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paulgrenwood on 09/23/09


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Force File Download

 / Published in: PHP
 

Provide files to the user by forcing them to download.

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  1. /********************
  2. *@file - path to file
  3. */
  4. function force_download($file)
  5. {
  6.     if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($file))) {
  7.        header("Content-length: ".filesize($file));
  8.        header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
  9.        header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $file . '"');
  10.        readfile("$file");
  11.     } else {
  12.        echo "No file selected";
  13.     }
  14. }

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