Re: How do you make a temporary download page?

On Friday 09 May 2003 21:29, Brian Dunning wrote: > I want to make a temporary download page, whereby someone completes > their credit card transaction and then is sent to a URL to download > their product, and the URL is valid for 60 minutes or 3 attempts. > Standard stuff. > > My background is in Lasso, not PHP. In Lasso they'd get a URL like: > > http://www.domain.com/download.lasso?id=sdhf63hgf > > which queries the db, and if it's still valid, the response is: > > [Header] > HTTP/1.0 200 OK > Server: Lasso 6 > Content-Type: application/pdf > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="desiredfilename.pdf" > [/Header] > [Include_Raw: '/actualpathname/filenameonserver.abc'] > > Can it be done the same way in PHP, or do you have to use symbolic > links, cron jobs, etc.? Thanks, You can do it the same way in PHP. As long as you understand the principle then it's pretty easy to implement in PHP. Search archives for "expiring links" for a recent thread on this matter. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall */