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A function that forces a file to download.

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This function will force a file to be downloaded. It accepts $_path as a parameter.

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  1. function file_force_dl($_path) {
  2.   $mime = 'application/force-download';
  3.   header('Pragma: public'); // required
  4.   header('Expires: 0'); // no cache
  5.   header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
  6.   header('Cache-Control: private',false);
  7.   header('Content-Type: '.$mime);
  8.   header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($_path).'"');
  9.   header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
  10.   header('Connection: close');
  11.   readfile($_path); // push it out
  12.   exit();
  13. }

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