Re: open/download file not under www-root

trystano@aol.com wrote:

I thought accessing files/directories above the www-root via the web was impossible???

Directly yes, but you can proxy it through a server-side script. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ > -----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