Using .htaccess i have a password protected folder online containing 7 files with one single user/pass combination.
User is not allowed to see that 7 files are available.
User enters 1 of 7 "Access Keys" in a simple HTML Form text input which is then processed (script?)
User is then redirected automatically to the related file (for download) e.g.
Access Key #1 redirects user to Protected File #1
Access Key #4 redirects user to Protected File #4
etc.

What's the best way to implement this? Perl/CGI? PHP? Javascript?

server side code.

The best way to read required file via script (I prefer PHP) and then send it to user as download file.

ALL server side languages can redirect from page to page.

And PHP does NOT support htaccess it is the APACHE web server that uses htaccess.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

ALL server side languages can redirect from page to page.

And PHP does NOT support htaccess it is the APACHE web server that uses htaccess.

Agree. But I mean not redirect from page to page. I said about reading necessary file to data stream.

$fsize = filesize($filepath);
                    
header("Pragma: no-cache");  
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$name"); 
header("Content-Length: $fsize"); 
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n"); 
header("Content-Description: file downloading"); 
readfile($filepath);
exit();

Originally Posted by MapMaster

Agree. But I mean not redirect from page to page. I said about reading necessary file to data stream.

Yep. However, I was replying to post #4 and the usual "I'll get a signature link here mentality"