Posted by comp.lang.php on 12/30/05 18:16

Jofio 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.
>
[snip]

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.

Try this instead:

<img src='thumb${i}.jpg'>

curly braces will separate out the valid variable name characters.

Phil

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