using image/gif 1

[WintersMystic]

how can i use

<pre>
print &quot;Content-type: image/gif\n\n&quot;;
</pre>

in a script? i am trying to make the script to where i can call it with <img src=&quot;script.pl&quot;>. but the way i have it now is being a serious pain in the a$$

 

[latch]

The following code might help.

You just have to declare the header(image/gif) in the file which displays the image


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#!/usr/bin/perl

print &quot;Content-Type: image/gif\n\n&quot;;
open(IMG,&quot;../icons/apache_pb.gif&quot or die &quot; File open Error.&quot;;
binmode IMG;
undef $buf;
while(read IMG,$tmp,1024)
{
$buf.=$tmp;
}

print $buf;
close(IMG);

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Im not sure this is the optimised way of doing it,but this works.

HTH
C

 

[tsdragon]

Unless you have a specific image you want to display, this code will display a 1x1 pixel transparent gif, without having to open and read it from a file:

my(@bytes) = (71,73,70,56,57,97,1,0,1,0,128,0,0,255,255,255,0,0,0,33,249,4,5,20,0,0,0,44,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,2,2,68,1,0,59);
print "Content-type: image/gif\n\n";
print pack('C*', @bytes);

Trust me, that string of numbers really IS a 1x1 pixel transparent gif image. I created one, opened it in a hex editor and copied the byte values. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

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