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--- securing_files_with_php_sessions [2020/06/27 22:49] – [Protecting HTML Files] waxphilosophic
+++ securing_files_with_php_sessions [2020/06/27 22:50] – [What About Downloads] waxphilosophic
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 Good, you're paying attention. I mentioned from the start that my intention was secure ebooks from prying eyes. So far I've only managed to secure index.html at best.
-For the rest, I rely on a download.php script that can read the contents of any file from any directory it has permission to read from. This includes directories outside of the ~/html hierarchy. All I have to do is add the snippet of PHP code that checks for a valid session and the download.php script becomes password protected as well. And, since it's the only way I've provided to gain access to a file outside of ~/html, a direct link strategy won't work.
+For the rest, I rely on a download.php script that can read the contents of any file from any directory it has permission to read from. This includes directories outside of the ~/html hierarchy. All I have to do is add the snippet of PHP code that checks for a valid session and the download.php script becomes password protected as well. And, since it's the only way I've provided to gain access to a file outside of ~/html, files can't be downloaded by a direct link.
 You can find it here: [[a_simple_php_sqlite_download_counter|A Simple PHP/SQLite Download Counter]]