Re: secure files acess
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:07:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: secure files acess | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general |
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Robert Cummings wrote:
>
> David Buerer wrote:
> >
> > I have a bunch of files which need to be kept secure. I need to allow a user
> > access to them them based on a criteria which I can programmatically
> > determine.
> >
> > My question, is how can I allow the user to download or view only one file
> > on my computer without allowthem to just enter the URL into their browser of
> > the file and view it?
>
> Have a php script authenticate the user, then if authenticated, use the
> reafile() function to output it to the user directly. Since PHP can see
^^^^^^^^^
readfile() even :p
Cheers,
Rob.
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