Question

I needed to know how one would go about setting up a default avatar image for a user upon registration and allow the user to upload one of their own later. Like in facebook.

My user table fields(shortened):

user_id, first_name, last_name, username, tel_no etc.

My pictures table:

Pic_id, pic_large_url, pic_thumb_url, user_id, avatar, timestamp

I need to know what kind of php code I need to be able to accomplish this. Do I put my default_avatar.png image in a folder and reference it in the pictures table and where do I go from there?
I wanted to use an avatar (bit) field 1 if it is a user’s avatar, 0 if it is not.

I also have an updates table that allows users to upload text and images in their updates or just text only as follows:

avatar pic – update text – update image(if image)

avatar pic – update text – default image(if update image not uploaded)

default avatar pic – update text – default image(if update image not uploaded)

I guessing if i find out how to put a default avatar, ill find out how to do the above.

I will appreciate any help out there.

Answer 1

In your avatar database field, either setup the default to point towards your default avatar, or you can check if its null.

If it is null, render the default avatar image 🙂