[SOLVED] PHP to download file througe header

[chathura86]

I want to make the download through the header commands.

 

it is a txt file and i used

 

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $myFile . "\"");

readfile($myFile);

 

but since i have other html codes below this line when i saved the file it also contains the html source also

 

i want to show the html page while doing the downloading through header commands

 

i have seen this in many sites

 

like browser popups for the download but page displays with

 

'click here if your download does not start in few seconds'

 

 

hope my question is clear

 

Regards

[rhodesa]

this isn't how they do it though. what they do is display the html page, then with a meta or javascript redirect, they point to the actual download link. since it's a forced download prompt, the html remains visible

[chathura86]

can anyone show me an example how to do it

[ted_chou12]

<?php 
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/txt');

// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="somefile.txt"');

// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('somefile.txt');
?>

dont forget to replace the somefile with ur own txt file name,

Ted

[haku]

http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/12/how-to-force-file-download-with-php/

[chathura86]

nope

 

what i want is Display the HTML with

while prompting the download

 

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/e70f585402395f82fa7a1cfd4f959582/

 

check this

[ted_chou12]

After some investigation, i think this is done with javascript:

http://tedchou12.110mb.com/uploads/phpforcedownload.php

try if this is what u want

Ted

[ted_chou12]

this is the page u want html to store in:

<?php 

echo "test";?>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location = "test.php"
//-->
</script>

download page separate here:

<?php 
header('Content-type: application/txt');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="3.txt"');
readfile('3.txt');
?>

Ted

[haku]

On html page:

 

<a href="download.php?file=file.txt>Download</a>

 

download.php:

include(fileforce.php); // this is the file in the link I posted earlier

set_time_limit(0);	
$file_path=$_GET['file'];
$name = $_GET['file'];
output_file($file_path, $name);

 

[chathura86]

still you have to click on the link

 

but on the sample url i posted earlier

 

the download prompts automatically

while the link is dispyed on the page

[haku]

So run the download script first, and at the end of it, have them forwarded to the html page, and add the link I gave you.

[rhodesa]

HTML PAGE

Your download will begin shortly. If it does not start, click <a href="download.php">download</a>.
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(){
  window.location = 'download.php';
}
</script>

 

DOWNLOAD PAGE

<?php
header('Content-type: application/txt');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"');
readfile('file.txt');
?>