printing a UL from an array of images - php

Question

I am trying to print a UL list of images ending with _th.jpg returned from a specific folder. All i get back is array()
<?php
require '../../config.php';
$conn = new PDO(DB_DSN, DB_USER, DB_PASS);
$id = (int)$_GET['id'];
$q = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM cms_page WHERE id=$id");
$project = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$q->closeCursor();
$imagesDir = 'public/images/portfolio/'.$project['slug'].'/';
$images = glob($imagesDir . '*_th.{jpg,jpeg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
echo $imagesDir ;
print_r($images);
?>
<h1><?=htmlspecialchars($project['title'])?></h1>
<?php
if ($images < 1) {
echo '<div id="slider">';
echo '<ul>';
foreach($images as $key => $value) {
echo '<li><img src="public/images/portfolio/'.$project['title'].'/'.$value.'.jpg" width="160" height="96" /></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
echo '</div>';
} else {
echo 'There are currently no images to display for tihis project.';
}
?>
Anyone got any ideas?

Answer 1

First of all : are you sure you are reading from the right directory ?
What I mean, is : does 'public/images/portfolio/'.$project['slug'].'/' really exist, and is accessible from your script, using this relative path, in this PHP script ?
(You can test that with is_dir, for instance)
As a precaution, when working with files and directories, I like using absolute paths, so I always know to which directory exactly I'm accessing.
For instance, something like this :
$imagesDir = '/var/www/public/images/portfolio/'.$project['slug'].'/';
If you do not know the absolute path to your directories, you can use dirname(__FILE__), to get the absolute path to the current PHP file -- and then, starting from that file, use a relative path ; for instance :
$imagesDir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/public/images/portfolio/'.$project['slug'].'/';
This way, you don't have to care about the current working directory : your path will always be the same, as it's not relative.
If that doesn't work, then first of all, make sure you are accessing the right directory.

Answer 2

<h1><?=htmlspecialchars($project['title'])?></h1>
Is <? a valid PHP opening tag?
Since your last block of PHP code isn't apparently executed (since it would either print an empty ul or the text from the else block) I suspect the PHP doesn't get parsed correctly.