On Thu, April 12, 2007 11:15 am, Skip Evans wrote: > I have a need to allow a user to download multiple > sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. > I've been looking at various solutions via Google, > but have not seen one yet to do this. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction or give > me a lead on how this can be done?
The HTTP protocol simply does not allow what you describe, at least not exactly -- There is one, and only one, download/response to one HTTP request. Some things you can consider: Use exec with tar (or zip or tar + gzip or whatever) to create a single file to download, with all the MP3s in it. This requires the user to use WinZip (or similar) to unpack the files. Create a "playlist" by concatenating a bunch of URLs to audio files. They won't have "downloads" of the audio files, unless they choose to use "wget -i" on that file, or something similar, but it does make for a nice way to group a bunch of audio files in a way that most users know how to deal with. You could, in theory, write some nasty JavaScript that would start a download, and a META tag to take them to the "next" file, so that the browser would essentially visit each file to be downloaded in turn, via JS and META tags. This would suck pretty bad, imho, but it's possible. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
