Yes, I can know how many files users have downloaded, I already log this and allow them to be ranked by the number of downloads. However, I want to restrict downloads so that a given user can only download one file at a time. My problem is that I don't know how to monitor the downloads so that I can identify for sure when a user has finished a download or not.
Thanks for the help :-) Olivier Hubert At 11:25 2002-01-25 -0500, Nicole Amashta wrote: >If they are registed, this means they must login, which you may then be >using database for this. Add a new field, totaldownloads, and update that >field for each download. You know who it is because they logged in. Each >time the user logs in with that name, you always know their download count. > >good luck, >nicole amashta >www.aeontrek.com > >======================== >"Olivier Hubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > At 20:57 2002-01-24 +0000, Symeon Charalabides wrote: > > > > I have a web site with a lot of files that are downloadable only by > > > > registered users. Session variables are used to keep track of who is > > > logged and > > > > who is not (non-registered users can still browse the files, but not > > > download > > > > them). Now, I would like to have a limit of one download/user. Is >there > > > a way I > > > > can limit the downloads with PHP or even an Apache configuration? > > > > > >The simplest way is to set a flag via a cookie - very easy with PHP. > > >Something > > >along the lines of: > > > > > >if (DOWNLOAD) > > > setcookie('has_downloaded','1',time()+60*60*24*(number of >days),'\'); > > > > > >However, knowledgable people can see through the cookies system and >delete > > >the cookie from their PC, allowing them to download more. > > >As I said, it's only the simplest system... > > > > This is a good idea, but then again, how do I know for sure when >a > > user has finished his download and can download another file? With > > something like this (which I could enable in a session variable), a user > > can only download one file before being rejected by the system. > > > > Olivier Hubert > > > > > >-- >PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
