Images not loading (using Include )

Images not loading coming from other site.

[kenchix1]

I have two websites, one is a forum website and one is an free ads. I inserted this code inside display template of the forum (SMF) after the message info portion :

include 'pickimage.php';

pickimage.php should get 4 thumbnails/images and links from my other site and display it on the header part. But I noticed that most of the time the picture isn't loaded. The hotlink protection is also disabled.

is there a way to wait or make sure the images are loaded before the remaining portion of the display template code executes?

Thanks in advance.

[jenningsdev]

I amy be able to help if I have more info.

Shane

[Birdman]

Yes, we should see pickimage.php in order to help.

[coopster]

is there a way to wait or make sure the images are loaded before the remaining portion of the display template code executes?

The process will finish the include before it moves onto the next line in your script. You could monitor for any unsuccessful image retrieval and handle accordingly.

[jenningsdev]

Yes, I agree. Maybe you should try pushing the files names into an array and checking for their existence before letting the script finish.

using array_push() [php.net...] and in_array()
[php.net...]

If the files are not found maybe have a set of default images that are used so you at least get an image or an alternate path to the files.

[kenchix1]

Thank you very much for the replies. here's the code of pickimage.php (domains and tablenames had been replaced) :

<table align='center'><tr>
<?php
include 'config.php';
include 'opendb.php';
$query="SELECT `image_url_table`.`thumb_url` , `ads_table`.`title` , `image_url_table`.`classified_id` , `ads_table`.`price`FROM `image_url_table` , `ads_table`WHERE `image_url_table`.`classified_id` = `ads_table`.`id`ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 4 ";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while(list($picture,$title,$id,$price)= mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$imgloc="http://www.my_ads_website.com/ads/$picture";
echo "<td width='27%' align='center' style='border-left: 1px solid rgb(0,64,128); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0,64,128); border-right: 1px solid rgb(0,64,128); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0,64,128) ';><font size='-2' face='verdana,helvetica,arial'><a target='_new' href='http://www.my_ads_website.com/ads/index.php?a=2&b=$id'><img src='$imgloc' border='0'></a><br><a class='link3' href='http://www.my_ads_website.com/ads/index.php?a=2&b=$id'>",stripslashes(urldecode($title)),"</a><br>",stripslashes(urldecode($price)),"<br></font></td>";
}
include 'closedb.php';
?>
</tr></table>

[Birdman]

Try printing the image location to the page to see if they are corrupt.

$imgloc="http://www.my_ads_website.com/ads/$picture";

// add this after line above
print $imgloc;
// end debug