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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/01/08 14:39
R.A.M. wrote:
> Hello,
> I am learning PHP5. I have little experience.
> I have created a website in which I want to put a link to download a text
> file. When I used simple
> <a href="Dir/File.txt">Download file</a>
> I had such problem that instead of dowloading the file contents was
> displayed in browser. In some book on PHP5 I found a "solution": create a
> link
> <a href="Download.php?dir=Dir&file=File.txt">Download file</a>
> and prepare Download.php file:
>
> <?php
> if (isset($_GET['dir']) && isset($_GET['file']))
> {
> $file = $_GET['dir'] . '/' . $_GET['file'];
> $fd = fopen($file, 'r');
> $size = filesize($file);
> $contents = fread($fd, $size);
> fclose($fd);
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Length: $size;");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachement; filename=$file");
> echo $contents;
> }
> ?>
>
> But... again the file contents is displayed instead of downloading.
> Could you help me please to write it correctly?
> Thank you!
> /RAM/
>
>
>
Nothing is wrong with the code.
This is completely up to the browser. You can make recommendations, but
that's all.
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