Get Random Images from specific album

reneesanguinetti

Hello,
I have read through the forum to try to find the answer to my issue, but I can't seem to get it to work.
All I am trying to achieve is to get random images to be selected from one specific album.
The original code is this:
<?php
if (($zpfocus_showrandom) == 'single') { $sscount=1; } else { $sscount=5; }
if ((in_context(ZP_ALBUM)) || (in_context(ZP_IMAGE))) { $sstype = 'album'; $ssalbum = $_zp_current_album->getFolder(); $sstitle = gettext('Random Album Image'); } else { $sstype = 'all'; $sstitle = gettext('Random Gallery Image'); }
?>
<div id="random-wrap">
<?php printRandomImages($sscount,'',$sstype,$ssalbum,300,300,true); ?>
<div id="random-title">
<?php echo $sstitle; ?>

I changed it to this:

<?php
if (($zpfocus_showrandom) == 'single') { $sscount=1; } else { $sscount=5; }
if ((in_context(ZP_ALBUM)) || (in_context(ZP_IMAGE))) { $sstype = 'album'; $ssalbum = $_zp_current_album->getFolder()=='appliances'; $sstitle = gettext('Random Album Image'); } else { $sstype = 'all'; $sstitle = gettext('Random Gallery Image'); }
?>
<div id="random-wrap">
<?php printRandomImages($sscount,'',$sstype,$ssalbum,300,300,true); ?>
<div id="random-title">
<?php echo $sstitle; ?>
I am probably missing something very simple. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank-you!

Zenphoto version 1.4.2.3 [9980] (Official Build)
Current gallery theme: zpFocus_ v1.4.2.2

acrylian

Parameters look good so far. What is the probably actually? Nothing shows up? Error, if which?

reneesanguinetti

No errors posted and the page shows up, but the random images still are drawn from all albums. Just as if I changed nothing.

acrylian

If you read the doc of that function it says "rootAlbum" which means it includes all sub albums, too.

Note that in the 1.4.3 dev the image_album_statistics plugin's function `getImageStatistic()` has also a random image function. This at least can get random images from just one album. See the documentation in the file itself.

reneesanguinetti

Hello,
I only have top level albums (2), no sub-albums. I even cleared the albums cache. Is there another function to get a specific album?
Thank-you.

acrylian

I am not sure what you mean. You need to tell the function what album to use. So you need to know it. Have you checked what album you actually get on the page you trying to use this? What exactly is this supposed to do? `$ssalbum = $_zp_current_album->getFolder()=='appliances';`

reneesanguinetti

I have test albums (top level) called appliances and another called baby products. Using $ssalbum = $_zp_current_album->getFolder()=='appliances'; I want the random images to come from the appliances album only.
This is what the page source shows:

• 
  <img src="/advertk3/gallery/zp-core/i.php?a=appliances&i=toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans.jpg&w=300&h=300&c=1&cw=300&ch=300&q=75&t=1&wmk=!" alt="toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans" />
  
• 
  <img src="/advertk3/gallery/zp-core/i.php?a=appliances&i=toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans.jpg&w=300&h=300&c=1&cw=300&ch=300&q=75&t=1&wmk=!" alt="toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans" />
  
• 
  <img src="/advertk3/gallery/cache/baby-products/bf-goodrich-1_w300_h300_cw300_ch300_thumb.jpg" alt="BF Goodrich" />
  
• 
  <img src="/advertk3/gallery/zp-core/i.php?a=appliances&i=toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans.jpg&w=300&h=300&c=1&cw=300&ch=300&q=75&t=1&wmk=!" alt="toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans" />
  
• 
  <img src="/advertk3/gallery/zp-core/i.php?a=appliances&i=toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans.jpg&w=300&h=300&c=1&cw=300&ch=300&q=75&t=1&wmk=!" alt="toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans" />
  

These are the albums shown on the gallery page:

<li class="goleft">

<h4>Appliances</h4>

<img src="/advertk3/gallery/cache/appliances/toastmaster-stainless-steel-fry-pans_160_thumb.jpg" alt="Appliances" />

<span class="front-date">Apr 20, 2012</span>

<p class="front-desc">

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</p>

<li class="goright">

<h4>Baby Products</h4>

<img src="/advertk3/gallery/cache/baby-products/bf-goodrich-1_160_thumb.jpg" alt="Baby Products" />

<span class="front-date">Dec 19, 2010</span>

<p class="front-desc">

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</p>

acrylian

Your code is not properly escaped (use backticks!). If you want to have only and always the album "appliance" why do you have `$_zp_current_album->getFolder()` in there?

reneesanguinetti

When I tried to find the solution on the forum this is the code that I thought would work '$_zp_current_album->getFolder()=='name';'. "name" being album name. How should I tell the function what album to use?
Thank-you.

reneesanguinetti

Hello,
I think I have figured out the answer to my question.
I changed the code to this:
'<?php
if (($zpfocus_showrandom) == 'single') { $sscount=1; } else { $sscount=5; }
if ((in_context(ZP_ALBUM)) || (in_context(ZP_IMAGE))) { $sstype = 'album'; $ssalbum = 'appliances'; $sstitle = gettext('Random Album Image'); } else { $sstype = 'album'; $ssalbum = 'appliances'; $sstitle = gettext('Random Gallery Image'); }
?>
<div id="random-wrap">
<?php printRandomImages($sscount,'',$sstype,$ssalbum,300,300,true); ?>
<div id="random-title">
<?php echo $sstitle; ?>'
Seems to work. Thank-you for your time!

acrylian

$_zp_current_album->getFolder()=='name

Ahm, just to follow up that is wrong syntax. `$_zp_current_album->getFolder()` gets the name of the current album as the folder is the name (actual the path incl. parents `toplevelfolder/sublevelfolder/...`). This is the same as the object variable call `$_zp_current_album->name`.

So your change is exactly what you wish to do.