Relative image source path returns null using jQuery

Question

i've got a problem I need help with.

I am trying to create a mouseover animation using jQuery so that when a user hover over an image it shows a highlighted version of the image. I know I can do this with CSS, the problem is however that the content needs to be managed. So i wanted to write a function that matches a part of the image filename and use a wildcard for the rest of the filename.

Here is the HTML: This is the image that will always be shown unless a user hover over the image.

<img class="imgPath" src="<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/bgr_img.jpg' ?>" alt="First Image" />

When the user hover over the image, I would like to change the src:

<img class="imgPath" src="<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/hvr_image.jpg' ?>" alt="First Image" />

On mouseout I would like the src to return to its previous state "bgr_image.jpg"

This is the jQuery I am using currently:

$(function() {
    $(".imgPath")
        .mouseover(function() { 
            var src = $(this).attr("src").match("http://domain.com/path/to/img/hvr_image.jpg");
            $(this).attr("src", src);
        })
        .mouseout(function() {
            var src = $(this).attr("src").replace("http://domain.com/path/to/img/hvr_image.jpg", "http://domain.com/path/to/img/bgr_image.jpg");
            $(this).attr("src", src);
        });
});

If I hover over the image right now, it will change the src to "null". I tried to use the path name without the domain included but it returns the same value.

Help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Why do you match your src or replace it? Just change it:

$(function() { 
    $(".imgPath").hover(
        function() { $(this).attr("src", "http://domain.com/path/to/img/hvr_image.jpg"); },
        function() { $(this).attr("src", "http://domain.com/path/to/img/bgr_image.jpg"); }
    ); 
}); 

EDIT:

match() returns an array of the matches: Access your src with [0]

$(function() { 
    $(".imgPath") 
        .mouseover(function() {  
            var src = $(this).attr("src").match("http://domain.com/path/to/img/hvr_image.jpg"); 
            $(this).attr("src", src[0]); 
        }) 
        .mouseout(function() { 
            var src = $(this).attr("src").replace("http://domain.com/path/to/img/hvr_image.jpg", "http://domain.com/path/to/img/bgr_image.jpg"); 
            $(this).attr("src", src); 
        }); 
});

EDIT2:

<img class="imgPath" onmouseover="changeImgSrc(this, '<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/hvr_image.jpg' ) ?>'" onmouseout="changeImgSrc(this, '<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/bgr_image.jpg' ) ?>'" src="<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/bgr_image.jpg' ?>" alt="FirstImage" />

<script>
    function changeImgSrc(img, imgsrc) {
        $(img).attr('src', imgsrc);
    }
</script>

OR:

<img class="imgPath" onmouseover="this.src = '<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/hvr_image.jpg' ) ?>'" onmouseout="this.src = '<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/bgr_image.jpg' ) ?>'" src="<?php echo PATH_SITE. 'uploads/folder/bgr_image.jpg' ?>" alt="FirstImage" />