How to make a slideshow Dynamic??

[QWaz]

Hi,

I am javascript newbie.
I have a slideshow on my site and it works fine if I type in the images for it to display, however I want to get the image files path from my database, so it shows all the photos.

Here is the code I am working with.
I want to make all the image paths "images/photos/2.jpg" come from my database.
I have tried adding php into it but it doesn't work.

Any idea on how I can make this work??

<script type="text/javascript">

var mygallery=new fadeSlideShow({
	wrapperid: "fadeshow1", //ID of blank DIV on page to house Slideshow
	dimensions: [260, 210], //width/height of gallery in pixels. Should reflect dimensions of largest image
	imagearray: [
		["images/photos/2.jpg", "photos.php", "_new", "Some day I'd like to explore these caves!"],
		["images/photos/3.jpg"],
		["images/photos/4.jpg", "photos.php", "", "What a beautiful scene with everything changing colors."] //<--no trailing comma after very last image element!
	],
	displaymode: {type:'auto', pause:2500, cycles:0, wraparound:false},
	persist: false, //remember last viewed slide and recall within same session?
	fadeduration: 500, //transition duration (milliseconds)
	descreveal: "ondemand",
	togglerid: ""
})



</script>

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

QWaz

I think its not possible to pass the value of php to your javascript.

[MoonTraveller]

You can use PHP for this. What was the PHP code you used to fetch the images from your database? You need to write a PHP variable then use an echo statement...

<script>
 document.write("<?php echo 'hello!'; ?>");
</script>

Otherwise you could use a different slideshow which takes images from within the page body (outside the JavaScript). e.g. http://www.magictoolbox.com/magicslideshow/

Hey QWaz,

Oh! great, we can pass the php value to javascript by the following method, I will give you a sample to pass a single variable

//PHP declaration
<?php $name='raja'?>
//Javascript
	<script type = 'text/javascript'>
		var hp="<?php echo $name; ?>";
		alert (hp);
	</script>

Hope this helps you to share your database value pass to javascript

Should be straightforward:

["images/photos/2.jpg", "photos.php", "_new", "Some day I'd like to explore these caves!"],
		["images/photos/3.jpg"],
		["images/photos/4.jpg", "photos.php", "", "What a beautiful scene with everything changing colors."]

Build this with php variables and characters.

The gallery could be Ajaxified even. So that you don't need a page refresh to change the gallery pics.

[uberznoob]

Should be straightforward:

["images/photos/2.jpg", "photos.php", "_new", "Some day I'd like to explore these caves!"],
		["images/photos/3.jpg"],
		["images/photos/4.jpg", "photos.php", "", "What a beautiful scene with everything changing colors."]

Build this with php variables and characters.

The gallery could be Ajaxified even. So that you don't need a page refresh to change the gallery pics.

OP,

You are missing the closing ) in your function.