Posted by Bogomil Shopov on 01/05/05 14:51

Hello
Yes you can do that. Please follow the steps:

header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');
readfile('original.pdf');

Bogomil
http://purplerain.org


prthomp@uark.edu wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Note, this may be a bit off topic.
>
> With that said... I am wanting to save a file off my website to a certain location on my computer. Is there a way to click on a button (or something) and that invokes the download, which then saves to (for example) C:\SomePlace\Directory\Pizza\sausage.txt?
>
> The whole process:
> 1. User uploads from a specific location (that I already know)
> 2. Modifies the file via the web
> 3. Saves/downloads the file to that exact location as pulled from and replaces the old file
>
> It seems as though this can be done but I have not found a way to do it, and I have searched a lot. Any thoughts on how to?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> ~Philip

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