image preloader

[sylvestermoy]

Hello, long time lurker, first time poster.. I'd like to create a php based preloader. In particular I'm wanting to send some variables from flash to a php script, and have php query an image file, determine is size (to open a j/s window and open it in a new window), and preload the image with a message while displaying a message, before opening it.

Can this be done?

I can pretty much query the image and determine its size, and I know the javascript to open a window, as well as send the necessary variables from flash. However, I'd like to know if it is possible to preload the image using php.

Anyhelp would be nice. Thanks 🙂

[bpat1434]

PHP can't "preload" the image, but if you use JS and use it correctly, you can preload any image you want.... Sounds to me this is more like an AJAX implementation of some sort, and not really a PHP issue....

Well, let me rephrase: PHP can psudo-preload. By that I mean you can load all the info into the output buffer, and then send the info to the browser, but that just delays the page display time. But it can "fetch" the images (dynamic ones) for you; although, until the browser requests them, there's no real way to "preload" them definately. Hence why JS is your best answer.

[sylvestermoy]

great info. thanks for the quick reply!