Re: Download system

How about setting up symbolic links on the server in a tmp directory. You could use the values from your database table to create the sym links. Have the sym link be the token name and then have it linked to the real file name. You could then have a cron job running to clear the sym links at set intervals. I do this for a Royalty Free stock site and it works great. Chris On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:08 PM, JoShQuNe ((TR)) wrote:

--- Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote:

On Mon, March 21, 2005 3:45 pm, JoShQuNe \(TR\) said:

Hi, i want to add my site a more specific download system. The redirecting is now done by directly giving the path of the file to variable. I want to do it over an id number. (now: dl.php?rel=/files/somefile.zip, i want: dl.php?id=64b3j283) The file path and id is read from mysql table. System is now; it matches from table and lets visitor to download but putting this kind of path is something useless. Download script is just used for counting the hit but for example i want to rename the file while giving to visitor instead of letting user to learn where it is stored and its real name, The_Justice_by_Someone_MyDomain_com.zip looks like what i want to have. I tried this system with header("Location: ......"); but it just opened a new page and nothing happened else. For example if visitor uses FlashGet i want him to see just an address which doesnt involve the real path and name. If any body can help me, please.. Thanx a lot..

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