Is there a way to redirect a browser to a file on the local network?

Question

I'm wondering if it's possible to redirect to a URL like:

\\central\public\blah\test.html

in PHP? We want to put a link on the website for employees to quickly access tools that have to be kept on the local network for security reasons. Basically the link would only work if you were in the office.

I've tried using:

header("location: \\central\public\blah\test.html"); 

but it just formats the URL to http://

Answer 1

Try enough forward slashes and the file:// protocol:

file://///central/public/blah/test.html

(reference: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=908015)

Answer 2

try:

header("location: file://central/public/blah/test.html");