Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Justin French
Read this -- it got me well and truely pointed in the right direction http://zend.com/zend/trick/tricks-august-2001.php Justin On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 01:36 AM, Juan Nin wrote: I need to do the same and a .htacces file would not suite the problem I need to do as yahoogroups does When you

Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Curt Zirzow
Maria Garcia Suarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm developing an application to which you can upload > files. Right now the destination folder of those files > is at /public_html/files which makes them visible from > the internet. > > I thought of putting that ./files/ folder outs

Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Juan Nin
I need to do the same and a .htacces file would not suite the problem I need to do as yahoogroups does When you upload a file to the Files section, it send by default an e-mail to the group members with a link to the file When you click on the link, you're sent to a login page, and after login in

Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread John Nichel
Petre Agenbag wrote: If you place files inside a webfolder, then they are publicly accessible, period. Not true. .htaccess turns a "public" directory into a "private" directory. Even if you know the path and filename you want, without an accepted username/password, you're not getting the file.

Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Petre Agenbag
If you place files inside a webfolder, then they are publicly accessible, period. They might not be obvious, ie. you would have to guess that there are files in a specific folder AND know the exact name of the file, but if you do happen to guess correct, then the files are downloadable. There are

Re: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Andrew Brampton
IL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: [PHP] Protecting files with PHP > Hi there! > > I'm developing an application to which you can upload > files. Right now the destination folder of those files > is at /public_html/files which makes them vis

[PHP] Protecting files with PHP

2003-07-17 Thread Maria Garcia Suarez
Hi there! I'm developing an application to which you can upload files. Right now the destination folder of those files is at /public_html/files which makes them visible from the internet. I thought of putting that ./files/ folder outside the ./public_html/ folder and make those files be only acce