Search results text as image?

[test450]

I'd like to make it difficult to copy search results from a database with sensitive information. I've been looking at imagestring in php, but I haven't had any luck in finding a contribution that implements this, and don't know if it's possible.

 

Basically, I'd like the query results converted from text to an image. Example being a database of phone numbers and addresses that when searched would give the results as images so someone trying to steal the all the info for their own database would have to copy them by hand.

 

Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to implement, but I am not familiar enough with php or the oscommerce files to know where to begin. If this doesn't already exist, what files/functions actually print the search results from advanced_search_result.php?

[Guest]

see this post has some info for what you want.

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=190955

[test450]

see this post has some info for what you want.

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=190955

 

 

Thanks for the heads up, got it to work. Just out of curiosity, what is the advantage of imagettftext over imagestring?

 

Also, any leads on a way to obfuscate the code, because the text being fed into the image is still visible if you view source as "imagettftext.php?text_i'm_trying_to_hide"

[Guest]

imagestring prints horizontally while the ttf you can setup whatever font you want and orientation.

 

obfuscate?? there are easier ways, you store the string the database and then you pull-it out from the database when to print it. Therefore you simply pass an id with the url.

 

imagettftext.php?text_id=5

[test450]

imagestring prints horizontally while the ttf you can setup whatever font you want and orientation.

 

obfuscate?? there are easier ways, you store the string the database and then you pull-it out from the database when to print it. Therefore you simply pass an id with the url.

 

imagettftext.php?text_id=5

 

 

Brilliant. So how exactly how would I do this? So far, I threw imagettftext.php in front of the lines that print out the name, phone, product, whatever in modules/product_listing.php;

 

<img src="imagettftxt.php?' . $listing['products_name'] . '">

 

So, the strings are already in the database and are being pulled by the query advanced_search_results.php makes and is put into $listing. What's the easiest way to get from there to imagettftext.php?text_id=5 I'm a amateur and I'm stuck :)

[Guest]

You could pass the products id and then retrieve the name using the sql query in the imagettftxt.php. See how the products popup image and product info scripts do that. (Follow the products_id and pID parameters)

[test450]

Okay, think I got it. Thank you very much, couldn't have done it without your help.