mod-rewrite / phpthumb / direct link protection

fruitwerks · 12-09-2013, 04:34 PM

I'm sure this can be done, but I have no idea where to start, also I am not very good with rewrite.

Basically, I have images in /gallery/misc/folders/image.jpg. I watermark and resize them as I need with phpThumb. Now it is easy to inspect and figure out where the original resides on the server.

I would like have apache internally hijack any direct linking to the original and force the request to be rewritten so that a watermark will be applied.

So if I go to http://mysite.com/gallery/427/image.jpg I should be redirected to something like;

http://mysite.com/pt/process-img.php.../427/image.jpg[options here]

Thanks!

bathory · 12-10-2013, 02:37 AM

Hi,

You may try the following rewrite rule:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/gallery
RewriteRule /gallery/(.*)/(.*) /pt/process-img.php&image=gallery/$1/$2

The above is to be placed in the apache config file. If you want to put it in a .htaccess file, remove the leading slash in the RewriteRule:

Code:

RewriteRule gallery/(.*)/(.*) /pt/process-img.php&image=gallery/$1/$2

Regards