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Posted by Brendin Schlitzer
Brendin Schlitzer
5,703 Points

Display images on my webpage for a predetermined time period

Hi

A little background on what I am trying to do.

I have a website that allows users to upload images, the images are stored in a file and a database entry is made with a unique id, start date and end date for when the image should be displayed as well as the file path to the image.

My problem is I have no idea how to retrieve said image and display it for the time period specified.

What would the best approach be or the best language for me to do this? Or are there any links that anyone is able to share?

If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

I personally would use PHP to call the images from the database and detect the date ranges.

You can learn PHP here on teamtreehouse, the PHP track also includes using PHP to access a database.

https://teamtreehouse.com/tracks/php-development

Python and Ruby on Rails tracks also availible on Teamtreehouse can also achieve the above.