something like this, or if it's even possible.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mr. Mako

eriksmoen

what webserver do you use? linux or windows?
if you use windows, you can use this:

<?
$dir = "C:\PATH\TO\YOUR\THUMBS\DIRECTORY";
$rpath = eregi_replace('[\]','/',$dir);
$y = $x = 0;
searchDir($dir, $rpath, 0);

function searchDir($dir, $rpath,$y) {
global $x;
$x = 0;
$site = "http://YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS HERE";
if ($handle = @opendir($dir)) {
while (($file= readdir($handle)) !== false) {
if ((is_dir($dir.'\'.$file)) && (($file != '.') && ($file != '..'))) {
if($x != 0){ echo " ".$x." files "; }
echo " ".$dir." ";
searchDir($dir.'\'.$file, $rpath,$y);
}
else {
if (preg_match("/..jpg/i",$file)) {
$temp = eregi_replace('[\]', '/', $dir);
$temp = eregi_replace($rpath, '', $temp);
if($y == 5){ echo " "; $y = 0;}
else { $y++; }
$fullpath = $temp."/".$file;
echo "<img src=\"".$site.$fullpath."\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\">\n";
$x++;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
}
?>

hope that helps... with few modifications, it can be ported to the linux webserver.