Re: [PHP] Fooling the client into thinking php script is .jpg

[Bogdan Stancescu]

...however, this may not be the best solution since actual JPEG's accidentally
containing the "<?" string will issue errors (!) on your server. The proper way
to do this is leave it .php if possible.

Bogdan

Liam MacKenzie wrote:

> Add this inno the appropriate virtual-host
>
> <Directory "/path/to/the/folder/with/the/jpg/script">
> AddType application/x-httpd-php .jpg
> </Directory>
>
> This will parse all .jpg files to the PHP interpreter.
>
> Hope that helped!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Moreton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:44 AM
> Subject: [PHP] Fooling the client into thinking php script is .jpg
>
> I have a script that outputs an image.  Using the gd library.  But the only
> way this script gets to execute is if you call it like:
>
> www.host.com/displayimage.php
>
> That then sends the content header, and the image.  Obviously I am doing
> some other stuff in there, which is why I am using a script to generate the
> image.  Is it possible somehow to request the file as a .jpg?
>
> www.host.com/displayimage.jpg
>
> Fooling the client into thinking it is just a .jpg image.
>
> I tried changing the .htaccess file for the dir this script was in, so that
> when a 404 error is genterated, it redirects to the displayimage.php script.
> But its not exactly a transparent redirect.  If you type an invalid url it
> simply redirects, displaying the name of the script, displayimage.php while
> loading the image.
>
> Any suggestions please?
>
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