Getting Pictures from folder directory in PHP - php

Question

I have a folder directory set up like this in my htdocs:
claas2/TractorPics\5484474\Received\ => and then a bunch of images inside
im using php to put the picture from MySQL database where the file path is stored rather than all the pictures and so that they can be changed easily.
php:
if ( $_REQUEST['rec_pic'] ) {
$order_id = $_POST['rec_pic'];
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `orders` WHERE `active` = '1' AND `order_id` = '$order_id'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$dir = $row['rec_pic'];
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
echo "<div>";
echo "<a href='#'><img src='".$file."' /></a>";
echo "</div>";
}
closedir($handle);
}
}
}
When i echo this out i get an error saying that that file directory does not exist but if i were to do src it in an image it works just fine. What am i doing wrong here?
the php file that get getting the request is in the directory
claas2\db\ajax

Answer 1

Pretty messy path you have:
claas2/TractorPics\5484474\Recieved\
Try:
claas2\TractorPics\5484474\Recieved\
or
claas2/TractorPics/5484474/Recieved/
but do not mix separators.
EDIT
You are mixing path with URL. And it works because you are using \ as path segment separator, which your browser converts to / while sending request to webserver and your server is now Windows based I guess, therefore \ is invalid as path separator for file system on server. Do
$path = str_replace('\\', `/`, $pathFromDb);
and use result instead of data from db as you use now.