php - display image & security

Hi

I think you want to :

1. deny access to the image/ directory
2. put this script outside the image/ directory
   

   CODE --> show.php

   <?php
   header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
   readfile("image/$_GET[image].jpg");
   ?>

3. access "/image/baby.jpg" with http://example/show.php?image=baby

Of course the simple solution would be to just set up your web server and do no programming. But probably I do not fully understand your idea.