Prevent HTML5 video from being downloaded with PHP

Asked Dec 10 '15 at 13:32

Active Dec 14 '15 at 05:35

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This code prevent HTML5 video from being downloaded and only display video.

It works great in Firefox browser but it does not work in Chrome and Safari browsers! Does anyone knows the problem?

<?php
ini_set('session.use_cookies',1);
session_start();

$mp4 = uniqid(); 
$_SESSION[$mp4]='a.mp4';
echo '<video autoplay="autoplay">'
    .'<source src="video.php?video='.$mp4.' type="video/mp4">'
    .'</video>';
?>

video.php

<?php
ini_set('session.use_cookies',1);
session_start();
$file='myhiddenvideos/'.$_SESSION[$_GET['video']];
$_SESSION=array();
$params = session_get_cookie_params();
setcookie(session_name(),'', time()-42000,$params["path"],$params["domain"], $params["secure"], $params["httponly"]);
if(!file_exists($file) or $file==='' or !is_readable($file)){
  header('HTTP/1.1 404 File not found',true);
  exit;
  }
readfile($file);
exit;
?>

asked Dec 10 '15 at 13:32

Mohammad

1

try to change the header of the PHP http://stackoverflow.com/a/15798799/5154084 – Fahed Alkaabi Dec 10 '15 at 13:50
@FahedAlkaabi This is a little confusing. No other easy way? – Mohammad Dec 10 '15 at 13:54
Does the videos always MP4 ? – Fahed Alkaabi Dec 10 '15 at 13:55
@FahedAlkaabi : Yes. – Mohammad Dec 10 '15 at 13:56
1

take a look at this article - someone else was trying to do the same thing more or less. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9756837/prevent-html5-video-from-being-downloaded-right-click-saved?rq=1 – Professor Abronsius Dec 10 '15 at 13:56
@RamRaider: I read this page thanks. – Mohammad Dec 10 '15 at 13:57
You will note then the comment / answer by @Starx near the bottom, simply stating "You can't" – Professor Abronsius Dec 10 '15 at 14:01

Prevent HTML5 video from being downloaded with PHP

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