Alternative way to hide download link - php

Question

I'm currently using this code to hide download link but its giving uncompleted download for some users. I don't know why, but too many users report this problem to me.
My current code is:
file = "../".$realFileName;
$fakeFileName= 'Upbaz.ir-'.base64_decode($_GET['ffname']);
$fp = fopen($file, 'rb');
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$fakeFileName");
header("Content-Length: " . filesize($file));
fpassthru($fp);
Anyone know other way to hide download link?

Answer 1

This script will handle the downloading of the file and it includes a buffer/ different ext types (if you desire). A good way to hide links is to put files in a protected directory and have links stored in a database. The user sees an ID or a session tied to a file and the server finds the file and serves it.
if ($fd = fopen ($fullPath, "r")) {
$fsize = filesize($fullPath);
$path_parts = pathinfo($fullPath);
$ext = strtolower($path_parts["extension"]);
switch ($ext) {
case "txt":
header("Content-type: application/txt"); // add here more headers for diff. extensions
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\""); // use 'attachment' to force a download
break;
default:
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\"");
}
header("Content-length: $fsize");
header("Cache-control: private"); //use this to open files directly
while(!feof($fd)) {
$buffer = fread($fd, 2048);
echo $buffer;
}
}
fclose ($fd);
.htaccess to protect directory (you should have a dir for only these files
deny from all
Above script modified to yours:
$file = "../".$realFileName;
$fakeFileName= 'Upbaz.ir-'.base64_decode($_GET['ffname']);
if ($fd = fopen ($file, "r")) {
$fsize = filesize($file);
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$fakename\"");
header("Content-length: $fsize");
header("Cache-control: private"); //use this to open files directly
while(!feof($fd)) {
$buffer = fread($fd, 2048);
echo $buffer;
}
}
fclose ($fd);

Answer 2

Increase script time run eq
#set_time_limit(120);