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grevan · 11-13-2008, 10:19 AM

Hello to all.
This is my issue: I created several directories with pictures in one domain.
In another domain i created links pointing to my picture´s folders.
I want to only allow access to those folders if the person comes from the links i mentioned. I don´t want type-in access to those folders.
I tried some hotlink protection with .htaccess, but they don´t protect from type-in.
Any suggestions? Thanks a lot guys.

webguy1620 · 11-13-2008, 02:21 PM

Maybe you should show these files via a script? Write a small php script to do the following and just use that, in combination with .htaccess, to not allow direct access.

PHP Code:


			
//something like..

  header("Content-type: image/gif");

  readfile("/path/to/image.gif");

  exit(0);

then set your .htaccess to redirect on anything that is not an image OR store the images outside of public view.

grevan · 11-13-2008, 02:50 PM

Thanks webguy for the hint, i´m not a programmer, should i place the script inside my pictures pages or the link page? Can you give me an example?
Thanks a lot.

webguy1620 · 11-13-2008, 03:11 PM

On second thought, did you try something like this in your .htaccess:

Code:

RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/hotlink.gif [NC,R,L]

This will show that same image in place of any direct access to other images in that directory.

grevan · 11-13-2008, 03:23 PM

Just tried and it´s not preventing direct access.

webguy1620 · 11-13-2008, 03:55 PM

Can you please reply with the contents of your .htaccess