Using PHP to Grab Latest Image from a Directory

Is it possible?

[wfernley]

I need to create a PHP script that will look to a directory containing 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

[nfs2]

The only thing i can think of is, on uploading a picture, insert the info (file name, upload time etc) into a database. Then it'll be easy to see what was last uploaded.

[wfernley]

That sounds like a good idea but it wont be possible for this situation. The images will be uploaded from a camera device. I won't be able to record any additional info into a database when the file is uploaded.

[jatar_k]

sospin through the dir and try
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[wfernley]

Thanks for the reply!

I was able to create a script in javascript that grabs the files from a directory and the last one it grabs (being the latest) and display it as an image. I then added a javascript code that refreshes the page every 30 seconds.

Works good!

Thanks again for your help!

wes