Re: Downloading very large files

I've seen this problem many times before, but I'm not sure what solution was found. Possible solutions: Encrypt the file, make it publicly available, and then give the right people the encryption key. Put it behind a .htaccess file allowing only the IP of the correct person - remove the .htaccess entry after a certain lengh of time. Why are the videos secure? Copyright? Privacy? Bandwidth? On 2/13/06, Jonathan Duncan <jonathan@nacnud.com> wrote: > I have an application that delivers files to the client browser. These > files a very large video files. 250mb+ each. I have two options: 1) I > could have PHP deliver the file with "fread", or 2) I could have PHP > present a link to the file. However, for security purposes, I would > rather not have the actual files available. I suppose I could have PHP > create temporary symbolic links on the file system that link to the files > in question and then remove the links, thus requiring the users to go > through an authentication process to retrieve files that are assigned to > them. > > Anyway, downloading such large files causes PHP to balk with size > limitation errors. I could increase the size limit and memory limit > settings in "php.ini", but for file sizes that large, is it recommended? > Are there "best practice" limits on these settings: max_input_time, > memory_limit, max_execution_time, etc.? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >