Posted by bill on 03/09/07 21:34

Rik wrote:
> bill <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> Rik wrote:
>>> bill <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am in the preliminary design stage.
>>>> client wants to serve one of several small gifs from a database
>>>> depending on user selection. I can do all of that easily except
>>>> serve the images.
>>>>
>>>> I imagine that I will have an img tag that will invoke a php script,
>>>> but how do I serve the img so that the browser displays it as an
>>>> image rather than (garbage) text ?
>>> Default mime type for php is usually text/html. For images, you'd
>>> have to send the correct header.
>>> header('Content-Type: image/gif');
>>> If the mime-types differs, optionally use getimagesize to get the
>>> correct mimetype of the image.
>>> --Rik Wasmus
>>> Posted on Usenet, not any forum you might see this in.
>>> Ask Smart Questions: http://tinyurl.com/anel
>>
>> thanks for the suggestions.
>> If I send the correct header, will that override the text/html header
>> or will both be sent ?
>
>
> <http://www.php.net/header>:
> void header ( string $string [, bool $replace [, int
> $http_response_code]] )
>
> The optional replace parameter indicates whether the header should
> replace a previous similar header, or add a second header of the same
> type. By default it will replace, but if you pass in FALSE as the second
> argument you can force multiple headers of the same type.
>
> --Rik Wasmus
> Posted on Usenet, not any forum you might see this in.
> Ask Smart Questions: http://tinyurl.com/anel

Thanks Rik !

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