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woozy · Mar 16th, 2007, 4:50 PM

Okay, this works (mostly)

<h1>HI THERE</h1>
<?php
$image = fread(........);

$file = tempnam("/dir/", "TEMP");
$handle = fopen($file, "w");
fwrite($handle, $image);
fclose($handle);
?><img src="<?= $file ?>" ><?php

In essence it makes a file of the image and the img tag references. The drawback is that although $file is meant to be temporary it will exist on the server untill deleted by unlink.

I don't know how to put off calling unlink untill after the page has loaded.

Anyone know?

Still this is a *huge* improvement!

Mar 16th, 2007, 4:50 PM	#8
woozy Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	A temp solution Okay, this works (mostly) (Toggle Plain Text) <h1>HI THERE</h1> <?php $image = fread(........); $file = tempnam("/dir/", "TEMP"); $handle = fopen($file, "w"); fwrite($handle, $image); fclose($handle); ?><img src="<?= $file ?>" ><?php <h1>HI THERE</h1> <?php $image = fread(........); $file = tempnam("/dir/", "TEMP"); $handle = fopen($file, "w"); fwrite($handle, $image); fclose($handle); ?><img src="<?= $file ?>" ><?php In essence it makes a file of the image and the img tag references. The drawback is that although $file is meant to be temporary it will exist on the server untill deleted by unlink. I don't know how to put off calling unlink untill after the page has loaded. Anyone know? Still this is a huge improvement!