Whats the best FREE way to add security to your download page?

So, when you get a new user in, verify they have bought the item .. (autoresponder posts something to your page?) if it's your own form send the user a download URL with a "token". The token is stored in your database. If the token matches then show the page, otherwise don't.

To secure the download .. do the same check, then read in the file in php, set your headers, and output the file in binary.

see .. pastebin (dot) com /KBePDftW

The download code is more involved ...

i wish i coUld help you..

Hi,

If you are selling a product, I've found the simplest way to do this is to get an ecommerce cart/plugin that has this facility built in.

I personally use Plimus.com to do it on my sites. Downloads are limited to 3 downloads and 48hours whichever comes first.

I have also used the following -

DigiVendor - DigiVendor : Sell Downloads : Sell Digital Goods : Sell Digital Products
This is a good one and you can use the whole thing as a standalone shopping cart or just integrate the buttons into your own site.

E-Junkie - E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods
Again, here you sign up, upload your file and you get a paypal button for your site. E-Junkie then take care of the secure download of your product.

Quickshop - QuickShop | Zack Design
This one you can add to a worpdress site as a plugin. Works really well and is free.

WPShopping Cart - WordPress e-Commerce Plugin a WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin by Instinct | Instinct Entertainment
Another wordpress plugin. Lots of features but I found quite complicated to set up.

Finally this is one I haven't used but it looks good and seems simple-
Selling Digital Goods/Ebooks With Paypal IPN and PHP | NGCoders - Next Generation Coders

For ease of use I would say E-Junkie is good but you have a monthly fee. I use Plimus so my customers dont have to use Paypal. And if you have Wordpress definately check out Quickshop.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Max