Re: Re: alternative to protecting files through http auth.

On 星期日 18 一月 2004 01:59, Scott Taylor wrote: > Yes, sorry. Here is the code: $file = > > 'http://miningstocks.com/protected/archive/Dec03PostPress.pdf'; > //now > view the PDF file header("Content-Type: application/pdf"); > header("Accept-Ranges: bytes"); header("Content-Length: > ".filesize($file)); readfile($file); I can send the rest if necessary. You're telling PHP to get the file using HTTP, thus subjecting it to Apache's protection mechanism. You need to get the file via the filesystem: readfile('/local/path/to/file.pdf'); -- 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 ------------------------------------------ /* The absence of labels [in ECL] is probably a good thing. -- T. Cheatham */