I know a few have already done this on the list but I have read articles
on Zend tried other functions done everything I can, de-bugged till I'm
blue in the face and still haven't been able to solve this.
I need to protect files by leaving them outside the web root.
I call them up ok. (the link is get.php?file=EventNotifcation_01.pdf)
I can download the file fine by right clicking the link in the browser
and saving it to disk.
My problem is I can't view it inline. IE in the browser. It's a PDF file
so I should be able to.
This is the code that processes:
<?
// path to file outside of root.
define('FILEDIR', '/home/.sites/144/site281/downloads/');
$path = FILEDIR . $file;
//check that this file exists and that it doesn't include
//any special characters
if(!is_file($path) OR !eregi('^[A-Z_0-9][A-Z_0-9.]*$', $file))
{
header("Location: error.php");
exit();
}
/*
** //check that the user has permission to download file
** if(user does not have permission)
** {
** //redirect to error page
** header("Location: error.php");
** exit();
** }
*/
// get the extension of the file
$p = explode('.', $file);
$extension = $p[sizeof($p)-1];
switch ($extension)
{
// define headers depending on $extension variable.
case "pdf" :
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-disposition: inline;
filename=\"".basename($file));
break;
case "txt" :
header("Content-type: text/plain");
header("Content-disposition: inline;
filename=\"".basename($file));
break;
default :
// force download dialog if no extension defined.
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file\"");
break;
}
header("Content-transfer-encoding: binary");
header("Content-length: " . filesize($path));
header("Cache-control: must-revalidate");
//send file contents
$fp=fopen($path, "r");
fpassthru($fp);
// debug - remove the headers and test output vars.
/*echo "Extension is $extension";
echo "<br>File is $file";
echo "<br>p is $p";
echo "<br>path is $path";
echo "<br>FP is $fp";*/
?>
Echoing the vars results in:
Extension is pdf
File is EventNotification_01.pdf
P is Array
Path is /home/.sites/144/site281/downloads/EventNotification_01.pdf
FP is Resource is #1
Has anyone got any clue what the problem is?
Steve Jackson
Web Development and Marketing Manager
Viola Systems Ltd.
http://www.violasystems.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mobile +358 50 343 5159
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