Re: [PHP-DB] Storing Images #2

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> > I have my photos in /public_html/img/gid directory and
> with this path:
> > <img src='http://www.mydomain.com/img/{$gid}/{$photoFileName}' in
> getImage.php the server displays the photos.
> > 
> > Now if I put my photos outside of the public_html like
> this: 
> > /hidden_images/img/gid
> > 
> > what would be the correct path to the photos in the
> getImage.php script?
> 
> Do you mean what url? You'll need a script to pull them
> from outside the document root. The advantage of this is you
> can do authentication checks before displaying the image.
> The disadvantage is the web-server isn't serving the images
> directly so there will be a slow down.
> 
> So you point your images to
> 
> getimage.php?image=123456
> 
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thank you for your useful comment, but I mean what url should I use
for img src instead of <img src='http://www.mydomain.com/img/{$gid}/{$photoFileName}' in the getImage.php script?