protect browser access image file

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

I would like to find a solution to this problem:

Users upload image on my application,

I save original (ex. image_name_original.jpg )

and image with logo (ex image_name.jpg).

So in future I can change app logo.

Now my question is: How I can protect (forbid browser access) the original images

Thanks in advance

2

Deny outside access to the folder with original images using server configuration or save images in folder outside the public access and serve them using php methods.

3

You could save the original images in a separate subfolder

and then in that subfolder you create a .htaccess file with directive:

deny from all

This way the images are forbidden for browsers, but accessible for your webapp.