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[Kristina Anderson]

Thanks Ajai -- I was wondering how to pass the filepath into the 
function and call the download...but as usual my questions have been 
answered here on our wonderful list!

Basically I'm having the web host recommend the most secure location 
for our directory and then just name the PDFs by ID#...they're not 
custom by user but will be for sale to anyone for 99 cents...URL to be 
posted ASAP! :)

> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Kristina Anderson wrote:
> 
> > This is similar to what I was planning on doing...
> > 
> > http://www.proofmagazine.com/getfile.php?
> > tx=funkypaypaltransid&PDFid=1234&file=file.pdf
> > 
> > authenticates against the transaction id / pdf id pair and then 
serves 
> > up a file...but where does the file live and how does this page 
know 
> > where to find it and etc...that's what I'm not clear on, can anyone 
> > further explain this file=file.pdf aspect?
> 
> That's something YOU would decide/design.
> 
> If the PDFs are custom per user then you should probably create a 
unique 
> path with their user ID embedded in it. If not, then you can decide 
how to 
> organize the tree of PDFs. BUT the user will not see the pathname, 
only 
> your download script, so you decide.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Aj.
> 
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