[RESOLVED] Can php Determine if an image exists?

Dingusboy

I have set up a simple MySQL/php process for uploading stuff to Ebay or whatever.

Everything works fine with this exception:

The number of images available varies per listing and I would like to have php determine if an image exists and either use it or put something boilerplate in it's place.

The primary key of the db is pk_media so I save the images as pk_media.1, pk_media.2, etc.

here is the code that call up the image for image ...".2":

<img src="http://www.blackswampaudio.com/Images/Media/
<? echo $id; ?>.2.jpg" width="400"  border="3" align="right" />

Here is what happens (3rd image down) when the image isn't there:

Example Media page

So is there a way to find out if that image exists so I can add an if statement for the above code?

Thanks in advance, this place has been more help than you can realize!!!

Brad

konrad

In order to check if remote file exists, you can use fopen() or getimagesize() functions. Here is a simple example of using getimagesize()

<?php
 $id = 'pk_media';
 $src = 'http://www.blackswampaudio.com/Images/Media/' . $id . '.2.jpg';
 $test = @getimagesize( $src );
 if( $test === false ){
   $src = 'http://www.blackswampaudio.com/Images/Media/default.2.jpg';
 }
 echo '<img src="' . $src . '" />';

bpat1434

Then again, you could always use [man]file_exists/man to see if the file exists.

if(file_exists($src))
  echo '<img src="'.$src.'" />';
else
  echo '<img src="'.$src.'" />';

Dingusboy

The server was not giving me permission to use Konrad's solution but:

The file_exists() solution worked perfectly.

Thanks for the help gentleman, it's greatly appreciated!

Brad