[SOLVED] Force Download of zip file........

[networkthis]

I am trying to force the download of a zip file to the browser using php.  I am having difficulties getting this to work.  Any ideas???

 

Thanks in advance

[networkthis]

Okay, about 2 minutes after posting this I figured it out thank you.

[maxudaskin]

You mean, force someone to download a file to their computer, even if they don't want to?

 

Nobody will help you do that because it is illegal.

 

If these are not your intentions, please post more information about what you want.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

"forcing a download" simply means causing the file to be downloaded instead of being opened in the browser or associated application.

[DarkWater]

For anyone curious to know the solution, you just send the proper Content-Disposition headers (should be "attachment").

[networkthis]

I am not trying to FORCE the download on peoples computers........ Simply trying to allow users to select files they want to download...place them into a zipfile and download them onto their computer instead of having to select them one by one and download them one by one - wasting most of their day...

 

Here is what I did

<?php 


// My Zip file to Download
$zipfile = "myZip.zip";

header("Pragma: public");

// set expiration time
header("Expires: 0"); 

// browser must download file from server instead of cache
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");

// force download dialog
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Type: application/zip");
header("Content-Type: application/download");


// Display the save dialog to the user with the filename
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($zipfile).";");


// Shows a progress bar for the downloading file
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($zipfile));

@readfile($zipfile);
?>

 

[CMK08]

I tried this script but it corrupts my zip file. After download, there file can't be open. Ideas?