Re: Hiding files away from /public_html/

greetings Would you tell us how to create a script to read these files, extract their contents and create temporary PNG/JPG/GIF files on the fly ?? in this case we can (as u said) store the pictures content in the mysql and output them when we like Regards <memoimyself@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message news:3FFFE046.24599.565332@localhost... > Hi Philip, > > On 10 Jan 2004 at 12:42, Philip J. Newman wrote: > > > I want to store some images outside the /public_html/ how ever my isp > > has decided that i'm not aloud to write files in that area. Would the > > next best solution that wold be as secure to maybe put them in a folder > > with a .htaccess file in it? > > You could use an htaccess file, but: (a) the Apache web server must be configured to > allow htaccess to over-ride authentication settings (which, from what you've told us, is > something you'll have no control over); (b) you'd need to upload an htpasswd file > containing username and passwords pairs to the webserver, but wouldn't be able to > save it to an off-web directory; and (c) the htaccess file would prevent your own scripts > from accessing the image files, which would mean that the user viewing a page with a > protected image would need to type a username and password in order for the image to > be displayed. Doesn't sound like the best solution to me. > > Do you have access to a database? One solution would be to store all images on a > database and have the image files generated dinamically via PHP. That would imply in > some overhead, but it would be fairly secure. If you like the idea, let me know and I'll tell > you how I've implemented it in the past. > > Another much more complicated solution would be to rename your image files with a > PHP extension (thus protecting their contents) and create a script to read these files, > extract their contents and create temporary PNG/JPG/GIF files on the fly. > > Good luck, > > Erik