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[spelltwister]

Hey all,

 

Just wondering if anyone knows of a script that will perform (at least most of) the following tasks:

 

1. Hide the files actual location from the user (possibly not needed as I can store files outside of wwwroot).

2. Manage users who are allowed to download the file(s)

3. Will show all files in the folder for download without needing to set a link to each file manually

 

I can do the first two myself if there are no scripts readily available, however, the third, I'm not sure on.  Any direction on that would be appreciated.

 

Mike

[smc]

Well, just thinking outloud here, if the file isn't that big you could do this:

 

Have a PHP script that will anyalyze if a user is authorized to download the file. If they are then the PHP could create a duplicate (copy) of the file inside a directory with a random name.

 

Then you could eitheir have a confirmation of download or have a cron run a PHP script every so often to check for an "expired" file, then delete it.

[chocopi]

for point 3, couldn't you just put all the files into a zip file ?