Monitoring Files Downloaded

[wyclef]

anyone know what a simple way would be to monitor what files people r downloading or to receive a notice everytime a file is downloaded?

[JonEngland]

Most web hosts have some sort of statistics anyways.

This is just a random thought: if you know PHP you could do an onclick="phpscript" that sends an email? almost like a form??

[wyclef]

it's for a client so the web host statistics won't do. i think ideally they would like an e-mail every time a file is downloaded. u think there would be a snazzy way to do it with javascript? or an html form? something simple and accessible so maybe jscript is out.

[BetaWar]

Hate to say it but other than using mailto in a link (which requires the user to fill everything out) you have to use a server side language, PHP would be my choice there. Google it, see what you can find...

also use php.net

[wyclef]

what about using hidden form tags to send an auto-email to a pre-designated address? not sure how that would work.

[BetaWar]

That still takes PHP or some server side language to send the email.