Re: hotlinking images

Check the value of um... $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER] (check my spelling). If it's not from your own host, then bail out... or return a static image saying something along the lines of "this image stolen without permission" -philip On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Sebastian wrote:

i have an issue with site linking directly to my images. the problem is these images are generated on the fly with php/gd -- they're generated each time its viewed because i have done some watermarking manipulation and didnt want to watermaker them in a static way. they're including the images like this: <img src=http://mydomain.com/script.php?pic=232"> not only is bandwidth usage increase but so does cpu because php/gd has to process them as well.. if they're including 5 or 6 of these images on a single page i can imagin how much cpu is being used. how can i work around this, if at all possible? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php