Question

I have a script that echo’s usernames an inserts that into img src. This works great as long as the image is in the directory. How can I create an if statement that only echos the below command if the file exist? If it doesn’t exist show default.png

I tried using mod_rewrite and have had zero luck with it..

<div class="contactphoto"><img src="contactphoto/<? echo  ($note['user_name'] == "Support")? $note['first_name'].''.$note['last_name'] : $note['user_name'];?>.png"/></div>

Answer 1

I think this is what you want.

<?php 
$file = ($note['user_name'] == "Support") ? $note['first_name'].''.$note['last_name'] : $note['user_name'];
$file .= '.png';

if(!file_exists($_SERVER{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'} .'/'.$file)){
    $file = 'placeholder.png';
}
?>
<div class="contactphoto">
    <img src="contactphoto/<?php echo $file; ?>"/>
</div>

If that fails, try a test ( this should match the path of the image ) also watch out for case sensitivity:

echo $_SERVER{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'} .'/'.$file;