just found this

[jeppers]

<?php

// force to download a file
// ex, ( [url=http://localhost/php/download.php?file=C:/Apache]http://localhost/php/download.php?file=C:/Apache[/url] Group/Apache2/hongkong.php )
// hope this can save your time :-)

$file = $_REQUEST['file'];

header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); 

header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($file));

header( "Content-Description: File Transfer");
@readfile($file);

?>

 

can any one help i need to direct this code to a file which i want to download any ideas

 

at the moment it just downloads a blank document and i am not sure on how to change the outcome

[The Little Guy]

I don't know if this will help you at all, but this is what I use:

<?php

    if (isset($_GET['filename'])){

        header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
        // what the file will be called
        header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$_GET['filename'].";");
        // It the file will be named when it is down loaded
        readfile(str_replace('|||||',' ',$_GET['filename']));
    
    }else{
    
    }

?>

[jeppers]

not sure what to with it i have changes the file name as you can see down below and then i tried to load it and nothing... is it supposed to come up with a box asking me if i would like to save it...

 

please help as i am a little slow

[The Little Guy]

you will need to save that code in a file such as download.php, then link to that file using the full path name, so it would looks something like this:

http://mysite.com/download.php?filename=/this/is/my/file.jpg

[jeppers]

so when it is in the fil all i have to do is create a link to that code on the website and then it will download the file required.. is that correct