PHP Script as .GIF Image.

[Jacbey]

Hi Guys,

 

I am trying to disguise my php script as a .gif file for the purposes of a shopping cart. Basically, you click on the .gif which is placed on the page and it takes you to an image unless it has variables attached to it. Google use this for their checkout so I know this is possible. Does anyone have any ideas how I would go about doing this?

 

Thanks in advance, Jacob.

[teynon]

In your httpd.conf file you need to add gif to the PHP extensions.

 

AddType application/x-httpd-php .gif

[Jacbey]

Yeah, I did that but I don't get how you link an image to the php script. Because I'm presuming you rename the script something like script.php to script.gif but then how to you link the image to it?

[scootstah]

I don't see why this would ever be necessary for legitimate purposes.

 

You are either making a very bad design decision or you are trying to do something malicious.

[Jacbey]

It's not something malicious. Google use it, look.

 

http://checkout.google.com/buttons/checkout.gif?merchant_id=*************&w=180&h=46&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US

 

That's a PHP script if it has variables attached to it. But if you just go to http://checkout.google.com/buttons/checkout.gif it's a .gif file.

 

I'm trying to do something like that.

[cyberRobot]

Yeah, I did that but I don't get how you link an image to the php script. Because I'm presuming you rename the script something like script.php to script.gif but then how to you link the image to it?

 

You could utilize the imagecreatefromgif() function:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefromgif.php

[Jacbey]

Yeah, I did that but I don't get how you link an image to the php script. Because I'm presuming you rename the script something like script.php to script.gif but then how to you link the image to it?

 

You could utilize the imagecreatefromgif() function:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefromgif.php

 

Thank you.