Posted by Toby A Inkster on 01/03/08 10:05

Sig wrote:
> Toby A Inkster said:
>
>> Any image that can be seen using <img> can be seen by accessing the
>> image's URL directly.
>
> That's not always correct.

It is always correct.

> I have some images that are displayed with <img src="/pv/incer3.php
> ?z=blackler/1.jpg">, for example. The incer3 file checks a session
> variable, and may decide to show the image using readfile(). If you
> enter the src url directly, whether you see the image will depend
> on the session variables. There is no actual image url to enter.

There is an actual image URL. It is:

http://whatever-your-host-is.example/pv/incer3.php?z=blackler/1.jpg

If I enter that into my browser's address bar directly, it will display
the image.

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