|  | Posted by Brendan Gillatt on 10/26/07 14:51 
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 Kevin Blount wrote:
 > I'm trying to create the forum favorite dynamic sig image, that's
 > realy PHP script. I've had moderate success with .php files but when I
 > change the extension to .png I'm prompted to download the file, rather
 > than it rendering.
 >
 > My understanding is that this is not supposed to happen, and that by
 > adding an.htaccess file I can force .png files to be compiled/parsed/
 > whatevered by PHP. In my .htaccess file I have:
 >
 > AddType application/x-httpd-php .png
 >
 > Any advice?
 >
 > I'm using heliohost.org as my host, and they basically pointed me to
 > create the above file (as the first reply to my recent support query).
 > Googling this I'm not seeing that I'm doing anything wrong.. so what
 > gives?
 >
 
 I agree with the second poster - I don't think you can change the types
 with .htaccess. You could try using mod_rewrite to direct everything from
 , say, "/image-12345.png" to "image.php?id=12345". I'm not great with
 regular expressions but I'm sure someone else can help you out with that.
 
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 Brendan Gillatt
 brendan {at} brendangillatt {dot} co {dot} uk
 http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk
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