Iceline — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:56:15 +0000

anyone?

Iceline — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:36:56 +0000

thanks, I'm sure I could google this and all but could you give an example? Let's say I put a file called example.zip in the folder safefiles that's not located in the httpdocs folder but on the same lvl as that and I'm trying to call it from a php file in the httpdocs

timjpriebe — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:07:00 +0000

What you would do instead of linking to a file with href is link to a php file. That php file would not output HTML. Instead, it would read in a file using fopen, or something of the sort. Then you would just output it using echo fread, or something along those lines.

Of course, you'll likely use some sort of file id passed in as a URL parameter if this system is mean to work for multiple files.

Iceline — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:57:59 +0000

yeah I use php a lot, but I always link to stuf with href

timjpriebe — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:35:21 +0000

You don't use href. You have to use server-side scripting like Perl or PHP. Are you familiar with any scripting/programming language?

Iceline — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:11:06 +0000

I'm not quite sure I understand, could you give me the code to like to such a file, because when I use the a href="" part, it always links to something in the public_html folder

timjpriebe — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:22:54 +0000

As long as the permissions are right, your script can read anything on the server by using an absolute or relative path. Just don't use a URL, rather use the path on the system.

Then go to that path, read the file in with your script and spit it directly back out without any modifications (using a print statement or something similar). Then the true path is hidden (and not even accessible) to the end user.

Iceline — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:31:13 +0000

and how do I let the script download files from a directory not in the public_html dir?

brady.k — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:51:27 +0000

To do this (at least how I see it):

-Create a directory not available in the /public_html/ directory of your website, we'll call it "private" (this sits one step above the public dir)
-Add these files to the dir
-At the download page, include a forced-download script that calls the file from the private dir, as long as the user has permissions

Another possible option is to create directories for different users/user types and use a .htaccess file to password protect access to them.