Protected user specific folder

[hoehnt]

I need a way to programatically create a user-specific folder and password protect the contents so only the specific user can see whats inside (an html file).
It can be either the user can only see it after logging in to his zen cart account or it can be outside zen cart. The user will be issued this folder password after making a purchase through zen cart.
Can anyone make recommendations on a good strategy for this?

[hoehnt]

Nobody has done anything like this before?

[stevesh]

Usually, you can password-protect folders in your hosting account's control panel, if I understand your question.

[hoehnt]

Yes, but I wanted to do this programatically when a new user creates a Zen Cart account.
I guess I can do it with PHP. Not sure which zen cart file to put it in though.

[hoehnt]

Basically:

1. user creates Zen Cart account
2. password protected folder gets created automatically
3. user purchases a report
4. report gets generated automatically
5. report gets put in users password protected folder automatically
6. user gets an email telling them their report is ready and with a hyperlink to the report
7. user clicks the link in the email
8. user enters password (and/or logs in to zen account)
9. user views report

these reports are of a secure nature and must not be viewable by anyone else. They are html reports each with a subfolder containing other html files and images

[stevesh]

That's a lot of custom coding - maybe post in the Commercial Help Wanted forum.

[hoehnt]

That's a lot of custom coding - maybe post in the Commercial Help Wanted forum.

How would a person go about doing it?

Create a folder that is somehow contents protected from everyone except a single zen cart user?

The folder would have to be programmatically created and permissions set. Then before allowing a user to view the html files within it would have to check the users zen cart session ID.

Or perhaps somehow restrict acces with htaccess.