Picman is a PHP picture gallery management web application created in June 2004 for a client for whom I designed and implemented a website. Picman is interesting in the way it doesn't use mySQL for gallery settings and image descriptions. Instead, Picman was designed for a target environment not equipped with mySQL, instead utilising text files to store all data.

Picman has the ability to manage any number of 'Set's of images, each containing any number of images. Through the Picman interface, images can be uploaded and 'Set's managed. Thumbnails of uploaded images are automatically generated upon upload. Picman features an intuitive and helpful user interface designed for novice users. If any errors are encountered, the error is caught cleanly and swiftly and the user is presented with all possible options.

When deployed, Picman simply requires single PHP function call to return either a 'Set' selection screen, thumbnails of all the pictures in the 'Set', or a detailed image with description based on the URL query string, intelligently generated from whichever page the function was called.

Unfortunately, I cannot offer Picman up for download, due to the fact that the only remaining copy of Picman is heavily entwined within my clients code and website structure. Basically, I didn't really think anybody'd be interested!

I'm sure that somewhere on the internet will offer a clean, fresh, mySQL based gallery application which will suit what you're looking for down t'ground. If you're desperate for a taste of pure Picman power, then E-Mail me!

Picman, PicMan, Picture Manager. Geez! Get over yourselves, eh?