Using htaccess deny causes error with PHP getimagesize

Question

I have the following in my htaccess file to prevent access to a website outside of our network:

<Limit GET POST PUT>
 order deny,allow
 deny from all
 allow from xx.xxx.xxx.xx
</Limit>

But this causes the following error:

Warning: getimagesize(http://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nalogo.png) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden in /html/wp-content/themes/test/framework/styles.php on line 60

Any ideas on how I can fix this? This works if I disable that htaccess deny.

Have you tried `getimagesize('local/path/to/uploads.../nalogo.png')` ? — Lawrence Cherone, Jul 08 '14 at 19:12
I need to deny GET as I don't want anyone to access the website outside of the network. Basically I need to allow PHP to access things but not users... — Cameron, Jul 08 '14 at 19:24
@LozCheroneツ I can't change the path as it comes from a database (although I edited the path in the DB table, to test it and no that doesn't work either). — Cameron, Jul 08 '14 at 19:27
I didn't mean that to be answer to your problem, I just want to check what exactly is causing this problem. — anubhava, Jul 08 '14 at 19:28
@anubhava doing that WOULD allow access and stop the error. But I already know that :) — Cameron, Jul 08 '14 at 19:28
Well you know that but we don't since you didn't mention anywhere in your question :) — anubhava, Jul 08 '14 at 19:29
Says that at the bottom of my question in bold :) about how disabling the deny fixes it, but I can't because I need it. That all been said... any ideas on getting around this? — Cameron, Jul 08 '14 at 19:30
Disabling the `deny` is different from just taking out `GET` as it narrows down the problem to `GET` method only. — anubhava, Jul 08 '14 at 19:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 19:59

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Try adding localhost in the allow list:

<Limit GET POST PUT>
 order deny,allow
 deny from all
 allow from xx.xxx.xxx.xx
 allow from 127.0.0.1
</Limit>

answered Jul 08 '14 at 19:59

anubhava

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