headers for images

[DoppyNL]

I store images in my database, and the return them to to browser using "image.php?id=234" this works fine except for some small problems:

1. When the user wants to save the file, he doesn't get the original filename of the image, how do I send the original filename with the image?

2. I noticed that caching of the images is not really working right now. Probably because the browser thinks that it is an dynamic file, wich can change. But I know for 100% certain that "image.php?id=234" will ALLWAYS be that image.
How do I tell the browser (and proxy's on the way) they can cache the file as long as they want??

I'm currently using the following headers:

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Header("Cache-Control: public");
Header('Content-type: ' . $image['imagetype']);


where $image['imagetype'] is fetched from the database ofcourse.

Greetz Daan

[DoppyNL]

from a newsgroup:

to send the filename with the image:

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header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=mypic.png");


additionally, you can send the image size with the image:

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header("Content-lenght: ".filesize("mypic.png"));


Now I still have to find out how to cache the files...

Greetz Daan

[WiZARD]

from a newsgroup:

to send the filename with the image:

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header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=mypic.png");


additionally, you can send the image size with the image:

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header("Content-lenght: ".filesize("mypic.png"));


Now I still have to find out how to cache the files...

Greetz Daan

Hi!
Try set PRAGMA variable in HTML or set lifetime of session.

[DoppyNL]

the PRAGMA variable is (if i'm correct) a html option, I want images to be cached as long as possible by the browser and proxys between the browser and the server.
These images are retrieved from a database using a php-script.

The lifetime of a session has nothing to do with this as far as I know, that is only about when the session can be safely destroyed (because the user isn't there anymore)

Greetz Daan

[WiZARD]

the PRAGMA variable is (if i'm correct) a html option, I want images to be cached as long as possible by the browser and proxys between the browser and the server.
These images are retrieved from a database using a php-script.

The lifetime of a session has nothing to do with this as far as I know, that is only about when the session can be safely destroyed (because the user isn't there anymore)

Greetz Daan

Why you insert in DB Images?
I hear about simply and faster method store images at server: PHP and MySQL Web Development -- by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson

[DoppyNL]

because its much more easy to manage those images inside my site.
also, some images are not to be seen by some images, this way I can prevent that some users can see that images, because I can check that in the image-script.

OK, it can be done with the acces control of apache and stuff like that, but I simply prefer this solution, because it fits better in my way of programming and "security control"

Greetz Daan