any way to get the php links to pass the referer when right-clicking?

[karnac]

I'm trying to set up some htaccess files. With mp3's the browser automatically trys to play the file if the user left-clicks the link. So, people have to right click and save as to download the files, but when they do that the referer doesnt get sent to the server, in turn not allowing people access to the files.

what can I do here?

Thanks in advance

[weirdbeardmt]

One thing I do on my site is to automatically force a download using headers. This way when they click the link it pops up a box saying "Open" or "Save" so they get the choice. It is possible to track the download as well. You can check it out on http://www.the-ante.net/theante.php?...raphy;discid=2

The code is:

header("Content-type:application/file");
	header("Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=filename");
readfile("full/path/to/file");

It's a little raw, but does the trick.

[RockOfVictory]

header("Content-type:application/file");
header("Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=filename");
readfile("full/path/to/file");

I'm just starting to set up PHP on my site. I noticed a few of these suggestions, but I can't find exactly the information I need. This post is the best I could find. Here's my situation:

I've set up phpMyAdmin which accesses MySQL on my host's server. I haven't set up any tables yet because I haven't gotten around to experimenting yet. I'd basically like a quick tutorial on how to get the .wmv files to save automatically instead of opening up when they're clicked on. I can easily do the HTML, but it looks like I have to use PHP to tweak the links this way. In the solution, I assume I can do it so the PHP code can be reused for each of the 11 links so that I don't have to retype each one?

Much thanks from a newbie....