A user friendly image uploader??

weaselandalf

I have been asked by a good friend to create a website for them, so they and their family can upload their family photos on to it from anywhere in the world and see them.

My problem is, that I get the impression they don't want me uploading the photos for them all the time, so I will need to create some sort system so they can do it themselves.

I have niggling feeling that this would be horrifically difficult, especially as it would all then need to be presented in HTML pages with thumnails and...

...oh dear god, what have I gotten myself into???

Can this be done in PHP, can this be done at all??

mjax

This can be done done in PHP quite good (iStockPhoto is build in PHP for instance).

To do this, you need to establish some basic knowledge of file uploading in PHP (search for $_FILES and move_uploaded_file() on php.net to get started) and on the GD library (look into imagecopyresampled(), also to be found at php.net) to create the thumbnails.

vaaaska

ZenPhoto.org

You can upload a folder of images and it will create the display automatically.

weaselandalf

REALLY!? Wow, that sounds awesome Vaaaska! Can anyone point me to a pre-made script, so I can have a good look?? (I'm really new to PHP).

Shrike

Ever heard of Google? :evilgrin:

weaselandalf

Yes, thanks Shrike, I have... No, the reason I ask, is beacause I googled it before I posted and couldn't find it. I just can't quite find the correct term for what I'm looking for, it just comes up with PHP scripts for image resizing, and the relevant things I do find aren't free.

I'm not looking for someone to do it for me, or a program I can just use, but I'd like the security of knowing I have a working prgram for my friend. I'm happy to build my own, and would prefer to, in fact.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not as lazy as that, I want to learb, but I don't want to let down my friend.

Shrike

Click the link. The page is filled with image galleries 🙂

weaselandalf

My apologies and thanks.

vaaaska

Zen Photo dot org link