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 ###
he
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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sage -
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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 tw
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> 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&#
Either store your files in the database (I hate saying that), or use
.htaccess to protect the directory.
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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
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.
>
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