I've been reading all over the net and on this site as well, and I don't seem to be finding what I'm looking for. Perhaps I'm going about this the wrong way and hopefully the gurus here can help me along.
The scenario:
I'm building a website using php and a MySQL database. It's a site for my comic strip, so one of my tables is ISSUE. Among other things, each record in ISSUE has a issue_release field which signifies the date beyond which the comic should be viewable to the public. The effect I'm trying to achieve is an "automated" system where I can get ahead of myself in adding comics and let php sort out which issues appear on the site.
The problem:
I have built the page that displays the comics, and from this page I can exclude comics based on their release date when I query the db. However, the ser can still view the source, figure out the file names and locations of further comics, and then simply type in the url to the image. I'm trying to figure out a way to keep the users from doing this.
I read about .httaccess, but that doesn't seem to be the right solution. I also read about putting files above the wwwroot level, but that also doesn't sound right.
I'm sure this is no new concept, but it is to me and I'm having trouble finding a solution. Thanks in advance. I consider myself a Flash/AS guru, so maybe I can help some of you out in return on the Flash/AS front 😉
Everything I've learned, I've learned on my own, so I'm pretty independent and only reach out occasionally. Given that, a kick in the right direction is just as good as a solution.
