Very cool, koaladir. Thank you.

Also, your alpha app really looks good. Great way to see what you're working with!

The only correction I have is that you can also use "xlg" to get the largest default size at 320x240.

Great work on the class, by the way.

Ciao,

Brandon

Ahh, xlg, i like! Using thumbnails for visual confirmations just got a whole lot nicer..

Hey Koaladir,

I just remembered to mention that you named your pages and link on your site "Share The Web" instead of "Shrink The Web"...

If you name them correctly, you might get more organic traffic from people searching for that type of query. We get a good bit of traffic monthly from people searching for "STW" or "ShrinkTheWeb" + (some code reference)

Just a thought...

Cheers,

Brandon

Thanks, I just updated the page titles, I can't tell you how many times i have typed that other url in by mistake, slow learner

Hello,

This script looks like it does exactly what I need. I just don't understand how to call it.

Does the source call the class? I've been staring at the code and can't figure out how the source and the class interact, let alone how to call them to produce a cached thumbnail.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks

Tim

Good choice. This is a well written PHP5 class. Did you see the instructions at the entrepan website (i.e. link in the original post of this thread)??

If you go through that guide thoroughly, it may help you.

Hello,

Yes I did follow the link to entrepans website. Are these the instructions you are referring to? I have also read the code comments in great detail.

Please understand I am not the type of person to just post on forums without first trying every avenue I see. Posting on a forum is truly the last resort.

I have gone through most of the forum threads to try and find some hints on how to implement this class, but so far have not found many clues. I have also been researching on implementing php classes, however this has proved too generic.

I will continue trying, perhaps some breakfast will help my thinking.

Thankyou for your patience.

Tim

No problem... I'm not trying to be difficult but just want to be sure.

Just to clarify some basics:

1. you will need to have a source file (something like the 'sample source' provided at the entrepan site)

2. you will need to include the 'AppSTW Class' file contents inside the source file OR you can save it onto your server and "include" it into the source file

After that point, it may not be so obvious on usage, so you basically need to know that once the AppSTW Class is available (however you chose to do it --i.e. #2 above), you can then use one of the following:

showImage("Direct Call Example", AppSTW::queryRemoteThumbnail($url, $args, true));
showImage("Cached Call Example", AppSTW::getThumbnail($url, $args));
showImage("Large Scaled Image", AppSTW::getLargeThumbnail($url, true, true));
showImage("Small Scaled Image", AppSTW::getSmallThumbnail($url, true, true));
showImage("Scaled Image", AppSTW::getScaledThumbnail($url, 640, 480));

Those will display the sample images as defined in the "showImage" function block. If you want more granular control for each call, you would need to call the queryRemoteThumbnail($url, $args, true) function directly and make the result equal some argument. That way, you can manipulate the output as needed. I would be more specific on that, but I haven't really delved into entrepan's code enough to do so.

Hopefully that helps?

Best regards,

Brandon

Hello,

Thank-you very much for helping me. It's so good to finally see some awesome looking thumbnails!

I have a quick question regarding:
$name = md5($url.serialize($args)).".jpg";
I'm just wondering why and whether we have to encrypt the filename to an MD5 hash?

Is this for security?

Thank-you very much again for your help.

Tim

You are quite welcome for the help.

And, yes, it is as you guessed, for security. Using MD5 hash for filenames will keep people from "leeching" off of your cached thumbnails. It probably wouldn't be a problem to just name them whatever URL you are calling but if you are concerned about "leeching", you can leave it as-is.

Cheers,

Brandon