PHP to protect PDF and DOC

Question

I am trying to provide .pdf and .doc files to authorized users on a website. The user can only see the file selection page when logged in but this

Answer 1

What you can do, is provide the equivalent of a PHP proxy for the files.

Put the files outside of the webroot, then write a script that checks the user is allowed access. If not, redirect them, if they do, set the appropriate headers and output the file data.