Hide original downloads link through php

[netlovers]

I want to hide original download link in php
suppose i have 2 files with the following links
http://www.domain.com/file1.zip
and
http://www.domain.com/file2.zip
now i donot want to show these real link to users i want to create a file download.php
when this file calls like this
www.mydomain.com/download.php?id=1 it gives download of  file1.zip whose link mentioned above
and when download.php calls like this
www.mydomain.com/download.php?id=2 it gives download of  file2.zip whose link mentioned above
and so on
So plz help in this matter and tell me which function of php do i need to use in creating this do i need to use mysql.

[AndyB]

From the Frequent Q & A here ... http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,95433.0.html

That should point the way to do what you want.

[radalin]

But this will not prevent someone who knows the exact location of your file. If I know that file's location is http://www.domain.com/file1.zip then with writing this link I can download it.

[AndyB]

Using one-time URLs is about as bullet-proof as necessary for this:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/12/05/one_time_URLs.html

[netlovers]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,95433.0.html
Above link is not helping me so does anybody has another solution.

[corbin]

[quote author=AndyB link=topic=104749.msg417996#msg417996 date=1155911489]
Using one-time URLs is about as bullet-proof as necessary for this:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/12/05/one_time_URLs.html
[/quote]

That should solve your problem perfectly.