Securing PDF's

[kheilveil]

Please advice on a method to secure PDF's using Apache. I would like to upload the PDF to a directory that users may only access throught a php page. The page currently authenticates the users the a mysql table prior to opening the PDF.

Still need to prevent the PDF from being opened by just typing the URL.

[Anon]

I'm not entirely clear on what you mean, but I'll offer this. This applies only if you have users completing PDF forms and submitting them. Instead of having users submit the PDF form, just have them submit the data in an HTML form. Store that in a database. When they want to view/print the data, populate the PDF form using FDF. That way if somebody pulls up the PDF through the URL, it will be blank (or populated with the data from the last one they viewed).

Hank