HTTP Headers Help

Bryce C plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
26 Feb 2003 23:29:02 -0700


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The file itself is not on the web.  download.php takes a parameter that
says which file to "pipe" through off the system to the user. I.E. the
file's at /root/file.tar.gz  There's no way the user can get there w/o
asking download.php which does have access.

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 23:04, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2003, Bryce C wrote:
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> > I'm trying to write a php script that passes a binary file through it
> > for download.  This is to protect the file's true location (not web
> > accessible) and to allow my logger to log the transaction.
> > Unfortunately, the filename doesn't get copied. That is, the file to
> > download shout be x.tar.gz but I get download.php.  Can someone help?
>=20
> Try using an HTTP redirect, like:
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> Location: http://www.whatever.foo/the.file
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> followed by two newlines.
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>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
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Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
CoBryce Communications

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