Download for registered users only

  • I create some data files (usually Excel .xls files) and upload the file via FTP to my web. All the data will be in one directory.

    And my problem is:
    Only registered users should be able to download then files. Is it possible to do that?

    Because: if the file is uploaded on the server, then anybody who know the URL can download it.
    One workaround is not to upload the file to server directory, but rather to store the file in the MySQL database. But I seek for some easier way (or plugin).

    Thanx for any hint

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  • In the plugins archive her I did a search upon “file download members” and got many candidates.

    Yes it is true that once a file is on a website that anyone with the URL can download it, but there are some significant practical limitations you can impose:
    – they must know the full name
    – they must get past any access rules in your “.htaccess” file

    Thread Starter swisst

    (@swisst)

    Thanks, finally I decided to place the files outside of the web – i.e. the files have no URL but are accessible for PHP script.

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