Posted by Ron Barnett on 09/11/07 23:19

"Confused but working on it" <PostInGroups@wherever.com> wrote in message
news:2007091115023216807-PostInGroups@wherevercom...
> On 2007-09-11 14:50:53 -0700, Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> said:
>
>> .oO(Good Man)
>>
>>> Confused but working on it <PostInGroups@wherever.com> wrote in
>>> news:2007091114413816807-PostInGroups@wherevercom:
>>>
>>>> <?php
>>>> //NOT WORKING - shows the little blue question mark box
>>>> echo "<img src = \"/DSC01351.jpg\">";
>>>
>>> This means: show an image, the source of which is at the top of the
>>> server. Perhaps you should put the entire path to the image, relative
>>> to where your PHP script is being called from.
>>>
>>> echo "<img src=\"path/to/my/image/DSC01351.jpg\">";
>>
>> Additionally HTML also allows single quotes, which avoids the ugly
>> escaping:
>>
>> echo "<img src='path/to/my/image/DSC01351.jpg'>";
>>
>>> according to your script, the images are located in the directory
>>> "images". therefore, you need the directory name in addition to the
>>> image name. should be:
>>>
>>> echo "<img src=\"images/".$file."\" alt=\"my image\">";
>>
>> echo "<img src='images/$file' alt='my image'>";
>>
>> I find that much more readable.
>>
>> Micha
>
> Wow, Thanks!
> I didn't even think to try adding the images/ part to the line. Figured it
> was outputting the filename so...
>
> Mixing single and double quotes in the case eliminates the need to escape
> I take it.
>
> Now it appears I have files named "." and "..", well, back to the
> manual...
>
> Thanks again

.. refers to the current directory, and .. refers to its parent - its an
Operating System thing.

Cheers

Ron

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