PHP and Linux commands

eggoz · 03-06-2004, 02:47 PM

I wanted to create a simple website to view my pictures online as well as modify them. I was wondering if it is possible to run non standard linux command. For example I found a program (ImageMagick) that could let me create thumbnails "on the fly." For example when they open up the directory, it would read a PHP file that would create a table with thumbnails. Is it possible to do this is with just PHP and ImageMagick? Thanks for the help.

Qzukk · 03-06-2004, 03:04 PM

Yes. In your apache configuration, set DirectoryIndex to something like
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

This way, if the user opens foo.com/some/dir/ if there is an index.php file in dir/, it automatically goes (make sure there is no index.html)

Then, just write your thumbnail script and name it as index.php

eggoz · 03-06-2004, 03:19 PM

Awsome. Yes, I did changed the apache before, but thanks for the reminder. And I just found a command to pass commands too. Now to learn some PHP.