moving download directory outside of root (windows)

[stride-r]

I'm securing a directory by moving it outside the webroot. Following the Zen Cart tutorial:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=280

I initially edited the 2 configure.php files to both read:
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '/web/public_html/myAccount/download/');

my catalog & web root is at:
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/web/public_html/myAccount/store/');

However, the result upon uploading them was a complaint that the directory does not exist ...yet it clearly does exist at this location.

Am i missing something else??

[DrByte]

1. You said "there was a complaint". Can you be just a tiny bit more specific about the "complaint"?
I suspect you're referring to an error message. If that's the case, never assume that you can explain it yourself. Instead, post the *exact* error message ... because the root cause is almost always right in the error message.

2. I suspect the error message actually tells you that the path "/web/public_html/myAccount/store//web/public_html/myAccount/download/" doesn't exist. And, if you look carefully at that, it's probably correct ... because you've doubled-up most of the path by skipping an important part of the edit mentioned in the FAQ article you quoted. ie: take out the reference to [DIR_FS_CATALOG .] in the define for DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD.

3. And, just to point it out, you titled your post with a notation about using a windows server, and the FAQ article makes mention that there is a restriction on making such a change if using a Windows server:

If you're using a Windows server running IIS, you cannot use redirects. Instead, you will need to use Download by Streaming in order to handle secured downloads.

[stride-r]

Thank you Dr Byte for pointing out what should have been the obvious. Unfortunately, despite even having printed out the tutorial page and having right in front of me, i missed the fact that the sample in step 3 not only had a revised path but ALSO had dropped the constant as well. Sigh....