Re: how to hide the url of a file for download

*** _andrea.l wrote/escribió (Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:59:43 GMT):
> I'd like to let user download a file but I'd like to hide the url of the
> file.

Downloading a file from a hidden URL is like calling someone whose phone
number is unknown...

> ... how can I write download_file.php?

Given that what you really want to know is how to write a download script,
I've found this example in the manual page for header():

<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>

It shouldn't be difficult to write a generalization.

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