It can be tricky to write download wrappers that work with all browsers.
Some versions of Internet Explorer seem especially troublesome.
I've found wrappers like these seem to work fairly well:
initialization();
authorization($user,$pw);
$info=get_file_info($filepointer);
### SEND HEADERS ###
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Nick Wilson wrote:
I've been asked to protect an area containing 'course material' (pdf's
etc) and have just thought of a gaping hole in what I've done.
I use an class to handle all the auth stuff and each page checks the
value of $obj-logged_in :: No problem.
but
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* and then Miguel Cruz declared
I use an class to handle all the auth stuff and each page checks the
value of $obj-logged_in :: No problem.
but what if someone links to www.thesite/theProtectedArea/file.tar.gz
that file cannot
Subject: Re: [PHP] protecting downloads with php
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Nick Wilson wrote:
I've been asked to protect an area containing 'course material'
(pdf's
etc) and have just thought of a gaping hole in what I've done.
I use an class to handle all the auth stuff and each page checks
Nick:
As John H. suggested earlier, storing files outside (above) the webroot makes those
files inaccessible directly from the user's
browser-- a good thing-- in which case the script serves as a gateway to these files--
also a good thing.
I have a similar need. Here's one way to do it in two
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I use an class to handle all the auth stuff and each page checks
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Subject: Re: [PHP] protecting downloads with php
download.php:
?
if (userIsAuthorized)
{
header('Content-Type: application/x-gzip
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Nick Wilson wrote:
Does anyone know of somewhere that lists content-type's?
Apache comes with a file in conf/mime.types that lists a lot of standard
ones.
miguel
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