Opening Password Protected PDFs

[tommynanda]

How to open password protected PDF files using PHP... Ok details...

I have couple of PDF files which are password protected... I have passwords for these files... But the problem is... when a user logs in he has to enter password for each and every PDF file he wants to access... I want to do something with PHP so that it takes care of entering password for PDF documents for the user... I am thinking of doing something with fpassthru() function.. but guess thats not enuf...

Again, I have passwords for these files... I am not trying to hack or something😃.. I just want PHP to use these passwords on server than my user...

Any kinda Suggestions are gr8ly appreciated

Edit: OS: Solaris or Windows
WS: Apache
PHP: 4.3.x (nah not using 5 yet)

Thanx
TommYNandA

[AstroTeg]

You'll have to remove the passwords in the PDF files. Then you can password protect the directories and/or use PHP to check the user's credentials and then determine if it is to retrieve the file from a non-web accessible directory.

Remember where you enter the PDF password: in Acrobat when you launch it. This is done on the client side. PHP doesn't run on the client.

[Dragnovich]

I post a question about how to PROTECT the PDF Files generated by PHP. How do you protect them. ! 😃

And yes the best way to avoid the password is removing it! and authenficate the user, in any way you want. And if it autorized you just send the file to the user.