Re: FN-FORUM: Very simple php help sought

date posted 22nd August 2007 21:09

Hi Allan,

Send me an email and I'll see if I can help.

Regards

Rob

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>
> Hi folks, just wondering if some kind soul could help me out, a friend of
> mine - no seriously, she is a friend and its not the old hypothetical
> situation! uploaded some files to her server, without downloading the
> files
> from the server first, so shes over-written all the php code that was in
> existence to allow for pdf files to be downloaded from the site!
>
> In a panic she asked me to have a look and see if I can fix it, but it out
> of my league but I said I'd see what I could do.
>
> I've got access to the db so I know the field names, I know the connection
> details - sorry should have said php/MySQL solution, I created a simple
> script which connected to the db and listed the files, but that's as far
> as
> I get - I've googled away and yes I know there are thousands of sites
> giving
> details on how to do it, but I cannot decipher what bits I need to change
> to
> suit this particular setup.
>
> The only fields in the db are id, file_name, file_filename
>
> The pdf files are in a folder /downloads/
>
> Can someone spare a few minutes to either show me where I'm going wrong or
> sort it out for me I would be eternally grateful.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Allan
>
>
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