Bandwidth usage of downloads ...

[Encore]

Hey all,

Is there anyway of setting links to .zip files on my server to go down after using up 5gb for example?

I ask this because although near the end up the month, I don't want files I've just uploaded and displayed on site to use up the 10gb I have left ... and would like to be able to haveit so that after 5gb of bandwidth is used up, the link won't be displayed.

Apart from writing a php script to count the number of times clicked and then don't show the link once being download X times ( which would use up 10gb ) .. is there an easier way?

Thanks.

[Encore]

Anyone able to help with this?

[Rosalind]

The php counter script might come up against the problem of people finding the link in a cache, or arriving from a direct link on another website. So it may not be 100% accurate. But honestly, I can't think of anything easier than simply incrementing a counter.

[Encore]

Do you have any links which could help me on this?
Am a noob in the php world and have yet to come across this kind of script ...

Not wanting a download manager or some sort .. just something simple which I could set how much bandiwdth certain downloads use in a day for example.

[Rosalind]

There are plenty of counters at Hotscripts and other places, but they're probably not exactly what you need. I was assuming you knew how to hack together your own script. Put something like this on your display page, after creating the suitable db tables:

<?php 
// connect to your database first
$query = "select pagecount from countertable";
$result = mysql_query($query)
or die ("This did not work");
if ($pagecount >= '100') // or any number you like
{echo "Sorry, no download today";}
else {echo "The link for the download goes here";}
?>

Then send your downloaders to a page that increments the counter. You'll also need a script to reset the counter, for your admin page.