RE: [PHP] Protecting files in PHP
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Tue, 01 Oct 2002 19:08:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Protecting files in PHP | ||
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> I have some files off of the web root which I'd like to be able to
serve
> up
> to users (*.doc, *.xls). I know I can do this with header(), but how
do I
> reference a file that's outside of the webroot? Thanks!
You can use an absolute or relative path, just like any other reference.
Send the appropriate headers and then use readfile() to send the data.
---John Holmes...