Comments on: Use Custom Missing Image Graphics Using MooTools

By: BeN

BeN — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:25 +0000

@Doug Waltman: Using server side script (file_exists, file_get_contents) is just one method to check broken images and is very usefull, i am working on a flickr app … Some firewalls and some intranets doesnt allow connection to flickr (or youtube, and other services). In that cases the only way to fix that problem is using js on the client side.

By: derschreckliche

derschreckliche — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:46:59 +0000

very useful thing!
thx for the tip.

By: Bleyder

Bleyder — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:41:16 +0000

Very useful tip!!

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:12:33 +0000

@Doug Waltman: There are other types of image errors, like a corrupt image which file_exists() wouldn’t prevent.

By: Doug Waltman

Doug Waltman — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:00:42 +0000

This could be done server side using PHP’s “file_exists” function. Still I like your creativity with this script.

By: EmEhRKay

EmEhRKay — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:56:55 +0000

My bad, I didnt notice the error event

By: EmEhRKay

EmEhRKay — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:55:24 +0000

I dont quite understand how this works. Are you supposed to id the broken images by giving them a special hook (class name, alt tag, etc.)? If you can do that, why not fix the image?

By: Jesus DeLaTorre

Jesus DeLaTorre — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:52:07 +0000

@David Thanks for the heads up. I’ll see about integrating the too.

@Chris I think David’s solution is valid. You can still grep the logs and see if the missing image file is ever requested and then all you have to do check the referer. At the bare minimum, you have to at least provide a user friendly image and then you can add something like email or an ajax call to log the error.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:21:58 +0000

shouldn’t you rather have it email you and tell you that the image is missing?

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:24:39 +0000

@Jesus DeLaTorre: I suppose you could use MooTools’ Assets plugin to load it in initially to catch the error, but not from a stylesheet.