Posted by Floortje on 01/17/07 08:40

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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