PHP Help

[seanc]

im told this is simple, but i have no idea where to start
can anyone help (or quickly knock up a quick page/script)

i will have a directory with .pdf files in, all named, doc1.pdf , doc2.pdf, doc3.pdf
(and so on...)

i want a page, with a simple search box, that i can enter "doc1.pdf" into and it will open / show me doc1.pdf.


hopefully that makes sense?

 

[retired_member2]

Why search for it if you know that its there?

Just use www.yourwebsite.com/doc1.pdf and let it load up

Not sure if this is any good

http://www.kingsquare.nl/phppsdreader

Presume you want the PDF file to load as an html document rather than reading it as a PDF file.

 

[seanc]

Why search for it if you know that its there?

Just use www.yourwebsite.com/doc1.pdf and let it load up

different people will be searching..

basicaly lots of peoples docs will be stored,
each person is given a unique filename to retrieve their doc

 

[Jeewhizz]

really simple stuff:

<?php
if(file_exists('./'.$_POST['filename'])) {
header("Location: /folder/".$_POST['filename']);
}
?>

THat assumes the textfield is called filename

I would probably do some sanity checking to make sure that someone isn't naughty.

Jee

 

[seanc]

thanks. i will check that c0de snippet out


i just want to be able to tell mr smith to go to such and such website, type in his unique code number (the doc filename) and be able to download/view the document (which will be a passworded pdf)

the info is not secret/sensitive.