Comments on: using AJAX to spiff up a gallery

By: marlon

marlon — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:08:16 +0000

your tutorial is great! now all you need is a link to a website showing an example of a gallery using ajax

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:56:51 +0000

So I know nothing about PHP to make a comment about the code… But I can say that I like Lightbox :) Though find it a bit “cheap” on bigger sites, seeing that it’s free and all.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:54:09 +0000

The variable variable bit would work, but then I might end up with variables of other crap submitted in the URL. That wouldn't be harmful if I didn't use them, though, so your technique would work. :)

By: Jem

Jem — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:50:53 +0000

Prematurely hit Add..

That would replace the if array_key_exists bla, but the downside is it doesn’t check for actual existence of the keys. However, in your example your echoing the variables which might not exist if the array keys don’t anyway, so that’s a separate issue.

By: Jem

Jem — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:47:18 +0000

I think you could tidy that PHP up a bit with a foreach and variable variables. E.g:

foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) { $$key = htmlspecialchars($value); }

Untested though – might be wrong.

By: Han

Han — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:21:18 +0000

Grr, you tell me this now after I’ve redone my gallery! I’ve been meaning to learn Ajax but I’m looking at Ruby too! I’m just not a fan of javascript! I just can’t get those horrible page effects out of my head!