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section31 on 07/08/08


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Serves an external document for download as an HTTP attachment.

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  1. // Serves an external document for download as an attachment.
  2. // example usage: download_file('whatever.wmv');
  3. function download_file($filename, $mimetype = 'application/octet-stream')
  4. {
  5.   if (!file_exists($filename) || !is_readable($filename)) return false;
  6.   $base = basename($filename);
  7.   header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
  8.   header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$base");
  9.   header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename));
  10.   header("Content-Type: $mimetype");
  11.   readfile($filename);
  12.   exit();
  13. }

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