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majik92@gmail.com
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#1: Jan 16 '07
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
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#2: Jan 16 '07

re: Download a file once


majik92@gmail.com wrote:
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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
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#3: Jan 16 '07

re: Download a file once


Sanders Kaufman schreef:
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majik92@gmail.com wrote:
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>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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Sanders Kaufman
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#4: Jan 17 '07

re: Download a file once


Arjen wrote:
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Sanders Kaufman schreef:
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>Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
>Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.
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Not a good idea on a busy website
Why? That seems nice and QUICK.

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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.

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use fpassthru('/files/file.exe');
to send the file
IS fpassthru an undocumented feature or something?
I can't find anything about it.
Floortje
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#5: Jan 17 '07

re: Download a file once


Sanders Kaufman schreef:
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Arjen wrote:
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>Sanders Kaufman schreef:
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>>Have the Download.php file delete, move or rename the file.
>>Then the message will have the added virtue of being true.
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>Not a good idea on a busy website
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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.
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>Create a unique download id and match it against your stored(allowed)
>id's
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>link to the file download.php?id=<my_dl_id>
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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
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>use fpassthru('/files/file.exe');
>to send the file
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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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