Apache .gif Modification

[giarnz]

Hi all,
I have unsuccessfully spent the majority of my week searching for a solution or apache mod to make .gif as php readable.

Could someone please post the code or the mod which allows this as I have seen it being used, but can not find the code?


Thanks.

[fert]

this is a chmod thing not an apache thing

[giarnz]

Hi fert,
Could you please elaborate?

[fert]

you need to change permissions of the GIF so PHP can read it

[giarnz]

So, if I wanted to track the number of clicks on certain images (eg) www.sitename.com/123.gif, instead of using web server logs such as AWSTATS, etc. what would I need to do to use a traditional tracking application, and make 123.gif php readable? This way I can track the clicks as a .php file, even though it is a .gif image?


Thanks.

[effigy]

Only allow the gif to be accessed through a gallery. For the record, you can also do something like what's below, but I think more headers are needed in order to be cleaner.

[code]
<?php
// Do stuff.
$gif = 'tmp.gif';
header('Content-Type: image/gif');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($gif));
readfile($gif);
?>

[/code]

[giarnz]

Thanks effigy.

Your post was very helpful.

:)