A PHP script to let users download a file from my website without revealing the actual file link in my website?

Question

The question says it all.. How do I let the users download a file from my website and not let them see what link that file comes from? I understand that the

Answer 1

You can't make someone download a file from a URL without letting them know the URL. It's not possible under the HTTP specification. Anything downloaded has a URL.

You can, however, have a download URL that only works once, or requires some specific information to be passed via the POST method. You check for a token in the GET or POST variables and invalidate that token once it's used once.