Download a file once

[majik92@gmail.com]

I want a user to download to download bec.exe from download.php. But,
the next time anyone accesses download.php, i want it to turn up a
Error 404 page or simply a sentence saying "sorry, this file is not
available". Could someone help me? Thanks

[Sanders Kaufman]

Re: Download a file once

majik92@gmail.c om wrote:

I want a user to download to download bec.exe from download.php. But,
the next time anyone accesses download.php, i want it to turn up a
Error 404 page or simply a sentence saying "sorry, this file is not
available". Could someone help me? Thanks
>

Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.

[Arjen]

Re: Download a file once

Sanders Kaufman schreef:

majik92@gmail.c om wrote:

>I want a user to download to download bec.exe from download.php. But,
>the next time anyone accesses download.php, i want it to turn up a
>Error 404 page or simply a sentence saying "sorry, this file is not
>available". Could someone help me? Thanks
>>

>
Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.

Not a good idea on a busy website

Create a unique download id and match it against your stored(allowed) id's
link to the file download.php?id =<my_dl_id>

use fpassthru('/files/file.exe');
to send the file


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Arjen

http://www.hondenpage.com

[Sanders Kaufman]

Re: Download a file once

Arjen wrote:

Sanders Kaufman schreef:

>Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
>Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.

>
Not a good idea on a busy website

Why? That seems nice and QUICK.

Create a unique download id and match it against your stored(allowed) id's
link to the file download.php?id =<my_dl_id>

Gosh, that seems like an awful lot more processing power than
just a simple delete.

use fpassthru('/files/file.exe');
to send the file

IS fpassthru an undocumented feature or something?
I can't find anything about it.

[Floortje]

Re: Download a file once

Sanders Kaufman schreef:

Arjen wrote:

>Sanders Kaufman schreef:

>

>>Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
>>Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.

>>
>Not a good idea on a busy website

>
Why? That seems nice and QUICK.

yup it does for a single file and a single user.
But if you need a lot of unique download files you dont want to recreate
and delete the same file over and over again.

>Create a unique download id and match it against your stored(allowed)
>id's

>link to the file download.php?id =<my_dl_id>

>
>
Gosh, that seems like an awful lot more processing power than just a
simple delete.

You are repeating ur first point wich is valid for some, but not ll
situations

>

>use fpassthru('/files/file.exe');
>to send the file

>
IS fpassthru an undocumented feature or something?
I can't find anything about it.

Come to think about it .. readfile() would be better but fpassthru would
work

RTFM :-)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fpassthru.php

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Arjen

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