The goal is after people paid (PayPal or Stripe), they land on a download page.
You upload the file to /uploads for example. You can deny access to the dir with .htaccess.
I suppose if I then create a link /uploads/product, that a client can download it.
But that link can now be shared all over the internet.
What would be the best way to go about it?
I want to code it myself in PHP & JS if required.
The goal is after people paid (PayPal or Stripe), they land on a download page.
You upload the file to /uploads for example. You can deny access to the dir with .htaccess.
I suppose if I then create a link /uploads/product, that a client can download it.
But that link can now be shared all over the internet.
What would be the best way to go about it?
I want to code it myself in PHP & JS if required.
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Reset to default 1Rough idea:
- create a temporary download file. Use a random file name.
- create a program that will download the file. The program should delete the temporary download after a click on the download file link by the client
- send the download page (not the download file) link to the user, with a parameter that is the download file.
You could put some 'downloaded ok?' location on the download page, then delete the temp file afterwards.