RE: [PHP] secure files acess
| From: | David Buerer | Date: | Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:46:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] secure files acess | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Thankyou Robert, THat is a great and easy way to do it.
What if I need to initiate a download to the user?
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:robert.cummings@webmotion.com]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:06 PM
To: David Buerer
Cc: 'php-general@lists.php.net'
Subject: Re: [PHP] secure files acess
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
more than just the web space the files just need to reside outside of
the websapce.
Cheers,
Rob.
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