Hi Stut! Exactly what does that mean? Do you have any references? Please send :-) Best regards /Gustav Wiberg -----Original Message----- From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:02 PM To: trystano@xxxxxxx Cc: george.pitcher@xxxxxxxxxxx; gustav@xxxxxx; php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: open/download file not under www-root trystano@xxxxxxx wrote: > I thought accessing files/directories above the www-root via the web was impossible??? Directly yes, but you can proxy it through a server-side script. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: George Pitcher <george.pitcher@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx>; php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12.04pm > Subject: RE: open/download file not under www-root > > Gustav, > > >> Windows 2003 Server/PHP 5.0.1 >> >> Is it possible to download a file from a server that is at for >> example u:/documents/ which is not under the www-root? >> How would I reference that file. (I just want to open it -for >> example a word-file) > > Yes, you can. I actually let my [registered] users download files that are > stored on a different PC to the server. The server pulls the file across and > provides a header allowing download - mine are all PDFs but I don't see that > Word files would be a problem - just a different content-type. > > I use Apache, but previously used IIS (NT4) without any problem. (I switched > to Apache to do some extra java stuff that was impossible under IIS.) > > My code: > > <?php > $fp=$_POST['fp']; > $tr_id=$_POST['tr_id']; > $fpd = "G:\\".$fp.".pdf"; > $len = filesize($fpd); > header("Content-Type: application/pdf"); > header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$fpd"); > header("Content-Title: $fpd"); > header("Content-Length: $len"); > readfile($fpd); > ?> > > Cheers > > George -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.3/986 - Release Date: 2007-09-03 09:31 -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
