PHP image slideshow

hockeykid · #1 (**permalink**) 11-11-03, 06:46 PM

Hi all,

I'm looking for a PHP script which acts as an image slideshow.

I would like it to be automatic, so the user doesn't have to click on an arrow or whatever, the images just automatically rotate. Also, I'd like it to have a sort of transition effect, so as it's switching images, it pixelates or something. The transition effect is not mandatory, but would be an added bonus.

I'm hoping someone will know where I can download a script which can do this for me?

Thanks in advance.

digioz · #2 (**permalink**) 11-11-03, 07:07 PM

It sounds like you really need a Java applet, not PHP. There are already Java applets out there that you can download for free that would do exactly that. Why not use them.

Let me know if that will help you out and I will post a link for you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hockeykid

Hi all,

I'm looking for a PHP script which acts as an image slideshow.

I would like it to be automatic, so the user doesn't have to click on an arrow or whatever, the images just automatically rotate. Also, I'd like it to have a sort of transition effect, so as it's switching images, it pixelates or something. The transition effect is not mandatory, but would be an added bonus.

I'm hoping someone will know where I can download a script which can do this for me?

Thanks in advance.

mdhall · #3 (**permalink**) 11-11-03, 07:14 PM

I've also seen javascript that does a type of slide show like this. Not scrolling, but the pics stay in one spot, and fade into the next pic.

hockeykid · #4 (**permalink**) 11-11-03, 08:01 PM

Javascript is actually what I was originally planning on using.

I was just hoping that maybe there was a way to do this with PHP so I wouldn't need to use javascript. I don't like using javascript for a couple reasons. But, in this case, I guess I'm stuck with it.

Thanks anyway for your help!

jugo«§³» · #5 (**permalink**) 06-13-04, 08:08 PM

You can make it work with PHP.

Just get a random Image Script like this one:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">
<head>
<body>

<?php

function getRandomImage($dir,$type='random')
{ 
global $errors,$seed; 

  if (is_dir($dir)) {  

  $fd = opendir($dir);  
  $images = array(); 

      while (($part = @readdir($fd)) == true) {  

          if ( eregi("(gif|jpg|png|jpeg)$",$part) ) {
              $images[] = $part; 
          } 
      } 

    // adding this in case you want to return the image array
    if ($type == 'all') return $images;

    if ($seed !== true) {
      mt_srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);
      $seed = true;
    }
      
      $key = mt_rand (0,sizeof($images)-1); 

    return $dir . $images[$key]; 

  } else { 
      $errors[] = $dir.' is not a directory'; 
      return false; 
  } 
} 

$image = getRandomImage('yourimagedir/');

echo "<img src='$image' alt='Random Image' border=\"0\">";

?>

</body>
</html>

The above will load a random image from the "yourimagedir" directory and will refresh the page every 5 seconds.

Just change the variables accordingly and there you have a PHP/HTML Slideshow.

Hope it helps.

jugo«§³»
http://www.s3squad.com