Rename uploaded images

[shauna77]

I have a flash upload system which allows the user to upload images to an image folder on the server. I want this image folder to display their photos automatically in the gallery.


However everyones photos are named differently. Is there anyway I can get the gallery to display the photos without knowing what each individual photo is called?

[NTD]

Hi,

No, you will need to know the names of the image files to import them into flash at runtime. This can be achieved with a bit of PHP that returns the file names to an XML object in Flash....

Actionscript

var folderData = new XML();
folderData.ignoreWhite = true;
folderData.onLoad = function(success) {
	if (success) {
		for (i in this.childNodes) {
			trace(this.childNodes[i].childNodes[0]);
		}
	} else {
		trace("failed to read dir");
	}
}

The PHP code for reading directory contents...

<?php 
if ($handle = opendir('.')) { 
    $s = ''; 
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) $s.= "<entry>$file</entry>"; 
    closedir($handle); 
    echo $s; 
} 
?>

hope it helps
Regards
NTD