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paulgrenwood on 09/23/09

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Force File Download

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Provide files to the user by forcing them to download.

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/********************
*@file - path to file
*/
function force_download($file)
{
    if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($file))) {
       header("Content-length: ".filesize($file));
       header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
       header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $file . '"');
       readfile("$file");
    } else {
       echo "No file selected";
    }
}