I need to create a JavaScript that will look to a directory contain a bunch of images. It will need to tell which of the images is the latest image and display that on a webpage. It will also need to check for the latest graphic every 30 seconds.
Is this possible? :S
Thanks in advance for your help!
Wes
RonPK
7:05 pm on Mar 16, 2006 (gmt 0)
JavaScript is a client side script language. It runs in your browser. It can communicate with a server, but you will need a server side script to do things on the server side.
wfernley
8:05 pm on Mar 16, 2006 (gmt 0)
So even if the JavaScript is placed on the server it will not work?
Would PHP Work?
Bernard Marx
8:10 pm on Mar 16, 2006 (gmt 0)
That depends on what scripting environments you have available on the server:
ASP -> JScript(Javascript), VBScript (, and others..) PHP
RonPK
8:13 pm on Mar 16, 2006 (gmt 0)
PHP and other server side languages can indeed read the contents of a server directory and figure out which file was the last one added.
wfernley
8:23 pm on Mar 16, 2006 (gmt 0)
Great, thanks for the info. Maybe I will try looking in the PHP forum :)
