On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 05:13:24PM -0800, bryan wrote :
> I have a site where people have to pay for the pictures. He is
> a professional photographer and does not want people stealing
> his work. When they download and image, they pay for it. The
> problem with that is, if I have images named 001.jpg, 002.jpg,
> people can type that into the URL and get the other image
> without paying for it. Is there a way to rename a file once
> clicked on to download to eliminate this from happening?
>
> So, the user clicks on the image, called from the database,
> have it renamed, and then delete it from the database, so they
> never see the real filename...
Store your images _outside_ you document root folder of
your webspace and you a php-script to pass it to the client. This
script checks for cookies, session or whatever and only outputs
the right image when a valid user.
m.
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