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How to display a photo uploaded by user in html and javascript


I wanted to know how to display a photo that the user uploads on a website using html and javascript. I tried using code I found on another stackoverflow question but it didn't work for me. Here is the code I tried in chrome, firefox and safari. Any help is appreciated

HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link class="jsbin" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
    <meta charset=utf-8 />
    <title>JS Bin</title>
    <!--[if IE]>
    <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->
    <style>
    article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup,menu, nav, section {
        display: block;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <input type='file' onchange="readURL(this);" />
    <img id="blah" src="#" alt="your image" />
</body>
</html>

Javascript:

function readURL(input) {
    if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
        var reader = new FileReader();
        reader.onload = function (e) {
            $('#blah')
                .attr('src', e.target.result)
                .width(150)
                .height(200);
        };
        reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
    }
}

Solution

  • Please check the below code snippet, I have tested it on Google chrome Version 66.0.3359.117 (Official Build) (64-bit) and it is working fine.

    function readURL(input) {
        if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
            var reader = new FileReader();
            reader.onload = function (e) {
                $('#blah').attr('src', e.target.result).width(150).height(200);
            };
            reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
        }
    }
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    
    <head>
        
        <meta charset=utf-8 />
        <title>JS Bin</title>
        
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <!--[if IE]>
    <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->
        <style>
            article,
            aside,
            figure,
            footer,
            header,
            hgroup,
            menu,
            nav,
            section {
                display: block;
            }
    
        </style>
    </head>
    
    <body>
        <input type='file' onchange="readURL(this);" />
        <img id="blah" src="#" alt="your image" />
    </body>
    
    </html>