How can I combine two arrays for a loop? - php

Question

I'm stuck on this for a while now: I'm trying to combine two arrays, one is every image in a folder, and the other one is the description of the picture from the SQL Database. In the database I've added the filename and the apartment name. To make my query work I need it to be in a loop, but to show the results of my query, it needs to become a loop, so I would think it must be possible to combine it right? But I can't seem to figure out how to combine these two arrays in a loop. I've tried with two loops and this is what I've got:
<?php
$directory = "images/photos/";
$images = glob('images/photos/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
foreach ($images as $image) {
$sqlaa = "SELECT * FROM `afbeelding` WHERE filename = ' . $image . '";
$titles = mysqli_query($link, $sqlaa);
while ($row = $titles->fetch_array()) {
echo '<form action="" method="post"><li>
<a href="' . $image . '" title="' . $row['apartment'] . '" >
<img style="width:150px;height:150px;" src="' . $image . '" />
</a>
</li>';
}
}
?>
If anyone knew, that'd be great!
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can try making the loop over the data and then check the image in the loop, this could be faster and avoids using a query inside a loop.
<?php
$directory = "images/photos/";
//$images = glob('images/photos/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
$sqlaa = "SELECT filename,apartment FROM `afbeelding`";
$titles = mysqli_query($link, $sqlaa);
while($row = $titles->fetch_array())
{
$image=$row["filename"];
if (file_exists($directory.$image)){
echo '<form action="" method="post"><li>
<a href="'.$image.'" title="' . $row['apartment'] . '" >
<img style="width:150px;height:150px;" src="'.$image.'" />
</a>
</li>';
}
}
?>
I don't know if the image is stored using the full relative path "images/photos/img.png" or the base filename only "img.png".
If the data in afbeelding is huge, you can improve the sql query using an IN filter
function imageNames($item){
return "'$item'";
}
$images = glob('images/photos/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
$names=array_map("imageNames",$images);
$filter_names=implode(",",$names);
$sqlaa = "SELECT filename,apartment FROM `afbeelding` WHERE filename IN ($filter_names)";
And then proceed with the loop, without checking files.

Answer 2

How about... going about it differently.
You already have the filenames in database.
So just poll your database with your available data, and then just echo it.
I'm assuiming it's stored as images/photos/filename.jpg in your database.
But without a data sample as is in your database I can't speculate more.
$directory = "images/photos/";
foreach ($images as $image) {
$sqlaa = "SELECT * FROM `afbeelding` WHERE filename like '%images/photos/%'";
$titles = mysqli_query($link, $sqlaa);
while ($row = $titles->fetch_array()) {
echo '<form action="" method="post"><li>
<a href="' . $image . '" title="' . $row['apartment'] . '" >
<img style="width:150px;height:150px;" src="' . $row['filename'] . '" />
</a>
</li>';
}
}

Answer 3

first: loops on db-calls are not really best practice..
A possible result to your question:
<?php
$directory = "images/photos/";
$images = glob('images/photos/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
$images = array_flip($images);
// get data first
foreach($images as $image => $v) {
$sqlaa = "SELECT * FROM `afbeelding` WHERE filename = ' . $image . '";
$titles = mysqli_query($link, $sqlaa);
if ($title->num_rows == 1) {
$row = $titles->fetch_array();
$images[$image] = $row['apartment'];
} else {
$images[$image] = '';
}
}
// render data
foreach ($images as $filename => $description) {
echo '<form action="" method="post"><li>
<a href="'.$filename.'" title="' . $description . '" >
<img style="width:150px;height:150px;" src="'.$filename.'" />
</a>
</li>';
}
?>
Not really nice, but plain simple..