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This one may be a bit of a doozy.
I have 2 sets of files in separate folders:
SET 1:
celeb1.png
celeb2.png
celeb3.png
celeb4.png
celeb5.png
etc
The user selects an image (radio) and I then set this as a get variable on the url:
Now, I want to match another file.
In another folder, I have a set like this:
SET 2:
celeb1-24_59_250_300.png
celeb2-35_67_200_250.png
celeb3-54_87_300_400.png
celeb4-88_98_250_350.png
celeb5-87_43_300_400.png
etc
I want to use the GET variable (i.e.) celeb1.png, and then select the full filename of the corresponding file, based on the first 5 characters.
In other words if $_GET['celebimg'] is 'celeb1.png', I want to set a second variable (let's say $overlay) to string 'celeb1-24_59_250_300.png'
Any idea on how to achieve that?
I could obviously do a switch, but that means I would have to update the code every time a new celeb image is uploaded.
Is there any dynamic way to achieve this?
Thanks
JG

Answer 1

You can try something like this. Since we haven't seen what you have tried so far. This is just an illustration. However the code has been tested.
<?php
$file='celeb3.png'; // Here is where you will get the param $_GET['set1']
$set2=array(
'celeb1-24_59_250_300.png',
'celeb2-35_67_200_250.png',
'celeb3-54_87_300_400.png',
'celeb4-88_98_250_350.png',
'celeb5-87_43_300_400.png'
);
$set1 = explode('.',$file);
//echo $set1[0];//celeb3
foreach($set2 as $val)
{
if($set1[0]==substr($val,0,strlen($set1[0])))
{
echo $val;//celeb3-54_87_300_400.png
break;
}
}
OUTPUT : celeb3-54_87_300_400.png

Answer 2

Use glob to search a folder
//Get the GET variable
$cimg = $_GET['celebimg'];
//split it so we can just get the name without extention
$nameparts = explode(".",$cimg);
//glob will try to find matches to the string passed
$matches = glob("/dir/path/{$nameparts[0]}-*.png");
$matches will be an array of matched files
you could use other file functions like scandir or readdir etc but those do not filter out the files so you would have to do it.