>On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:25:09 -0800, AN@S <php@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > When I purchased a website template from templatemonster.com, they sent > the download link to my email, this link was active for only 2 or 3 days > then it became inactive. > > Now I'm writing a script for selling website templates, the templates > are uploaded to a certain folder, when someone buys a template a > download link must be sent to his/her email address, and must be active > for only 2 or 3 days.. > > Anyone have an idea how to start or where to start? > Any link, any tutorial? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > A quick outline: when a user purchases something, enter an unique string (try md5(microtime()) although it's not completely unique) into the database. make a script that verifies the string... verify.php?unique=12345............&user=johndoe in verify.php you'd have something that compares $_GET['unique'] to the database value, same with $_GET['user'] Then if that's good, send the download link. However, I would use headers for downloads. By doing this you can place your template files outside your web directory, which will make it more secure, obviously. if you know how to use pear then i suggest using http_download. if you don't, have a look at the fpassthru bit in the manual. http://www.php.net/fpassthru hth... it was a bit too simple but you have the general idea now :D -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
