--- Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, March 21, 2005 3:45 pm, JoShQuNe \(TR\) said:
> > Hi, i want to add my site a more specific download system. The redirecting
> > is now done by directly
> > giving the path of the file to variable. I want to do it over an id
> > number.
> > (now: dl.php?rel=/files/somefile.zip, i want: dl.php?id=64b3j283) The file
> > path and id is read
> > from mysql table. System is now; it matches from table and lets visitor to
> > download but putting
> > this kind of path is something useless. Download script is just used for
> > counting the hit but for
> > example i want to rename the file while giving to visitor instead of
> > letting user to learn where
> > it is stored and its real name, The_Justice_by_Someone_MyDomain_com.zip
> > looks like what i want to
> > have. I tried this system with header("Location: ......"); but it just
> > opened a new page and
> > nothing happened else. For example if visitor uses FlashGet i want him to
> > see just an address
> > which doesnt involve the real path and name. If any body can help me,
> > please.. Thanx a lot..
>
> Some snippets of ideas that should be useful to you:
>
> Build a table that relates secret tokens to filenames:
>
> create table downloads (
> token char(32) unique not null primary key,
> filename varchar(255),
> whattime time_stamp
> );
>
>
>
> Generate a secret token:
> $token = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
>
> Put the file they asked for and the token in the table:
> $query = "insert into downloads (token, filename) values ('$token',
> '$download')";
>
> You're on your own for the rest.
>
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>
Thanx for answer but i ve already done this part of job. I have got generated tokens for files but
at the time of download i can not use the token instead of file name and path. I want to redirect
to file while showing a senseless token but i can not imagine how to do it..
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