PHP photo gallery - problem opening directory

mat106

Hi. I'm trying to modify a script so that i can use it to produce a photo gallery by reading thumbnails from one directory and the actual images from another. This is the code i have at the moment:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center"><center>
<?php
$a = '0';
$filepath = "http://m-panayiotou.fireflyinternet.co.uk/phpgallery/thumbs";
$url_path = "http://m-panayiotou.fireflyinternet.co.uk/phpgallery/images";
$dir = dir($filepath);
echo "<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\" width=\"75%\">";
while($entry=$dir->read()) {
    if($entry == "." || $entry == "..") { 
        continue; 
    } 
    $fp = @fopen("$filepath/$entry","r");
if ($a == '0') {echo "<tr>";}
if ($a == '5') {echo "<tr>";}
if ($a == '10') {echo "<tr>";}
if ($a == '15') {echo "<tr>";}
?><td>
  <a href="<? echo "../$url_path/$entry" ?>">
  <img src="<? echo "../$filepath/$entry" ?>" alt="<? echo $entry ?>"></a>
  </td>
<?
$a = $a + 1;
}
?> 
</tr>
</table>
</center></div>
</body>
</html>

However, when i run the script i get the following errors that it can't open the directory:

Warning: dir(http://m-panayiotou.fireflyinternet.co.uk/phpgallery/thumbs): failed to open dir: not implemented in c:\domains\M-PANAYIOTOU.fireflyinternet.co.uk\wwwroot\phpgallery\gallery.php on line 10

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in c:\domains\M-PANAYIOTOU.fireflyinternet.co.uk\wwwroot\phpgallery\gallery.php on line 12

Can anyone tell me how to fix this. Thanks.

tsinka

Hi,

I think you can't use urls with dir. Are the directories located on the same server ? If yes, use the local paths instead.

Thomas

Arc

I am not sure, but I beleive you need to use the actual server path for the "Filepath" as aposed to the URL.... For example, "/svr/root/htdocs/thumbs".

Of course your directory would be different.

mat106

The files are all on the same server so what would the local paths be? I've tried different things but they don't work!

tsinka

Try

$filepath = "thumbs";

You might need to use \ instead of / for paths on Windows.

What do you want to do with the
$fp = @fopen("$filepath/$entry","r");
line ?

Thomas

mat106

Messed around with it a bit more. Turns out the right path is:

../phpgallery/thumbs

I think that for what i want the script the $fp = @fopen("$filepath/$entry","r"); line isn't necessary. I don't actually have to open the file do I?

tsinka

I think you don't need fopen. But you might want to check if the size of the file is greater than 0 or if it is an image at all.

Thomas

mat106

Thanks for the help. Will mess around with it and see if i can get it to do what i want.😉