Form input processing

[escocia1]

Using .htaccess i have a password protected folder online containing 7 files with one single user/pass combination.
User is not allowed to see that 7 files are available.
User enters 1 of 7 "Access Keys" in a simple HTML Form text input which is then processed (script?)
User is then redirected automatically to the related file (for download) e.g.
Access Key #1 redirects user to Protected File #1
Access Key #4 redirects user to Protected File #4
etc.

What's the best way to implement this? Perl/CGI? PHP? Javascript?

[stonedeft]

go for the simplest solution: .htaccess

create a different .htaccess log in for each file.

[escocia1]

Thanks Stonedeft!

As stated above, the website visitor is not allowed to see that 7 different files are available.

If i have 7 different .htaccess logins, how would i relate them automatically to each of the 7 files?

e.g. Would each login be able to trigger a different page redirect to download the files?

[Shrapnel_N5]

just make 7 different dirs
place .htaccess (and .htpass) into each, as well as protected files

if you have one single user/pass combination, you can't prevent users to see other's files

[escocia1]

no problem! i've made 7 different directories with 7 different user/pass combos which give access to the 7 different files for download.

however, when the visitor arrives on the website, i need to direct them to the correct directory/file (relative to their access key) without showing the 7 links, it's this initial stage where i need to program a trigger of some kind relative to the "Access Key" they get via telephone.

Would a simple HTML form and a little bit server-side code do the job?

i appreciate your feedback.

[Shrapnel_N5]

I can suggest some hint! No form or links needed. No access key even.
In most cases you can pop HTTP login form from your script.
After this you will have entered username in the $_SERVER['HTTP_AUTH_USER']
So, you can just locate them with Header Location

Try this code from manual, #1 example.
http://php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php
if it works, you will need only one line of code.