Check out the header function...
You can use a mysql (or whatever) db for authentication, read the file
from a protected directory, then spit it out to the browser.
The code should look a bit like this:
// headers
header ("Content-Disposition: filename=yourfile.pdf");
header ("Content-type: application/pdf");
// grab the template file
$filename="yourfile.pdf";
$fp=fopen($filename, "r");
//read our template into a variable
$output=fread($fp,filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);
// send the data to the browser
echo $output;
Hope that helps...
-- jon
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jon roig
web developer
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phone: 888.230.7557
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger B.A. Klorese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 5:01 PM
To: 'Matt Hedges'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] password protect a pdf
> I'm trying to password protect an online PDF file. I know
> how to use PHP to
> pw protect a webpage, but what would be the best way to
> protect access to a
> nonwebpage file?
Stick it in its own directory and use htaccess... Or password-protect it
when you generate it.
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