Implement slide show with PHP

Lauj

I have a photo gallery page that I want to implement a slideshow using PHP. All the file names and file locations are stored in a MySQL database. The picture will be displayed on the browser according to which section the user clicks. I already have a next and back button working for the user to move back and forth. The next thing I want to do is to have a radio button or a checkbox on the same page and when the user click this radio button, the picture will automatically move forward to the next picture exactly like the next button I already implemented. If I figure out a veriable that will hold the system's current time and compare that to the previous time to see if it is 5 seconds more, and if it is, increment the pictureID to the next pictureID so the next picture will load on the browswer.

Any help on this is grateful!

ljCharlie

drawmack

put an if statement in the section of your page that generates the headers to check if the radio button was "pressed". If it has been then generate a meta refresh set to 5 seconds on the page.

In your body perform the same test as in the header. If they are not on autoplay display the previous next buttons and the radio button. If they are in autoplay just provide a stop autoplay button/.

Lauj

Many thanks for the help.

Okay, how about this. When the user click on the radio button for auto display, open another window and pass along all the information necessary to connect to the MySQL database and display the images in a slideshow manner. Will this work? And when the slideshow ended, close the window automatically.

ljCharlie

drawmack

Originally posted by Lauj
Many thanks for the help.

Okay, how about this. When the user click on the radio button for auto display, open another window and pass along all the information necessary to connect to the MySQL database and display the images in a slideshow manner. Will this work? And when the slideshow ended, close the window automatically.

ljCharlie

Pass information to connect to your database??? No that's not okay that's the biggest security no no I've ever heard of.

I would say you're better off no going this way as it will require javascript (at a minimum for the window close) and user's can turn off javascript. Going with the version I recommended above is probably your best bet for inter-browser operability.