IE not showing PHP-generated images, but Firefox does.

[ur.solame]

I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

[J.O. Aho]

ur*******@yahoo.com wrote:

I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

Without seeing the php-script, I would say it's a browser issue.

--

//Aho

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit ur*******@yahoo.com:

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

You could start from using valid markup.

After validating, post the URL.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

There's something wrong in your markup or in your image data.

To get more specific help, give us more specific data.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

A browser does not know whether the data comes from a PHP script or from
a "static" file or from a monkey that responds to HTTP requests.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

[GuangXiN]

Maybe you should set Content-type in header.

[Neredbojias]

On 21 Mar 2008, ur*******@yahoo.com wrote:

>
I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie than
is for other browsers.

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http://www.neredbojias.com/
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[Rik Wasmus]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:45:53 +0100, Neredbojias <ex*****@example.com
wrote:

On 21 Mar 2008, ur*******@yahoo.com wrote:

>>
I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie
than
is for other browsers.

Never had the need for 'ie'-only code. Could you give practical example
when this kind of horror (browser sniffing is usually doomed from the
start) is needed?

(On a sidenote: snipped alt.html, my newsserver doesn't carry it).
--
Rik Wasmus

[Jerry Stuckle]

Neredbojias wrote:

On 21 Mar 2008, ur*******@yahoo.com wrote:

>I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie than
is for other browsers.

I've never seen that. How so?

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JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
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[Andy Dingley]

On 21 Mar, 12:10, [e-mail] wrote:

I have an image being generated by a PHP script--

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Post a URL

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Neredbojias)

>In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie than
is for other browsers.

Huh? An image is an image. It doesn't matter where it comes from.

Micha

[Neredbojias]

On 21 Mar 2008, Jerry Stuckle <js*******@attglobal.netwrote:

>>I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie
than is for other browsers.

I've never seen that. How so?

Har har, you know not what you ask...

Anyway, _I_ don't know where in that labyrinth of a php manual you'll
find this (-if anywhere), but I'm tired of wasting my own time. This
line from the code of one of my old pages:

if (!($_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/jpeg" ||
$_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/pjpeg")) {

....rather explains it.

An image of an unknown type is uploaded. Determining the type produces
different matches on different platforms; "image/pjpeg" on Windows and
"image/jpeg" on non-Windows. This particular code-bit came from a page
receiving images posted by form. Whether it matters elsewhere and
otherwise, who knows. Have a nice day.

--
Neredbojias
http://www.neredbojias.com/
Great sights and sounds

[Neredbojias]

On 21 Mar 2008, Michael Fesser <ne*****@gmx.dewrote:

.oO(Neredbojias)

>>In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie
than is for other browsers.

Huh? An image is an image. It doesn't matter where it comes from.

Please see my erudite reply to J. Stuckle for additional convolutions...
<g>

--
Neredbojias
http://www.neredbojias.com/
Great sights and sounds

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Neredbojias)

>Anyway, _I_ don't know where in that labyrinth of a php manual you'll
find this (-if anywhere), but I'm tired of wasting my own time. This
line from the code of one of my old pages:

if (!($_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/jpeg" ||
$_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/pjpeg")) {

...rather explains it.

Not really, it's broken code. You determine the real type of an uploaded
image with getimagesize(). The Content-Type header sent by the browser
is more or less just decoration and should be seen as that. It can be
faked or not available at all, so you can't rely on it.

>An image of an unknown type is uploaded. Determining the type produces
different matches on different platforms; "image/pjpeg" on Windows and
"image/jpeg" on non-Windows.

IIRC "image/pjpeg" is sent by IE, but it doesn't matter, since you can
and should ignore it.

And BTW: The thread was about _downloading_ images, not uploading.

Micha

[Jerry Stuckle]

Neredbojias wrote:

On 21 Mar 2008, Jerry Stuckle <js*******@attglobal.netwrote:

>>>I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie
than is for other browsers.

I've never seen that. How so?

Har har, you know not what you ask...

No, I know EXACTLY what I ask. You have no idea what you're saying.

Anyway, _I_ don't know where in that labyrinth of a php manual you'll
find this (-if anywhere), but I'm tired of wasting my own time. This
line from the code of one of my old pages:

if (!($_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/jpeg" ||
$_FILES['filup']['type'] == "image/pjpeg")) {

...rather explains it.

An image of an unknown type is uploaded. Determining the type produces
different matches on different platforms; "image/pjpeg" on Windows and
"image/jpeg" on non-Windows. This particular code-bit came from a page
receiving images posted by form. Whether it matters elsewhere and
otherwise, who knows. Have a nice day.

Nope, it explains your code is broken. NEVER rely on the type of image
indicated by the upload. Check it yourself. You will get the same type
on ALL platforms.

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js*******@attglobal.net
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[Jerry Stuckle]

Neredbojias wrote:

On 21 Mar 2008, Michael Fesser <ne*****@gmx.dewrote:

>.oO(Neredbojias)

>>In certain php image manipulations, different code is required for ie
than is for other browsers.

Huh? An image is an image. It doesn't matter where it comes from.

Please see my erudite reply to J. Stuckle for additional convolutions...
<g>

And the fact your code is broken...

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[The Natural Philosopher]

ur*******@yahoo.com wrote:

I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

This works for me in both.
Obviously there are some bits missing, but the generic header shape is
probably what you want.

image.php
=========

<?php
$id=$_GET['id'];
$query="select picture, picture_filename, picture_size from product
where id='".$id."'";
//echo $query;
$result=mysql_query($query);
if(($result>0) && (($rows=mysql_numrows($result)) == 1)) //got some data
{
$name=mysql_result($result,0,'picture_filename');
$content=mysql_result($result,0,'picture');
$size=mysql_result($result,0,'picture_size');
}
else die();
if ($name="") die();
$mtype=get_mime($name);
header("Content-Type: ".$mtype);
print $content;
?>
mimelib.php
===========

<?php
// looks up mime type in /etc/mime.types and returns the type, or a
default if unmatched
// makes no attempt to interrogate the file content as such.
// THIS NEEDS MORE WORK!!! it doesn't get all types..espcially DWG/DXF!!
// Mind you we don't want to invoke plug-ins for these..
function get_mime($filename)
{
$default="application/force-download";
// first extract the extension
$array=explode(".",$filename); // split the name into the bits
separated by periods
$count=count($array);
if ($count<2) // if there IS NO extension..
return $default; // and let the user sort it out.
$ext=$array[$count-1]; // it will be the last element in the array..
$fp=fopen("/etc/mime.types", "r");
if(!$fp) return ($default); // no /etc/mime.types file
while (!feof($fp))
{
$buffer = fgets($fp, 128);
if (ctype_space($buffer{0}) || $buffer{0}=='#' || $buffer{0}=='\n')
continue; // skip empty lines. or lines starting with spaces
or hashes
sscanf($buffer, "%s %s %s %s %s %s \n",$mime_type,$extension,
$extension1, $extension2, $extension3, $extension4);
if ($ext==$extension || $ext==$extension1 || $ext==$extension2 ||
$ext==$extension3 || $ext==$extension4 )
{
fclose ($fp);
return($mime_type);
}
}
fclose($fp);
return $default;
}
However it WON'T work if invoked directly..it has to be invoked inside
an IMG tag..

[Neredbojias]

On 22 Mar 2008, "rf" <[e-mail]:

In this particular case I do really think Neredbojias is actually
wrong. Sorry mate but you really should not look at what the browser
(or whatever) says, you should look inside the file you receive.

When you're at your best, there are few better.

Nevertheless, my code validly did exactly what it was supposed to do,
and it is NOT broken. There may be better ways to check the file mime
type, indeed, but my initial reply was to an original post about a
general image file problem; it's purpose was to suggest a possible
anomoly in that area. Fesser and co. decided to attack my statement
with what I considered an out-of-scope slam having little in the way of
supporting data, demonstrating basically nothing more than egotism via
the effort. It pissed me off because it was just arrogance on the part
of those speaking for purposes of simple self-gratification. You are
familiar with arrogance, are you not? Okay, that barb aside, I do
believe your concerns are generally with alt.html posters'
best-interests at heart. It doesn't, on the contrary, seem so with
these guys.

--
Neredbojias
http://www.neredbojias.com/
Great sights and sounds

[mynameisnobodyodyssea]

On Mar 21, 12:10 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

I have an image being generated by a PHP script--
I didn't write the code-- and the image itself is in a
database.

I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

Try a version of your script image.php
with the name of an image file hard-coded in the script,
and not to need a query string,
and see if it works,
to try to localize the error.

[Harlan Messinger]

Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

Scripsit ur*******@yahoo.com:

>I've discovered that there is a big discrepancy
between how the images appear in IE7 and FF2,
e.g. for <IMG SRC="image.php?param=foo">.

You could start from using valid markup.

Even though there's a mistake in the markup (to the OP: the required but
absent ALT attribute), you make *yourself* look clueless. By mentioning
something unrelated to the question asked, you give the impression of
thinking a connection is possible. It isn't, of course, and I'm about as
certain as I can be that you know that.

After validating, post the URL.

>Namely, they appear just fine in Firefox but
in IE nothing appears at all.

There's something wrong in your markup or in your image data.

To get more specific help, give us more specific data.

Heaven forbid you should venture as a possibility the most likely answer.

>Can anyone tell me know how to make this work
and whether this is a browser issue, a PHP issue,
or what?

A browser does not know whether the data comes from a PHP script or from
a "static" file or from a monkey that responds to HTTP requests.

He didn't say otherwise. He asked a question.