Hiding the link of source file for mp3

[codexxx]

Hi All,

I am working on a social networking site.And there is a option for playing mp3
musics. But now there is a problem. The link of that file is visible when someone goes through source of that page from view source. I want some ways to hide that path so that link cant be used as direct downloading option.

Thanks and regards
codexxx

[pbmods]

Heya, Codexxx.

On the page that contains the link to the MP3 file, send a token to the User's session and add it to the MP3 link:

<?php
$_SESSION['mp3token'] = uniqid('name_of_mp3_file_hashed_with_username');
?>
 
<a href="/path/to/mp3.php?fileid=12345&amp;token=<?php echo $_SESSION['mp3token'] ?>">mp3 file!</a>
 

In mp3.php:

if( $_GET['token'] == $_SESSION['mp3token'] )
{
  header('Content-type:  audio/mpeg');
  readfile('.../' . getMP3Filename($_GET['fileid']));
}
 
unset($_SESSION['mp3token']);
 

You could alternatively store the token in a database. The download link is only valid if the User provides a matching token, which he can only do by visiting the page on your site.