hmmm, this is a tough one for me!

My idea is to have a link to a file which can be downloaded after someone has purchased the file.

I want this link to be available for a day, then it would expire.

so, someone decides they want to download a template from me, they click on buy, pay the amount stated, then recieve a confirmation email with a link that has been created to download the file.

i want to know how to make this link encrypted so the link cant be used after the file has been downloaded (or a set amount of time) and also how to create this link in the first place!

has anyone any ideas?!

thanks
Ash:D

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If you have registered users, they must have a database. In the database you can have a field to specify the file name and the status of the file (whether downloaded or not or how much time). Then throught the download link you can point to another file that checks file download from the databse. if the file is already downloaded then the database would have a flag which would prevent downloading again.