On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 14:51 -0800, Brian Dunning wrote: > Oops, it's several hundred per hour, several thousand per day. Sorry for the accidental superlative. > > > I'm dealing with a client from whom we need to download many large PDF docs 24x7, several thousand per hour, all between a few hundred K and about 50 MB. > > > Why not put the files behind a secured directory. Apache will handle that, so PHP needs not be involved. Once logged in, they can download loads without it being asked for again. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
