PHP Select & Display Folder Images Not Showing

Question

I have a peice of code that I was using for an old website and want to use it again in my new site, but the images aren't showing up for some reason.

The path to my gallery is correct and the code is a copy of an old working script. Can anyone suggest why this isn't working?

<?php
    $folder = 'http://localhost/website/magazine/photos/galleries/2016/gallery/';
    $filetype = '*.*';
    $files = glob($folder.$filetype);
    foreach ($files as $file)
    {
        echo '

            <div class=\"galleryCell\">
                <a class="fancybox" rel="group" href="'.$file.'">
                    <img class=\"galleryThumb\" src="'.$file.'" />
                    <div class=\"galleryThumbCover\"></div>
                </a>
            </div>

        ';
    }
?>

Thanks, but that still doesn't solve the problem. It was `*.*` in the old code and that worked fine — Unhappy Blogger, Apr 14 '16 at 13:32
I don't think you can access your gallery folder by using http or am I wrong? — node_modules, Apr 14 '16 at 13:32
@C0dekid.php I've tried all different variations of URL and nothing works — Unhappy Blogger, Apr 14 '16 at 13:36
Thanks @C0dekid.php but that isn't a correct solution for me either. — Unhappy Blogger, Apr 14 '16 at 13:47
one of the mistakes you made was to escape double quotes inside a single quoted echo statement, and error reporting would have probably thrown you something about it. The answer below hasn't fixed that. — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 14 '16 at 14:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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You can't use direct URL's for the glob() function. It needs the path of server folder e.g. magazine/photos/galleries/2016/gallery/. So your script would be something like this:

<?php
$folder = 'magazine/photos/galleries/2016/gallery/';
$filetype = '*.{jpg,jpeg,png,gif}*';
$files = glob($folder.$filetype, GLOB_BRACE); # GLOB_BRACE for the multiple extensions (Using brackets)
foreach ($files as $file)
{
    echo '

        <div class="galleryCell">
            <a class="fancybox" rel="group" href="'.$file.'">
                <img class="galleryThumb" src="'.$file.'" />
                <div class="galleryThumbCover"></div>
            </a>
        </div>

    ';
}
?>

Don't forget to change the path if I put the wrong path.

See reference: Glob not giving me any results

I hope this will work for you

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Apr 14 '16 at 13:40

node_modules

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Thanks, but it just isn't echoing anything out at all! – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 13:51
@FootBlogger I have updated my answer, it should now working :-) – node_modules Apr 14 '16 at 13:58
Thanks, I appreciate your coding help but it's just still not working. Do you know of any similar codes that will definitely work? – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:01
@FootBlogger you could use scandir [See here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3226519/how-to-get-only-images-using-scandir-in-php), but I have one question.. where did you put the script to execute? In your `htdocs` or in the folder `/website`? If it's `htdocs` simply add `website/` before **magazine** – node_modules Apr 14 '16 at 14:03
The php code shown above is inside `magazine/photos/view.php` – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:05
@FootBlogger than remove `magazine/photos/` in the `$folder` variable – node_modules Apr 14 '16 at 14:07
Yes, thanks. I've done that and it's now recognising that there are 3 images. Just need to sort out the formatting now. Thanks! – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:10
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Still got a problem that it's not picking up the CSS styling but I'm sure I'll sort that. Thanks again! – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:18
No I mean that ` – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:22
Can you try to remove all the backslashes? – node_modules Apr 14 '16 at 14:23
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Yeah I just noticed that. Thanks again! – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 14:27
Haha you're welcome @FootBlogger! Just the little things that can make such big bugs, glad it's solved now, good luck with your project! :) – node_modules Apr 14 '16 at 14:29
`
` etc. there's no need to escape the double quotes if the echo is wrapped in single quotes. The answer needs to be modified in order to show the right syntax, and this for future readers to the Q&A.
– Funk Forty Niner Apr 14 '16 at 14:40

Aslam Patel · Answer 2 · 2016-04-15T05:21:51.353

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Try this it will be helpfull for you

 <?php
    $folder = '/magazine/photos/galleries/2016/gallery/';
    $filetype = '*.{jpg,jpeg,png,gif}*';
    $files = glob($folder.$filetype,GLOB_BRACE);
    foreach ($files as $file)
    {
        echo '

            <div class=\"galleryCell\">
                <a class="fancybox" rel="group" href="'.$file.'">
                    <img class=\"galleryThumb\" src="'.$file.'" />
                    <div class=\"galleryThumbCover\"></div>
                </a>
            </div>

        ';
    }
    ?>

edited Apr 15 '16 at 05:21

answered Apr 14 '16 at 13:44

Aslam Patel

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Thanks, but it just isn't echoing anything out at all! – Unhappy Blogger Apr 14 '16 at 13:51

PHP Select & Display Folder Images Not Showing

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