download script

[westman]

hi all,am looking for a way users can download a file from my site if my file is...www.mysite.com/files/15.png how do i right the script to download it?

[birbal]

when you request a file, the browser downloads it everytime. it will usually prompt to download unless the specifed file has any plugin installed to show the file in browser (eg like pdf file, or realone player uses a plugin to show videos) You can use header("content-disposition:attachment"); to force download rather than showing it in the browser.

[birbal]

http://in3.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php there is some example

[westman]

so using... $down_file = "www.mysite.com/files/15.png"; header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pic.png"'); where do i put $down_file?

[birbal]

$down_file = "www.mysite.com/files/15.png";  header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=pic.png"); readfile($down_file);

Edited August 6, 2012 by birbal

[westman]

thank you