Create a simple download page

dtommy79

Hi,

I'd like to create a simple download page using php. It would look something like this:

I want it this simple, but I don't want to allow direct downloads, so when someone wants to download a file he wouldn't see for example: http://mysite.com/myfile.zip

instead he would see an id number.

How can i do that?
Thanks for the help.

leatherback

In your e.g., database, create a table which links an ID to a specific file on your server.

Then, when I user requests a file.php?id=2 you look for the fileame in the database. You then [man]readfile[man] to return the content to the user. Have a look at the manualpage I linked to. The usercontributions are helpfull.

dtommy79

leatherback;10879928 wrote:
In your e.g., database, create a table which links an ID to a specific file on your server.

Hi,

Thanks. And .... 😕 exactly how can I do that?

leatherback

ehm.. what specifically do you have a problem with??

dtommy79

Could you give me an example? I'm just getting myself familiar with php and mysql, and I'm not sure what you meant.

Thanks