General Support: Displaying thumbs from another main site...

I have been trying to display a newest and random thumb on my main site but I can't get the image to show. I can get the data from the database and the link works to the image, but the thumb I can't pull correctly. I have tried:

- Getting path from database then properly creating the url in the php page to display what should be there; example:
http://www.url.com/gallery/images/$path --- $path = $row[path]; --- Path shows the gallery/album/image --- it should be showing something but I get the missing image display...
I've also tried:
http://www.url.com/gallery/images/$id-$path --- to mimic the albums setup for the image.

What can I do to pull data from the database to display the thumb away from the plogger system.

Thanks.