Cannot get this one correct and working, though simple!

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Geoff Berrow wrote:
>> Message-ID: <IU5yAgAsnQtDFw$+@eminent.demon.co.uk> from Peter Fox
>> contained the following:
>>
>>
>>>>But my problem is that part of the code ...<img src='thumb$i.jpg'> ...
>>>
>>>Single quotes! Try Double.
>>
>>
>> Single quotes are fine as is the code AFAICT.
>>
>
> No, with single quotes $i is not expanded. It would be with double quotes.

Single quotes *within* double quotes, as the OP had, do not stop PHP
from interpolating the variables!

Try it

<?php
$name = 'Jerry';

echo "Name is $name"; /* only double quotes */
echo 'Name is $name'; /* only single quotes */
echo "Name is '$name'"; /* single quotes *within* double quotes */
echo 'Name is "$name"'; /* double quotes *within* single quotes */
?>

--
Mail to my "From:" address is readable by all at http://www.dodgeit.com/
== ** ## !! ------------------------------------------------ !! ## ** ==
TEXT-ONLY mail to the whole "Reply-To:" address ("My Name" <my@address>)
may bypass my spam filter. If it does, I may reply from another address!

Thank you all for helping. It is working now... Once again, many
thanks..


jofio

Oli Filth wrote:
> comp.lang.php said the following on 30/12/2005 16:16:
> > Jofio wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>But my problem is that part of the code ...<img src='thumb$i.jpg'> ...
> >>
> >
> > The problem lies in the way you embedded $i. PHP thinks you have a
> > variable literally called "$i.jpg" since a period is a valid implied
> > variable name character.
> >
>
> Umm, no... Who told you that?

The PHP manual. Assuming that is still your authority on PHP.

"Variable names follow the same rules as other labels in PHP. A valid
variable name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any
number of letters, numbers, or underscores. As a regular expression, it
would be expressed thus: '[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*'"

>From http://us3.php.net/language.variables

Sorry to be off-topic.

Phil

>
> The problem is the use of single quotes rather than double quotes.
>
> --
> Oli

comp.lang.php said the following on 03/01/2006 17:50:
> Oli Filth wrote:
>
>>comp.lang.php said the following on 30/12/2005 16:16:
>>
>>>Jofio wrote:
>>>
>>>>But my problem is that part of the code ...<img src='thumb$i.jpg'> ...
>>>
>>>The problem lies in the way you embedded $i. PHP thinks you have a
>>>variable literally called "$i.jpg" since a period is a valid implied
>>>variable name character.
>>
>>Umm, no... Who told you that?
>
> The PHP manual.

No it didn't.


> "Variable names follow the same rules as other labels in PHP. A valid
> variable name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any
> number of letters, numbers, or underscores. As a regular expression, it
> would be expressed thus: '[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*'"

Where is a period mentioned in that quote?


Indeed, as a counter-quote from the manual:
> "However, it should be noted that the dot (period, full stop) is not
> a valid character in a PHP variable name."
(http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...l.dot-in-names)

Think about it - it's the string concatenation operator - how could it
be used as a character in a variable name?


--
Oli

I wrote something last year that sort of does what you want see this for example

http://www.allelsefailedind.com/2005/gallery.php

it's a gallery in frame and you click on the thumb and it shows the larger one on the right.
I have 400 images and they are all in a folder, then I used a tool thumbnail express to
create the thumbs for the frame, then I used some php to make the thing work
if you need more detailed explanation and example write me at
jasgleep@hotmail.com




On 29 Dec 2005 22:31:34 -0800, "Jofio" <j9k22000@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have 40 or jpeg files which I want them displayed in a frame called
>"main" upon clicking thumbnails of the same pics in a "leftMenu" frame.
>The thumbnail jpeg files are called thumb1, thumb2, thumb3, thumb4,
>..., thumb40. These files are smaller versions (50pixelX50pixel) of the
>larger jpeg files called 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 40 which I want them
>displayed.
>
>To display the hyperlinked thumbnails in the "leftMenu" frame I have it
>in a loop. [See the code snippet]
>
>But my problem is that part of the code ...<img src='thumb$i.jpg'> ...
>
>It doesn't display the intended thumbnail jpeg files; instead, it
>display the larger version of the files as thumbnails which takes
>longer to load.
>
>Here's my loop:
>
><?php
> for ( $i = 1; $i < 40; $i++) {
> if ($i!=17) {
> echo "<a href='$i.jpg' target='main'><img src='thumb$i.jpg'></a>
>
> }
> }
>?>
>
>Any help? Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>jofio

Yes, similar page...but I am developing it on my PC. Thanks..I
enjoyed your gallery.

Jofio