server side include syntax help

nkoplm · 11-07-2005, 03:54 PM

so i made this "bash script" to fit into a webpage. it gets all the jpgs in a directory and adds them to the page as a thumbnail link to the file.

Code:

<!--#exec cmd="for i in *.jpg; do echo \<a href\=\"$i\"\>\<img src=\"$i\" width\=\"200\"\>\</a\>\<br\>$i\<br\>; done" -->

it works great. the only problem is that this quotes dont get written in. ex:

Code:

hope for:
<a href="614393-large.jpg"><img src="614393-large.jpg" width="200"></a><br>614393-large.jpg<br>
<a href="961075-large.jpg"><img src="961075-large.jpg" width="200"></a><br>961075-large.jpg<br>

but only getting:
<a href=614393-large.jpg><img src=614393-large.jpg width=200></a><br>614393-large.jpg<br>
<a href=961075-large.jpg><img src=961075-large.jpg width=200></a><br>961075-large.jpg<br>

anyone know how i can get the quote characters to show up?

thanks for the help

p.s. if the script is run in a bash terminal the quotes show up.

destuxor · 11-08-2005, 09:53 AM

Whew, I'd be terrified to put a command that complicated into a web application...I've always been absolutely paranoid about my "system()" commands in what Perl webpages I write. But anyways, you can most likely escape the quotation marks like this:

Code:

<!--#exec cmd=\"for i in *.jpg; do echo \<a href\=\"$i\"\>\<img src=\"$i\" width\=\"200\"\>\</a\>\<br\>$i\<br\>; done\" -->

I guess this is in PHP? If what I mentioned didn't work you can grab an array of the files themselves and loop through them within the script (plus, it'd be portable).