Hello,

How can I hide the actual download file URL on the web page so user
can not find out where it is and can't go back to that location by typing URL on
the address bar?

thks,

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 12 Aug 2003 04:55 PDT

Hello:
  Are you able to use scripts on you server?

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by fireduck-ga on 12 Aug 2003 20:14 PDT

yes, i can use java servlet to manipulate and data.

Thks,

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 15 Aug 2003 14:15 PDT

Hello:
  I'm sorry, I don't know how to develop java servlets, maybe another
researcher can help you. In any case there are several ways to do so,
the most used is to stream the data out through a script. If you can
use PHP on your server, let me know.

Regards.

Enjoy:
This is a PHP3 file, hope you have extensions.

<? 
/* 
       Usage:  
       Replace $files with the original with your files. 
       Replace $filenames with the filename people see when  
       downloading (CAN be different then file's!!!) 
       Replace $URL with your directory or the other URL. 
       Replace $additional_info with the info on each file.

       That's all!!! 
*/ 

$files=array( 'track01.mp3', 'escreen.exe'); 
$filenames=array( 'Thank ABBA for the music.mp3', 'Escreen.exe');
$additional_info=array( 'Various artists - Thanx ABBA for the music :
4978602 bytes', 'Shareware program to make a screenshot: 529920
bytes');
$url= "/home/lemmen/public_html/data/"; 
/* When the files are on another server, use the 
   whole address (http://www.server.com/dir/) in stead of
/home/lemmen... */

$referer=ereg_replace( "\?.", "",$HTTP_REFERER); 
$thisfile= "http://$HTTP_HOST$PHP_SELF"; 

if ($referer!=$thisfile){ 
	for ($i=0;$i<count($files);$i++) 
	echo  "<P><A HREF=\"$PHP_SELF?$i\">",$filenames[$i], "</A>
$additional_info[$i]\n";
}
else { 
	$i=$QUERY_STRING; 
	$total=$url . $files[$i]; 
	Header ( "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); 
	Header ( "Content-Length: ".filesize($total)); 
	Header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filenames[$i]");
	readfile($total); 
}
?>