I have 5 attachments whose paths are stored in database (5) columns. I am retrieving the paths as follows for the first file.
$path1=$rowArray[\'file1\'];
$path2
you need javascript for that, an hover on the links would create a div with the image/s which src attribute would be the link's path..
No doubt you cannot do it the way you want, with one link, show all your images. I guess the best way to do it is to send the file names or ids on your URL and check for it on your target PHP, this way you can show them.