Hi there!
I'm developing an application to which you can upload
files. Right now the destination folder of those files
is at /public_html/files which makes them visible from
the internet.
I thought of putting that ./files/ folder outside the
./public_html/ folder and make those files be only
: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP
Hi there!
I'm developing an application to which you can upload
files. Right now the destination folder of those files
is at /public_html/files which makes them visible from
the internet.
I thought of putting that ./files
If you place files inside a webfolder, then they are publicly
accessible, period.
They might not be obvious, ie. you would have to guess that there are
files in a specific folder AND know the exact name of the file, but if
you do happen to guess correct, then the files are downloadable.
There
Petre Agenbag wrote:
If you place files inside a webfolder, then they are publicly
accessible, period.
Not true. .htaccess turns a public directory into a private
directory. Even if you know the path and filename you want, without an
accepted username/password, you're not getting the file.
I need to do the same and a .htacces file would not suite the problem
I need to do as yahoogroups does
When you upload a file to the Files section, it send by default an e-mail to
the group members with a link to the file
When you click on the link, you're sent to a login page, and after login in
Maria Garcia Suarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there!
I'm developing an application to which you can upload
files. Right now the destination folder of those files
is at /public_html/files which makes them visible from
the internet.
I thought of putting that ./files/ folder outside the
Read this -- it got me well and truely pointed in the right direction
http://zend.com/zend/trick/tricks-august-2001.php
Justin
On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 01:36 AM, Juan Nin wrote:
I need to do the same and a .htacces file would not suite the problem
I need to do as yahoogroups does
When you
Hello,
I have some files off of the web root which I'd like to be able to serve up
to users (*.doc, *.xls). I know I can do this with header(), but how do I
reference a file that's outside of the webroot? Thanks!
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I have some files off of the web root which I'd like to be able to
serve
up
to users (*.doc, *.xls). I know I can do this with header(), but how
do I
reference a file that's outside of the webroot? Thanks!
You can use an absolute or relative path, just like any other reference.
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