[SOLVED] don't evaluate include

[ratcateme]

I have this script

<?php
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); 
$image = fopen("./images/{$id}.jpg","r");
while(!feof($image)){
echo fgets($image);
}
fclose($image);
?>

it use to look like this

<?php
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); 
include("./images/{$id}.jpg");
?>

but one image i tried to include contained <? so was phrased as php code i want to know if there is a quicker way to include files without them being phrased as php code even if they contain <?. or is the fopen method just as quick as include i also want a method that is easy on ram as my server is kinda low

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

str_replace() or substr() might help with this.

 

ACE

[ratcateme]

that would make the script more complicated than the first one (which works). all i want to know if there is a way to use include and not phrase as php code even if it includes <?

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

this might be a stupid question, but why would the name of a image contain <? ???

[papaface]

Shouldn't you just be using an image tag ???

<?php
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); 
?>
<img src="/images/<?php echo $id; ?>.jpg" />

Makes more sense imo.

[ratcateme]

open a .jpg in a text editor all the characters could be anything in one i tried to include it contained "<" then "?" next to each other very unlikely yes put still possible.

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

but why open a image in a text editor? you've really lost me lol 

[ratcateme]

this file pretends to be an image so i would have an img tag in another file like this

<img src="display.php" />

then it uses $_SESSION to include the correct image.

 

Scott.

[ratcateme]

but why open a image in a text editor? you've really lost me lol 

did you try??

when u look at it, it is made up from a bunch of characters that make no sense to use reading them but will work for a program displaying them as a image

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

obviously. But why not just do it the normal HTML way as papaface has said. because it makes sense, and you appear to be doing the same thing, the hard way.  :-\

[ratcateme]

i am making an easy to understand CAPTCHA using images like pictures of a ball, flower, homer Simpson, tree ...

then i use $_SESSION to tell display.php which image to display if i used an img tag then a script could easily tell which image is being displayed this way people cant tell which image is being displayed.

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

ok, that makes more sense. However there still is easier ways.

[papaface]

Well then you need to use a dynamic image, but nevertheless, you're gonna need to use an image tag and not an include.

e.g:

<img src="image.php?var=somequery" />

[MasterACE14]

let PHP create the image, embedding whatever other image you want inside it.

[ratcateme]

don't worry guys it seems there are not any easier ways of including a page and not phrasing it for the purpose i want.

 

Scott.

[MasterACE14]

ok, good luck with the script anyway.