Hide file path when downloading

Anon

Here is what I want to do:

I want to hide the file path when user downloads the file. Is there anyway I can accomplish that in php?

Thanks!

Wei

brandonschnell

use a php script to obscure the file path on the server.

pass the file to be downloaded to a php script. for example:

www.yoursite.com/file_download.php?download_file=test.zip

#######file_download.php#######
<?
$download_folder_path = "/home/downloads/";

$file = $download_folder_path.$download_file;

header ( "Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header ( "Content-Length: ".filesize($file));
header ( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$download_file");

readfile($file);
###############################

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php

blizzard

I've been using similar scheme for about good six months now, but unfortunately it is NOT working as expected. About 5% of users keep downloading file that has 0 bytes length. I use this scheme:

header("Content-Type: application/zip; name=\"$filename\"");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($filename));
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=\"$filename\"");
readfile($approot.$filename);

Can anyone help? BTW this scheme is also used by Squirrel Mail