Downloading non PHP files !!

[dannymm]

Hi,

Is there a to dowload non PHP files from a Webserver only after authentication.
i,e i have a system where the user logs in using a valid user name and password (Web based login not HTTP authentication).

I have a file called "data.txt" in the same directory .. i want the user to download that file only after he logs in ... in the current system .. he can download the same by specifying the URL ... which i want to avoid.

Is there a way to allow the download only after he logs in ... (I do not want to use HTTP authenticaton ,, i,e browser popping up a window for user name and password.)

It's very urgent ....

Thanks in advance ....

Danny

[IceD]

Put this file into different directory, protected with .htaccess (or even into the database). Then make script, which will check, is user logged in, and read this file and put it to user ([man]fread()[/man], [man]header()[/man]).