On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Thomas Dineen <tdineen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gentle People: > > I am looking for a way to download a C based application binary, from > an Apache / PHP server, via a client side Web Browser, and execute it > seamlessly on the client side PC without storing it permanently on the > client side > hard disk drive. Temporary storage would be ok. > > I know this can be done because I have observed it operation in various > applications. This concept allows a authorized customer to have the use of > an application via the web without being able to keep or share the > application > binary. > > I am open to other approaches beyond Apache and PHP. > > So any ideas out there? > > Thanks for the help > Thomas Dineen > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Well, you seem to want to enter the world of DRM. That's an odd subject for a PHP list, but here goes. PHP is a server-side language. In fact, for your circumstances, PHP would be of little use. All you need is a web server to serve the file. Unfortunately, there is no real way for a webserver to tell a client how to handle the file it sends. All it does is pipe data over the wire. What you want would have to be a function of the browser/downloader and AFAIK, no browsers support anything like that. Plus, if you're sending someone an EXE file, there's very little you can do to stop them from keeping a copy of it. You would have to implement some sort of authorization system within the C code to only allow access to the users you want (or whatever other arbitrary restrictions you wish to impose). This question would be much better suited for a C mailing list. Again, PHP == server side. It has NO control over anything client-side. -- --Zootboy Sent from my PC.
