Re: File sending?

>Is it possible to send a file to a browser? >I would like to allow people to download a file, but I don't want to give away the path to >the file, so a normal link wouldn't work. >I am hoping there is a way to use php to send the file using code, rather than trying to >first copy the file to a temp dir then give them the link, then worry about deleting the temp >dir again. <A HREF=yoursite.com/download.php/whatever.doc?filename=whatever.doc>whatever.d oc</A> (Yes, that extra whatever.doc in the URL is on purpose. Microsoft sucks.) <?php #download.php: #This header forces a download: header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); #This header convinces some browsers to prompt with whatever.doc instead of download.php: header("Content-disposition: $filename"); #There are about 6 more headers to convince other browser versions of the same... #Look in the code archives for them. passthru("/secret/path/not/in/your/website/$filename); ?> -- Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm