Download with php

[Gruzin]

hi guys, hope you are doing well!
I need your help with a php download script (I've googled it, but...), so I don't know from where to start. can u please give me a good tutorial or some reference to read? Thanks in advance.

[corbin]

So ummm what exactly do you mean?  Like a dynamic script that will hide a file's true location, or simply force a user to download something?

[Gruzin]

well actually, I want the script to download something when page loads, any ideas how can I start writing that?

[corbin]

Forgot exactly how to do it... It involves headers...

[Gruzin]

I am trying to use google but it displays the results where I can DOWNLOAD other things  :) Can't find php DOWNLOAD tutorial...

[corbin]

Hmm just found http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,95433.0.html bout to read thru it now...

[Gruzin]

ok, thank u very much corbin, I'll try that. I've also found something on php.net :)

[yong]

Gruzin ,can you write the url about what do you found..

[Gruzin]

I've found not much info :(
Here is the URL [url=http://ge.php.net/header]http://ge.php.net/header[/url]

[Jenk]

[code]<?php

header('Content-disposition: attachment');
readfile('/path/to/file.txt');

?>[/code][/code]

[Gruzin]

[quote author=Jenk link=topic=107696.msg432573#msg432573 date=1158050314]
[code]<?php

header('Content-disposition: attachment');
readfile('/path/to/file.txt');

?>[/code][/code]
[/quote]

I need something like this: when user clicks on a link, I want to download the file without promting the user. The example above asks user download or not the file... Thanks anyway. Still I have no idea how to do that, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[Jenk]

In a word - no. You cannot do that.

Just think of the security implications if web-devs could force the user to download whatever they want..

[Gruzin]

ok, can I display the Alert in html code and not the browser Alert window? like when it asks save, open or cancel download? Thanks for your answers