password-protection

I would like to create a very simple php protector on an arbitrary binary file, where the user enters a password and the file is downloaded to their computer, but they must enter the password each time they want to download. In the first answer to the question Easy way to password-protect php page , the line include("secure.html"); seems to require that the file has to be displayable ascii, renderable by the browser. Is there a way to protect a binary file, say foo.bin with the same level of simplicity (and similar limited degree of security)? Matthew Camp Set the folder to where your file is

I want to make a webpage which has download option for a pdf, but i want it password protected i.e. if someone clicks on that link he has to enter username and password and if he directly open the link "www.example.com/~folder_name/abc.pdf" then server ask for password first and then allow to download Edit: I want user to view the file in browser, not to force it to download here is my code <?php /* authentication script goes here*/ $file = 'http://example.com/folder_name/abc.pdf'; //header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); header('Content-Type: application/pdf'); header('Content

I have a script, which performs mass extraction of specific zip and\or tar.gz archives in some folders using command: unzip -o "$zip_path" -d "$destination_folder" Unfortunately, when archive is password-protected, script stops and waiting for password input. Is there any way to omit password entering stage to not interrupt script running? P.S. There is no need to extract password-protected files. Only omit this archives. Something like: if "$zip_path" [ determine that archive is password-protected ]; then echo "Password-protected" elif "continue script execution" fi For zip files, you can