Use php's readfile() or redirect to display a image file?

Question

I\'ve a directory outside the webroot with images, css and javascripts.
These files often change.
I could write a script which locates the file, figures out the mime

Answer 1

Another suggestion: if you have control of the filesystem, you could perhaps create a symbolic link in the web-accessable directory to the image file? Either using exec() to invoke the 'ln' command or maybe the PHP symlink() function might work.