Download a file once

[majik92]

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]

ma*****@gmail.com 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]

Sanders Kaufman schreef:

ma*****@gmail.com 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
--
Arjen
http://www.hondenpage.com

[Sanders Kaufman]

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]

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
http://www.hondenpage.com