Re: Need Some Direction

"Aaron Todd" <aaloki88@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20040805204218.57433.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > So far I have made this work. But now I have to ask...what about a pdf > file? I cant add php code to it so what do I do. I need to be able to > restrict the pdf so a user can only get to it during a current session. > > Thanks again for all the previous posts. You all directed me to a good > place. My pdf files sliped my mind when I posted. I should have added this > problem before. > > I hope it can still be done. > > Thanks, > > Aaron Hi Aaron, put your pdf file outside of the webroot our in a .htaccess protected directory. Then read in the file contents, set the appropriate headers and output the file contents to the browser - this should prompt a download window. PEAR's HTTP_Download is excellent for this job: http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Download Regards, Torsten