RE: [PHP-WIN] Download System

Hmm... ok, thinking about it, this maybe solves only half the problem... Here goes anyway, + my ramblings and theories as to how you could maybe do the other half... I'll check I've got the right problem though... You want to have links at http://mydomain.com that point to a download, but only allow people to download by clicking on there? Yes? If so, here's a solution as I see it start off by validating where it came from: if ($HTTP_REFERER!="http://mydomain.com") {echo("Kindly go to http://mydomain.com and download from there."); } else { /* Allow the person to download the file */ } Now here's where I'm hoping someone will be able to jump in here, but is it possible for PHP to control the download? ie send a file from somewhere other than htdocs, so that the user can't download it through conventional methods? Surely you can get php to open a file outside the webspace (ie c:/downloads etc) and send it to a user? I'm looking for a person to step in here! :) All I can suggest is this: if ($HTTP_REFERER!="http://mydomain.com") {echo("Kindly go to http://mydomain.com and download from there."); } else { Header("Location: http://servername/$file"}; /* Where $file is passed in as a variable, choosing the filename */ } I need other peoples input please? PHP controllable downloads? Ross -----Original Message----- From: GK [mailto:great_kent@yahoo.com] Sent: 09 November 2001 13:41 To: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Download System Hi Ross, I'm sorry, would you please further explain? Kent "Ross Fleming" <r.fleming@totalise.co.uk> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D :MABBLJAPGGBPMIPHMAGBOEMECDAA.r.fleming@totalise.co.uk... > $HTTP_REFERER holds the address that the browser was referred from. This is > an apache variable that PHP has access to. > > Be aware though, that this variable should be set by the users browser, and > not all browsers do that... > > Ross > > -----Original Message----- > From: GK [mailto:great_kent@yahoo.com] > Sent: 09 November 2001 11:57 > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Download System > > > Hello guys, > I'm running PHP on Apache on a Linux system. I would like to check where the > requests come from before allowing users to download a particular file. For > example, if the request comes from http://abc.domain.com/ then > allow the > user to download the file, else the user cannot access the file. I wonder if > it can be achieved by PHP? > Thanking you in advance. > > Kent > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net