function loadImage($dirs, $base, $md5Text, $alternativeText, $imageType)
{
$name = preg_replace(array("#[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+#", "#__+#", "#_\$#"), array('_', '_', ''), $alternativeText);
$file = "{$name}.{$imageType}";
$splitMD5Path = eZDir::getPathFromFilename($md5Text);
$dirPath = eZDir::path(array($dirs, $base, $splitMD5Path, $md5Text));
$filePath = eZDir::path(array($dirPath, $file));
$fileHandler = eZClusterFileHandler::instance($filePath);
if (!$fileHandler->exists()) {
return null;
}
// we use a local cache of the file, because the eZImage library only works on files on the file system
$fileHandler->fetch(true);
return eZImageLayer::createForFile($file, $dirPath, $this->StoreAs);
}
