How to use htaccess to point to a different directory?

A php script where you can view a directory, but only open one file?

• Hiya, I have a website, i am familiar with PHP, HTML5, and a little perl and Asp. This is a problem i cant seem to figure out. I have a directory of files, i want people i give the link to, to be able to view the entire directory, but if they choose to download a file, only one will download, if they try another it says session expired. Ive tried with the basic .htaccess but its not advanced enough. I am guessing this will require mysql, which is fine. If anyone could point me in the right direction, i would be very grateful. Cheers

• Answer:

  MySQL is only going to work if these files are stored in a database. If they are, create an authorised page that displays an html form where the list of files in the database is shown via a select statement. Set the form so that only one option can be selected. On click, this can take them to a second page where the download starts and the session is destroyed. If they are just viewing the list of files in a directory uploaded to a host then you can alter the file permissions. However, this will not allow them to chose the one to download, you will have to decide.