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Editing PhotoQ ?

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Started 2 months ago by DeBing
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DeBing
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Hello,

i have not found under which license you published PhotoQ so i want to ask you here:
Is it allowed to modify and editing PhotoQ?

Why i ask: because i want to add an "option"/feature, that the pictures will be only displayed if some variables are "right" (thinking of a validation algorithm with the referrer variable). If the modification works well it could, if you agree, added to the "standard". But thats future talk.

So first i want to know, is it allowed to modify PhotoQ?

Best regards
DeBing

P.s. Sorry for my miserable english, i am not a native english speaker.

Posted 2 months ago #
DeBing
Member

Mmh, still got no answer. Please write me back as soon as possible. And another question comes up: is there an option, to save the pictures in a database?

Posted 2 months ago #
whoismanu
Key Master

hi,

thanks for asking. license is gplv3. i will add this in the next version. thanks for pointing this out.

so yes, it is allowed to modify photoq. go ahead. be sure to tell me if you have sth useable. if i think it can be beneficial for most users i might add it to the core.

Posted 2 months ago #
whoismanu
Key Master

considering your second question. what do you mean by saving pictures in a database? saving entire pictures in the database as opposed to saving a path/url to the pictures? if this is your question, then the answer would be no.

Posted 2 months ago #
DeBing
Member

Hello,

thanks for the answer about editing the sourcecode.

Is there a "easy" way in the source to change, that the plugin saves the entire picture as blob into the database instead just the path/url? And/or do you have a documentation of the code? xDDD (like which Function does what).
With my security ideas, the pictures shouldnt stay in folders on the webspace and when they are in a database, you really need a script everytime when you want to display a picture. And in this script you can implement very easily a routine for checking the referrer-server variable -> no more unwanted directy linking to the pictures a la "webspace/dir/somedir/file.png" -> "webspace/dir/somedir/fetch.php?id=20".

Regards

Posted 2 months ago #
whoismanu
Key Master

Is there a "easy" way in the source to change, that the plugin saves the entire picture as blob into the database instead just the path/url?

i think this would need some major modifiactions as the entire plugin relies on the paths to the photo files.

And/or do you have a documentation of the code? xDDD (like which Function does what).

most functions are commented and include a phpdoc header. so i guess by running it through phpdoc you can get sth like this.

With my security ideas, the pictures shouldnt stay in folders on the webspace and when they are in a database, you really need a script everytime when you want to display a picture. And in this script you can implement very easily a routine for checking the referrer-server variable -> no more unwanted directy linking to the pictures a la "webspace/dir/somedir/file.png" -> "webspace/dir/somedir/fetch.php?id=20".

there is already an option for hiding the original folder. so at least scraping of the full size original images can be prevented. ok, i know it's security by obscurity but i guess sufficient in most cases.

Posted 2 months ago #
DeBing
Member

Ok thank you for the infos. Now in the winter holidays, when i have enough time i'm going to try to modify your script. Maybe i can add an option, so you can choose between saving into a database or save the images in a directory.

Yeah it would be a major modification but i think its worth enough to try it xD.

Posted 2 months ago #
whoismanu
Key Master

cool, that sounds great. this could definitely be interesting.

maybe it could even be done via a plugin. if you see what kind of hooks you would need to do this, i could probably add them to photoq. i was anyway thinking about adding a series of wordpress action/filter hooks. if it could be done like this it would make your modification independent from photoq such that you don't have to adapt it everything a new photoq version comes out.

just keep me updated and ask if you need more help.

Posted 2 months ago #
DeBing
Member

Hello again,

after nightlong editing, trying and editing again i gave up. It's more complicated then i thought and it's almost impossible to finish it in these days. I will try it again as an long-time-project. But first i'm going to use the original PhotoQ and .htaccess with some RewriteEngine settings which parse the referrer like my idea for php.

Posted 1 month ago #

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