Re: downloading files

Ignacio, How can I use the readfile() function to dump the file to the client? Thank you, Carlos Fernando Scheidecker Antunes. On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Deepak Chawla wrote: > Hi! > is there a way in which i can allow users to download files from my site > without letting them know the location on the file on my server ?? i'm > using html+javascript on the client side and php on the server side. > > thanks > > -deepak > Just use a database or array to hold a map, e.g.: file1.txt => (/docs/text/file1, text/plain) file2.pdf => (/docs/file2.pdf, application/x-pdf) ... Then use header() to set the content type and readfile() to dump the file passed as a GET parameter (e.g., http://www.example.com/file.php3?file=file1.txt). -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net