how to block a user downloading a file?

[Fatih Olcer]

hi,
how to block a user downloading a file?
eg : when a user enter an address like
[url]http://localhost/downloads/testfile.cab[/url]
i want to forward him to an other address like
[url]http://localhost[/url]

i'm PHP newbie thanks for help.

[Tassos T]

fatih olcer wrote:

>hi,
>how to block a user downloading a file?
>eg : when a user enter an address like
> [url]http://localhost/downloads/testfile.cab[/url]
>i want to forward him to an other address like
> [url]http://localhost[/url]
>
>i'm PHP newbie thanks for help.
>
>
>

hi,
you have to use this code :
<?
header ("Location: http://localhost");
?>

[Jabber@Raditha.Com]

Hello,

Since this is a cab file, i don't think you will be able to modify it.
Why don't you put the cabs outside the document root? there was a
discussion on doing something similar just this week on this very list.

If you insist on having the stuff on the document root you can use
..htaccess files with the appropriate allow / deny directives. but i have
a hunch you may be on windows :-)

best regards
raditha



Tassos T wrote:

> fatih olcer wrote:
>

>> hi,
>> how to block a user downloading a file?
>> eg : when a user enter an address like
>> [url]http://localhost/downloads/testfile.cab[/url]
>> i want to forward him to an other address like
>> [url]http://localhost[/url]
>>
>> i'm PHP newbie thanks for help.
>>
>>
>>

> hi,
> you have to use this code :
> <?
> header ("Location: http://localhost");
> ?>
>

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