Hey webdesigners,

 

I am currently in the progress of developing a File upload system which is all working out good so far but I was wondering if anyone knows a sufficient way to put a Password on a file with PHP before it proceeds to open in your web browser.

 

So let's say you have a file named instructions.txt and by clicking the file link it would simply open in your window as a text file, but I want my browser to ask its users to fill in a password first before it proceeds.

 

Mainwhile I will try to solve this problem but I look forward to your suggestions!

 

Thanks in advance,

Raphisto

you would need to put the file contents in a php file, the best way would be to use php includes e.g

 

<?php include('file.txt'); ?>

 

to add a password, you can use a general password or use mysql to have it in the db

 

index.php

<?php
 echo '<form method="post" action="file.php">
       <label>Enter the password to the file</label><br />
       <input type="text" name="pass"><br />
       <input type="submit" value="submit">';

 

file.php

<?php 
$pass=password;

if ($_post['pass'] == $pass) {
include ('file.txt');
}
else {
echo 'Password is wrong, try again
<br />
<form method="post" action="file.php">
       <label>Enter the password to the file</label><br />
       <input type="text" name="pass"><br />
       <input type="submit" value="submit">';
}
?>

 

That may not be 100% perefect as i haven't tested it but it should be ok