PHP Gif images

[jinxhacker]

I need help. im working on having stats in a gif generated in php dies anyone know how. Ive found ways but the reqeuire a .php extension

[GingerRobot]

Ive found ways but the reqeuire a .php extension

 

And the problem with that is...?

 

You can force apache to parse other file extensions as PHP but without knowing what the actual problem is, it's a bit hard to offer you better help.

[discomatt]

You want to generate the actual .gif file? Is this for a forum signature or something?

[dezkit]

GD LIBRARY

[jinxhacker]

yes its for forums. i want them as .gifs i can do it as a .php but i dont want that

 

[discomatt]

Your best/easiest bet is to create a custom htaccess rule for a single folder on your site that forces the PHP engine to parse files with the .gif extension. This will cause all sorts of troubles for any actual gif files you put in this folder, though.

[jinxhacker]

any idea on how to do that cause ive never been good at .htaccess files.

[GingerRobot]

AddType application/x-httpd-php .gif

 

As mentioned, you ought to keep that in a separate folder with these images and make sure you don't have any ordinary gifs in the folder.

[peasepud]

I dont understand what the problem is though?

 

why is it so important to have the images set as gif's? the GD library works in that way by passing the relevant stuff through a php script therefore it should show that. At the end of the day, what is produced is a gif its merely the URL to produce it that appears to be a php file.

[mrhobbz]

I dont understand what the problem is though?

 

why is it so important to have the images set as gif's? the GD library works in that way by passing the relevant stuff through a php script therefore it should show that. At the end of the day, what is produced is a gif its merely the URL to produce it that appears to be a php file.

 

^ what he said.

[jinxhacker]

I dont understand what the problem is though?

 

why is it so important to have the images set as gif's? the GD library works in that way by passing the relevant stuff through a php script therefore it should show that. At the end of the day, what is produced is a gif its merely the URL to produce it that appears to be a php file.

there going to be shown on forums thru other web sites sort of like what xbox has for gamertags.

[mrhobbz]

I dont understand what the problem is though?

 

why is it so important to have the images set as gif's? the GD library works in that way by passing the relevant stuff through a php script therefore it should show that. At the end of the day, what is produced is a gif its merely the URL to produce it that appears to be a php file.

there going to be shown on forums thru other web sites sort of like what xbox has for gamertags.

 

IF you're using GD you can still usually stick the script that generates it in an img tag as it outputs the image file.

[discomatt]

I dont understand what the problem is though?

 

why is it so important to have the images set as gif's? the GD library works in that way by passing the relevant stuff through a php script therefore it should show that. At the end of the day, what is produced is a gif its merely the URL to produce it that appears to be a php file.

 

Many forums only allow gif/jpg extensions for image URLs.

[jinxhacker]

AddType application/x-httpd-php .gif

 

As mentioned, you ought to keep that in a separate folder with these images and make sure you don't have any ordinary gifs in the folder.

 

yes this method worked for me. as well as

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule modernart.png modernart.php

 

PNG

 

GIF

 

GingerRobot your method is the best method to use it for thank you all for all the help.

[jinxhacker]

ok so basically this is what it ends up as.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .png

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule .png captcha.php

 

so what i figured out is that what ever u name it i will work such as

 

http://gmasterz.com/sigs/captcha2.png

http://gmasterz.com/sigs/waukdwklkwd.png t

http://gmasterz.com/sigs/idontreallyexist.png

 

how would i get just the name out of there so i can create a image that would generates stats for individual users?

 

 

[GingerRobot]

You'll need to pass the user's name/id in the URL like so:

 

http://yoursite.com/image.png?userid=1

 

You'd then grab that out the URL and select the relevant information to display (presumably from your database?).

[jinxhacker]

AddType application/x-httpd-php .png

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ([^/]+).png sigs.php?username=$1

 

yeah i did thanks for all the help.

[discomatt]

You shouldn't need both the rewrite rule and addtype.