[solved] Need help with .htaccess

[haaglin]

Hi

Is there a way i can prevent direct access to files, unless they have been refered by my php script?
I have a backup directory, that have a file "1164554281.bkp". I want to deny people to type the address to the file, but if my php script redirects them to it, then they are allowed to download it.

update:
Sorry, Solved it 5 minutes after i posted.
i made a htacces with this:
[code]<Files *.bkp>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>[/code]

and in the php fil i used this:
[code]
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$_POST['file'].'.bkp"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
readfile("backups/".$_POST['file'].".bkp");[/code]

[theironchef]

actually can you explain that a little... i want to do the exact same thing...

[haaglin]

Sure. i made a .htaccess file in the backup folder with this in it (change *.bkp to the filetype you want):
[code]<Files *.bkp>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>[/code]

And i made a phpscript to send users the file:
[code]<?php
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$_POST['file'].'.bkp"'); //filename i want them to see
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
readfile("backups/".$_POST['file'].".bkp"); //path to the file you want them to download.
?>[/code]