[Resolved] sybtax problem

[bamboo2]

I am having problelms with the sytax necessary to load an image.

Site layout

Site //home dir
....bamboopages // sub dir
........photos // sub dir under bamboopages
..............p0095.jpg // image in photos dir
........photos50 // sub dir under bamboopages
..............t0095.jpg // image in photos50
........alphalist.htm // calling page for d0095.php
........d0095.php // page with sytax prolbem
....other sub directories
....index.htm

alphalist.htm sets the $Post_variables and returns to alphalist.htm which has a list of links.

The link for d0095.php calls the page and display correctly until I add a php if statement.

The page then displays correctly except there is no image displayed. The image place holder displays in the correct size but no image.

The code:

<?php
if (!empty($_POST["picsize"])) {

$photo = $picsize;

} else {

$photo = "full size";

}

switch ($photo) {
case "full size":
echo ('<img src="//bamboopages//photos//p0095.jpg" width="500" height="375">');break;
case "half size":
echo('<img src="//bamboopages//photos50//t0095.jpg" width="250" height="187">');break;
default :
echo ('<img src="//bamboopages//photos//p0095.jpg" width="500" height="375">');break;
}
?>

If I replace the php code and just have a straight html <img scr= then the page display the image called.

Any help and on what I am doing wrong, appreciated.

Bert

[HalfaBee]

Try viewing the source created by your script, it will probably show where the error is.

[bamboo2]

Thanks for the idea. It is the simple things that we don't look for.

In the book it said to // the / in quoted items but without it the images load. I am having a hard time picking up the syntax.

Bert

[HalfaBee]

You use \ to escape characters
eg

"The Rabbit said \"Hello\""
is the same as
'The Rabbit said "Hello"'

You could also do it like this

switch ($photo) { 
case "full size": 
   $width=500;
   $height=375;
    break;
case "half size": 
    $width=250;
    $height=187;
    break; 
default : 
    $width=500;
    $height=375;
    break; 
} 

echo ('<img src="/bamboopages/photos/p0095.jpg" width="'.$width.'" height="'.$height.'">');