Calling random image code

I am using the following code on a page to call a random image:

It works great!

What code could I add to it to show the "Jump to album" block under it?

Do you have to do anything to enable the random block to execute outside of gallery?

Here is the code I'm using:

<?php @readfile('http://www.mysite.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=imageblock:External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_show=title'); ?>

If I go to the gallery page, the image shows. If I execute the URL above in the browser, the image shows. But on my php page, no image shows. I've even removed the @ symbol but I don't get any errors!

Any ideas? Thanks.

Geoffrey

Could it possibly be something to do with my htaccess file or Apache? I tried creating an empty php file before and I had put just that code inside but nothing showed (even after removing the @ symbol).

Even stranger if I put in an incorrect hostname, I still don't get any errors.

But this code is working inside the gallery app so I'm really confused why it won't execute remotely.

Thanks again,

Geoffrey

when i enter this url, i get html, i.e. a HTTP 200 success code. But i also get a G2 security violation. you might have to set other image permissions in G2.

djhomeless, just logout from G2 and browse to
http://www.idiotabroad.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=imageblock:External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_show=title

then you should see that the item is NOT viewable by guests.

Does anyone have any ideas? I'm really desperate to get this working!

Thanks in advance.

Geoffrey

I'm pretty sure its environmental, sadly I don't know enough about my OS to work this through.

Basically I can do all kinds of includes in php with no trouble. However, it always has trouble if I try to execute a script via the hostname.

One thing I was able to figure out, if I replace the hostname, with the local IP I was able to get the script to execute.

<?php readfile('http://127.0.0.1/blog/photos/main.php?g2_view=imageblock:External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_show=title'); ?>

However, since I'm not local to the machine it obviously won't stream the image.

My server uses SME Linux (www.contribs.org), which is a heavily secured variant of RedHat 9. I've cross posted this there so hopefully someone may have a clue. If you think of anything I'd appreciate some help as well, this is really frustrating to be so close!

Thanks,

Geoffrey

I posted this before .. a lot of Hosting firms are turning off php readfile() because of the security concerns..

Try using the Curl Library with something like this.. (I use them embedded calls so this is defunct for me)

<?php

// Get Random Image - Curl Security rather than @openfile()

$curl_handle = curl_init();
// Where should we get the data?
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "http://yoursite.com/galleryurl/main.php?g2_view=imageblock:External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_maxSize=165&g2_show=title");
// Setup the Curl Options.
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1);
// Make the call.
$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);
// Close Curl
curl_close($curl_handle);

print $buffer

?>

Try something like this using the embedded calls in G2. This is from a testing program so it is pretty crude but you should be able to modify it..

<?php
/***************************************************
Gallery2  Get Random Image

***************************************************

     * 'blocks' is a pipe (|) separated list, of one or more possible blocks which are:
     * randomImage|recentImage|viewedImage|randomAlbum|recentAlbum|viewedAlbum|specificItem
     * dailyImage|weeklyImage|monthlyImage|dailyAlbum|weeklyAlbum|monthlyAlbum

*/

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/gallery2/embed.php');

$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'wp-gallery2.php', 'relativeG2Path' => 'gallery2/', 'activeUserId' => '', 'fullInit' => true ) );

list ($ret, $g2data) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '165'));

print $g2data;

?>

Valiant, I've modified your code above to produce a number of thumbnails for use in a horizontal Imageblock. Could it be done any better for multiple blocks?

<?php /* Call Gallery Functions for Imageblock */

require_once('/gallery/embed.php');

$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'wp-gallery2.php', 'embedPath' => '/gallery/', 'relativeG2Path' => '/gallery/', 'activeUserId' => '', 'fullInit' => 
true ) );

/* Call Thumbnails */

/* Thumbnail 1 */
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}
list ($ret, $thumb1) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '80'));
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}

/* Thumbnail 2 */
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}
list ($ret, $thumb2) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '80'));
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}

/* Thumbnail 3 */
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}
list ($ret, $thumb3) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '80'));
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}

/* Thumbnail 4 */
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}
list ($ret, $thumb4) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '80'));
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}

/* Thumbnail 5 */
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}
list ($ret, $thumb5) = GalleryEmbed::getImageBlock(array ('blocks' => 'randomImage', 'show' => 'none', 'activeUserId' => '', 'maxSize' => '80'));
if ($ret->isError()) {
   print $ret->getAsHtml();
}

/* end transactions */
$ret = GalleryEmbed::done();

if ($ret->isError()) {

   print $ret->getAsHtml();

}
?>

					<table width=520 cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
						<tr>
							<td>
							<?php print $thumb1; ?>
							</td>
							<td>
							<?php print $thumb2; ?>
							</td>
							<td>
							<?php print $thumb3; ?>
							</td>
							<td>
							<?php print $thumb4; ?>
							</td>
							<td>
							<?php print $thumb5; ?>
							</td>
						</tr>
					</table>	

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I managed to get this script to work but I have a problem with multiple images. Randomimages works fine but when I use Recentimages it just prints the same thumbnail repeatedly.

Is there a way that I can put it in a loop?

here is my code:

Thanks! I added this info at http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:GalleryEmbed:getImageBlock