cakephp-2.0 > HtmlHelper :: image()
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image

line:700 at /lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php
Creates a formatted IMG element. If `$options['url']` is provided, an image link will be generated with the link pointed at `$options['url']`. This method will set an empty alt attribute if one is not supplied.

Method

(string) public image ($path, $options = array())

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$path string required Path to the image file, relative to the app/webroot/img/ directory.
$options array optional Array of HTML attributes. array()

Return

string

Comment

Creates a formatted IMG element. If `$options['url']` is provided, an image link will be
generated with the link pointed at `$options['url']`. This method will set an empty
alt attribute if one is not supplied.

### Usage

Create a regular image:

`echo $html->image('cake_icon.png', array('alt' => 'CakePHP'));`

Create an image link:

`echo $html->image('cake_icon.png', array('alt' => 'CakePHP', 'url' => 'http://cakephp.org'));`

@param string $path Path to the image file, relative to the app/webroot/img/ directory.
@param array $options Array of HTML attributes.
@return string completed img tag
@link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/html.html#HtmlHelper::image