PHP Header - Content-type: image/jpeg - Not working for Internet Explorer

Question

We all hate Internet Explorer when building HTML templates, or modifying websites. Well I recently built a PHP image script to hide the location of the URL. It works fine fo

Answer 1

Set the content length header.

header("Content-Length: " . filesize($imagepath));

Answer 2

Internet explorer uses the mime type image/pjpeg. You use pjpeg for IE and jpeg for other browsers.

header("Content-Type: image/pjpeg");

Source: image/pjpeg and image/jpeg

Answer 3

The Content-Type header name is written with an uppercase T. I am not sure if that is the issue, but some browsers might not recognize the Content-Type header when it is written with a lowercase t. Thus, you should use:

header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");

Something else that might be a problem, is when you try to display an image that is not a jpeg, but a png or gif, while you give the image/jpeg content-type header. So, you should ensure that you give the correct content-type to the browser.

Answer 4

I think I know what the problem is.

Internet Explorer expects you to use image/jpeg and not image/jpg.

Try this:

Header("Content-Type: image/jpeg"); 

All browsers accept this format, and you won't have to worry anymore.