PHP + (Javascript/jQuery) - Server Side Image Picker

Question

I'm using an HTML/PHP form to manage user input. On request users may select to attach an image to the message. Need a server side image picker.

Would like to allow users to browse server side images, possibly with an optional thumb to fasten image selection.

This could be achieved in the same form area, or with a sort of dialog, if possible.

Once image is chosen, the filename must be returned.

You could 1) List all the image files in folder X on your server 2) For each file, check if there's a cached thumbnail. If not, create a thumbnail 3) Load the resulting thumbnails into a separate (hidden) div upon page load; or load the content with AJAX upon entering your "filename" field 4) Upon clicking on one of the thumbnails, replace the value of the textfield with the image's filename That's just an idea. There are many ways that this could be done, IMHO. — isotrope
– isotrope, Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 18:06
How explained from isotrope, there are many ways to do that... Start from php gd reference: php.net/manual/en/function.imagegd2.php (there are many examples) for resizing thumb, and the jQuery("element").load() function reference from here: api.jquery.com/load for loading the gallery from a server side script or static html resource file... — Achilleterzo
– Achilleterzo, Commented Mar 15, 2011 at 10:59

jacekll · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-11 12:14:01Z

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Might require a little coding to implement image selection feature.

answered Feb 11, 2012 at 12:14

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