These images within this blog have been assigned a specific unique ID (UID). This UID is a prefix of the file extension though other information can be included. This UID comprises of 2 components, the post_id (from the URL) and the position number on where the image should reside within the blog (variable $x).

-- Example
Right click on the image above and click 'save image as...'. Within the name is the string '32_2', 32 is the post_id, 2 is the position within this blog.

Old Code

$getImage = "images/postimages/postimages/".$post_id. "_" .$x.".png";

In the past, I simply used a for loop ,which cycled 20 time incrementing the variable $x to locate an image. The issue was that the images could only be called a specific name based on the structured naming convention only (26_2.png, 32_4.png etc.). This required altering if I were to increase traffic flow to this website and enhance the SEO potentials through Google images. Of course, if I were to dominate the world, I must first flood Google images with my ugly face like some symbolism of power!

I am now using aglob() method to accomplish this, which will look at all the files in the within the images directory. I then use a strpos() method, which will determine if any images have the associated post_id and position number.

New Code

foreach(glob('./images/postimages/postimages/*'.$post_id.'*') as $filename){ if (false !== strpos($filename,$post_id. "_" .$x.".png")){ if (@fclose(@fopen($getImage, "r"))) { ?> <div id="mainPostImage"><img alt="" align="left" src="<?echo $getImage?>"></div><br><? } } }

With this working, I can now upload images with such names as:

• Hello Me 32_2.png
• This_Works_32_2.png
• try123432_2.png
• Daniel Redfern looks cool_31_19.png

Watch out Daniel Redfern 'the cricketer', your days dominating google images are limited!!!

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