What's the best way to download software from a website

[michaeldebruin]

Hello,

I want to sell my software on my website and I already created a PayPal button.
But what's the best way to set software on my website? Is it better to upload the software in a sql database or is it better to just create a special link which gets the map out of my DirectAdmin?
Also please tell me how to do one of these ways, because I don't know how to upload software in a database or how to make a special link to takes the map out of my DirectAdmin.

Thanks in Advance

[Markus]

If the software is behind a paywall I would have the software in some location outside of the webroot (which is typically /var/www) so that it can not be accessed by a web-browser, only through some PHP script. That PHP script (yoursite.tld/get-software.php) would then authenticate that the user has indeed paid for the software. Then you would send a header to the browser, followed by the content of the binary file using the readfile function or something similar. The path to your software should be stored in a database if it is not in some fixed location.

[michaeldebruin]

oke thanks a lot.
That link behind the readfile was the tutorial I was looking for