How to call MED image info on main page? Not an IMG but the path. Help please !

[Yuchant]

Alright.
I'm pretty excited as I managed to get SOME results from knowing nothing.

I put this inside the WHILE

require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_MAIN_PRODUCT_IMAGE)); 

and put a value into $products_image

     $products_image = $new_products->fields['products_image']; 

but when I use that variable in $products_image_medium I get a mismatched image.

I dont know what to think because in the very next space $new_products->fields['products_name'] is called and its CORRECT but the code right before that gives me a $new_products->fields['products_image'] of the previous product.

Here is the code line 62 in new_products.php if anybody could point out where to define my $products_image for the medium filename changer

    'text' => (($new_products->fields['products_image'] == '' and PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE_STATUS == 0) ? '' : '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($new_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $new_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products->fields['products_image'], $new_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_NEW_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_NEW_HEIGHT, 'style="position:relative" onmouseover="showtrail(\'' .  $products_image_medium . '\',\'' . $new_products->fields['products_name'] . '\',250,130,350,373,this,0,0,250,130);" onmouseout="hidetrail();"') . '</a><br />') . '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($new_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $new_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price); 

Again I have no programming knowledge so any help is greatly appreciated.

[Yuchant]

Okay fantastic!!! looks like I solved it by defining products_image before the while statement for the first item, and by moving the second definition before the require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_MAIN_PRODUCT_IMAGE))

I definitely didnt expect to be able to do that.

Which is plenty good for me now. I guess this means I will put this code in New_products, Featured_products, products_all and everything where my small images are used?

Please let me know if there is a better way to affect all of these templates. Thanks!

So the end it looks like this:

if ($num_products_count > 0) {
  if ($num_products_count < SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_NEW_PRODUCTS || SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_NEW_PRODUCTS == 0 ) {
    $col_width = floor(100/$num_products_count);
  } else {
    $col_width = floor(100/SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_NEW_PRODUCTS);
  }
    $products_image = $new_products->fields['products_image'];
    
  while (!$new_products->EOF) {
      $products_image = $new_products->fields['products_image'];
    require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_MAIN_PRODUCT_IMAGE));

    $products_price = zen_get_products_display_price($new_products->fields['products_id']);
    $new_products->fields['products_name'] = zen_get_products_name($new_products->fields['products_id']);

    $list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' => 'class="centerBoxContentsNew centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
    'text' => (($new_products->fields['products_image'] == '' and PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE_STATUS == 0) ? '' : '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($new_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $new_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products->fields['products_image'], $new_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_NEW_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_NEW_HEIGHT, 'style="position:relative" onmouseover="showtrail(\'' .  $products_image_medium . '\',\'' . $new_products->fields['products_name'] . '\',250,130,350,373,this,0,0,250,130);" onmouseout="hidetrail();"') . '</a><br />') . '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($new_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $new_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price); 

Now i need to have these preloaded, however the hell you do that.