Make a movie the default file in a directory!

@Brain_StormJun 13.2005

Hi. I have a directory called movie.my-domain.com. I have an MPEG in the directory and want to make it the default file i.e. it is the file loaded when the directory opens. Can I do this with PHP. I am using Apache 1.3.33/PHP 4.3.11 but have no access to PHP or Apache config. Also .htaccess is disabled.

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@LiLcRaZyFuZzYJun 13.2005 — #well, you could redirect to it using a meta refresh tag in html
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0, URL=http://movie.your-domain.com/movie.mpg">

@AdamGundryJun 13.2005 — #The elegant way to do this is to use the Apache [url=http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex]DirectoryIndex[/url] directive, but that requires access to the Apache configuration or a .htaccess file. Failing that, you can use a redirect as LiLcRaZyFuZzY suggests but I would recommend a server-side redirect rather than client-side. You could use the following PHP code in an index file:

header("Location: http://movie.example.com/movie.mpg");

Adam

@Brain_StormauthorJun 13.2005 — #Neither of those answers are much help. Instead of using forwarding I could just as well link to the file like this movie.my-domain.com/movie.mpg but that is exactly what I am trying to avoid.

Thanks for the effort anyway.

Anyone else got any suggestions?

@bokehJun 13.2005 — #That sounds simple enough. Save the following in the 'movie' directory. Name it index.php and fill in the filename and path at the top.

[code=php]
 <?php
 
 // Get variables
 $movie = 'movie.mpg'; // Fill in path and filename
 $last_modified = date("D, d M Y H:i:s GMT", filemtime($movie)); // Date last modified
 $movie_size = filesize($movie);  //File size must be sent
 $headers = apache_request_headers(); // Get headers sent from client browser
 
 if(isset($headers['If-Modified-Since'])){  // If file not modified since last viewing don't send it
 if($last_modified == $headers['If-Modified-Since']){
 header("HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified");
 }
 }else{ //Send the file along with correct headers
 header("Content-Type: video/mpeg");       // This header must be sent with an MPEG file
 header("Content-Disposition: inline");    // This is to try to make it play in the same window
 header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");           // This header must be sent with an MPEG file
 header("Content-Length: $movie_size");    // This header must be sent with an MPEG file
 header("Last-Modified: $last_modified");  // Used to check if file has been modified since first sent to the client
 @readfile($movie);                        // Read the file and send it to the client
 }
 
 ?>
 [/code]

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