Apache2/Php Querry

mhd · 09-17-2005, 06:51 AM

Hi, I'm fairly new to this, I've written some php code to help me sort/caption my photos.
Unfortuately this requires all my photos to be in my public_html directory.

My question is it possible to

i) configure php/apache2 to run php scripts out side of the public_html directory
or
ii) run php with links to files outside public_html directory

As having 10s of Gb of photos in the public_html directory is bad for many reasons.

I'm runing SuSE 9.3 if that helps

Thanks in advance for your help

Dave

phil.d.g · 09-17-2005, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mhd
i) configure php/apache2 to run php scripts out side of the public_html directory

You can change your public_html folder to whatever you want in the apache config files, but then all your pictures will be directly accessible to the public

Quote:

Originally posted by mhd
ii) run php with links to files outside public_html directory

If you mean a

Code:

<img src="somewhere/outside/public_html" />

then no. You can use php, if compiled with gd support to grab the image, then manipulate (eg resize to a smaller size, or add a water mark) then use php to output the image to the browser, so for example in your html you would have a link

Code:

<img src="images.php?id=1;size=2;watermark=yes" />

and images.php would contain the code to retrive the image and output to the browser, this way the image is not directly accessible to the public