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michielh
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Smarty urlExists timeout Reply with quote

Hi guys, sorry for doing this but I must have created two posts before I can post my real question. This is the first one.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And this is the second one. Really sorry.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi guys, I'm looking at a timeout error and although I've searched everywhere, I cannot find a way to fix it in Smarty. Here's my problem:

A foreach-loop implemented in a template to list personal details makes use of the following code to determine whether or not a picture of the member is available on the server:

Code:

{urlExists url="`$smarty.const.BASE_HREF`data/members/`$member.memberid`.jpg"}
{if $urlExists}
<img src="data/members/{$member.memberid}.jpg" alt="{$member.name}" title="{$member.name}" />
{else}
<img src="images/nophoto.jpg" alt="{$member.name}" title="{$member.name}" />
{/if}


With this code still active, a server timeout occurs after the 19th member cycle. The other 20 members aren't even being displayed on the page. But when I remove the code, the page is displayed within 2 seconds. Is there a better (and less resource consuming Wink ) way to attach the default 'nophoto.jpg' picture to members without one?

Thanks in advance for the help!


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Testing if a URL exists is not a very good way to determine if they have a photo or not. I'd use a database entry or something. Testing if a URL exists requires network latency on each test, and will timeout if it cannot make a connection for any reason.
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michielh
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your swift reply, mohrt.

If I would have build the website from the ground up I would indeed have added a check (for instance a boolean value) to the userdetails table in order to see if the picture is in place. However, the previous developer has left and I cannot make changes to the database structure he has created. It would make things too difficult.

Thanks for the advice, I have deleted the ifExists code and replaced it with the following:

Code:

<img src="data/members/{$member.memberid}.jpg" width="150" height="200" style="background-image:url(images/nophoto.jpg);"/>


And even though Iexplore users see a small cross at the top left corner of the image, I think it's ok.

Thanks for helping me out, michiel
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