Re: open/download file not under www-root

I thought accessing files/directories above the www-root via the web was impossible??? Tryst -----Original Message----- From: George Pitcher <george.pitcher@ingenta.com> To: Gustav Wiberg <gustav@hmn.se>; php-windows@lists.php.net Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12.04pm Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] open/download file not under www-root Gustav, > Windows 2003 Server/PHP 5.0.1 > > Is it possible to download a file from a server that is at for > example u:/documents/ which is not under the www-root? > How would I reference that file. (I just want to open it -for > example a word-file) Yes, you can. I actually let my [registered] users download files that are stored on a different PC to the server. The server pulls the file across and provides a header allowing download - mine are all PDFs but I don't see that Word files would be a problem - just a different content-type. I use Apache, but previously used IIS (NT4) without any problem. (I switched to Apache to do some extra java stuff that was impossible under IIS.) My code: <?php $fp=$_POST['fp']; $tr_id=$_POST['tr_id']; $fpd = "G:\\".$fp.".pdf"; $len = filesize($fpd); header("Content-Type: application/pdf"); header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$fpd"); header("Content-Title: $fpd"); header("Content-Length: $len"); readfile($fpd); ?> Cheers George -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.