Url Security.....

[Tristan S.S.]

Hi All.

With PHP is it possible to, when a user visits a page they a greeted with a download, BUT they cannot find out were it came from. I am going to be selling ebooks, and I want them to be able to download them, but not be able to post the url on the web or something. Is this possible?

Thanks!~

[mburt]

Anything put on the internet is subject to being stolen, used, copied without your notice. It's nearly impossible, to my knowledge.

[Tristan S.S.]

Ok, thanks.

[BLiZZaRD]

No, but you can use PHP to create a password box on page 1, which will take you to page 2 (the downloads)

You can also use php on page 2 to prevent direct URL access. Meaning that no one will be able to directly access your downloads page without first visiting page 1 and entering the correct password.

Instead you can redirect them to the "buy now" page.

[Tristan S.S.]

The thing is, I am using paypal and When the user pays for his ebook, PayPal directs them to this page, to download, however paypal adds a key to the url that knowone would know until they paid for the product. So maybe just changing the key every once and a while will stop multiple downloads ..... ?

[BLiZZaRD]

Ahh... look into Pay Loadz for a solution to that.

[codeexploiter]

Have a look at this page which offer a free PHP script that does the file download operation in a secure manner

[Tristan S.S.]

Yo Blizzard!

How secure and well known is Pay Loadz? Where did you hear about them?

Just Asking....

Thanks!~

[BLiZZaRD]

As far as I know they are very secure. CartoonSmart.com uses them with his paypal accounts. He sells A LOT. Probably a millionaire by now, so I am guessing it is very secure.

And as an end user I have never had a problem with it.

I am sure you can contact him (cartoonsmart@mac.com) and ask. He is a pretty nice guy