You need to write code in 2 files. As when browser gets <img src="path/to img_file">
code (or code like <script src="....">
), etc, a separate request is sent to server by browser at src path value. So, you also need to create file img_file.
Pseudo code is below,
Firstfile.php
<?php
..................... Other code
while($q->fetch())
{
?>
<img src="image.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>"><br />,
<?php
echo "$title, $author, $description<br/>";
}
?>
And at image.php file,
header('Content-Type: image/png');
$id = $_GET['id'];
$query = " ..... where id = '".$_GET['id']."'";
//You need error handling if $_GET['id'] is integer and valid value. I am not writing this error handling code
if($q->row_count!=1){
//no database row found. It's error.
echo "Show no image found image. As browser expects image you can not write text here";
die;
}
//it's valid image, else code is already terminated by above die.
while($q->fetch())
{
//show image
echo $cover;
}
?>
I wrote Pseudo code exact code depend on requirements.
If you want .png extension, you can use Apache rewrite. Google it you will get it.
When first time i wrote answer, I missed last php ending tag. By the way, last ending tag ?> is optional in php.
If you are getting X , it seems first file code is ok. As imag_file is not at server, it's showing 404 error. View source to check whether $_GET['id'] is correct. If id is correct, then you want to write at file img_file.php