[xxtruepinoyxx]

I was wondering if the following is possible:

can i place images in the root folder of my site (ex: /home/username/folder ) and have images display using PHP?

any help would be appreciated. thanks!

[Acecool]

Its very possible.

But, there are many things to look out for if you include files otherwise it can be very insecure.

[xxtruepinoyxx]

Originally Posted by Acecool

Its very possible.

But, there are many things to look out for if you include files otherwise it can be very insecure.

how would i go about displaying images from the root folder? i tried a php include but it didnt work.

and what are the things i have to look out for using include files?

thanks!

[NeverMind]

to display images using php, use this simple line:

PHP Code:

echo '<img src="mypic.png" alt="Me" />'; 

you have to use HTML to display contents!
php is used to process these contents before displaying them..

[xxtruepinoyxx]

Originally Posted by NeverMind

to display images using php, use this simple line:

PHP Code:

echo '<img src="mypic.png" alt="Me" />'; 

you have to use HTML to display contents!
php is used to process these contents before displaying them..

i know that you have to use HTML to display contents.

i guess i wasn't clear on what i was asking.

--> if i place my images in the root folder (not the public folder -- ex: /home/username/folder), would i be able to display them still?

currently all content is in the folder "/home/username/public_html" but i wanted to know if i'm able to put the contents in the folder outside of the public folder and still be able to display. am i making sense?

[xxtruepinoyxx]

anyone have any ideas???

[blaw]

Hello,

I think it's possible, just like you can display text file contents above doc root. But because it is an image, I guess you'd first have to make it available for PHP to process as a resource and then create/display the image dynamically, rather than simply referring to the image file directly from HTML.

Image is one thing I just don't get to use at all, so I can't comment on it deeply, but you may want to take a look at the PHP Image functions. Functions like imagecreatefrompng() may get you started.

Docmentation: http://ca.php.net/image

[Pineapple]

You don't need to use PHP's manipulation image functions.

<?php
// Change to image/pjpeg if necessary
header("Content-type: image/gif:);
readfile('/path/to/image.gif');
?>

Then refer to your PHP script in the <img> tag:

<img src="get_image.php">

[blaw]

Hey Pineapple,

That's neat - I never thought of that...!

[xxtruepinoyxx]

Thanks Pineapple!