images from folder php code example

Example 1: php list output images in a directory

<?php

echo scanDirectoryImages("uploads");

/**
* Recursively search through directory for images and display them
* 
* @param  array  $exts
* @param  string $directory
* @return string
*/
function scanDirectoryImages($directory, array $exts = array('jpeg', 'jpg', 'gif', 'png'))
{
if (substr($directory, -1) == '/') {
    $directory = substr($directory, 0, -1);
}
$html = '';
if (
    is_readable($directory)
    && (file_exists($directory) || is_dir($directory))
) {
    $directoryList = opendir($directory);
    while($file = readdir($directoryList)) {
        if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
            $path = $directory . '/' . $file;
            if (is_readable($path)) {
                if (is_dir($path)) {
                    return scanDirectoryImages($path, $exts);
                }
                if (
                    is_file($path)
                    && in_array(end(explode('.', end(explode('/', $path)))),   $exts)
                ) {
                    $html .= '<a href="' . $path . '"><img src="' . $path
                        . '" style="max-height:100px;max-width:100px" />  </a>';
                }
            }
        }
    }
    closedir($directoryList);
}
return $html;
}

Example 2: how to include local image files in javascript object

// MyComponent.js
import images from './images'

//...snip

{ images.map(({id, src, title, description}) => <img key={id} src={src} title={title} alt={description} />)