Load one image if another doesn't load...does this exist?

[Gnome_101]

Here's what I am looking for. A way in HTML to have a secondary image to load if a first image does not load. Is there code to do this already?

Would a low src work?

If not then I propose a new addition to the scr tag in HTML. W00t!

[dilligaf]

I can't imagine that there would be. In ASP/PHP you can call for an alternate image if the primary image doesn't exist but even then it wouldn't have anything to do with loading as that is a function of the users machine, connection etc.

[Gnome_101]

hmm...

I want to re-rwrite the tag for the src then hehe,...

<img src="<url of primary>","<url of secondary(only if first doesn't load)>">

The hard part would be making the browser resolve that the first image is null, then to load the second.


Hmmm....perhaps I will talk to the Mozilla people.

Thanks dilligaf - I didn't know there were alternate functions for this purpose in Asp/PHP.

I will look into those optoins as well!

[Gnome_101]

after learning php, I used the following code to load a seoncdary image if the first one fails to load, or does not exist.


$img = "../pics/thumbs/{$row['part_numbers']}.jpg";
$image_width = getimagesize($img);
if(!getimagesize($img)) // if image does not exist, replace with secondary
{
echo "<td width=\"15%\"><img src=\"slotcars/logos/fly_logo.jpg\"></img>";
}
else{ // everything is ok, load original image
echo "<td width=\"15%\"><img src=\"../pics/thumbs/{$row['part_numbers']}.jpg\"></img>";
}

[jlknauff]

I thought there was (or something similar) but don't remember what it was off the top of my head. Let me know if you still need an answer.

[Gnome_101]

No thanks,

The code I posted above does what I need. It works like a charm, and I thought perhaps I'd share it with others!


Thanks though!

Warning! If you have a limit on the site of your scripts files (where php errors are thrown), please be mindful that everytime it need to do the logo, it will throw and error