[SOLVED] Download a php file

[payney]

This is such a technical php question, but does anyone know how to do the following.

 

I simply want to post a link on my site, which will allow the user to download a php file. Without it open in the page, so when the user clicks on it, it says open/save etc.

 

Is this possible? This just opens the page:

 

  <a href="un_template.php">Download Template </a>

[cooldude832]

mod the headers so that  it sets it as a download not a view.  (look it up on php.net as I don't know the specifics)

[jester626]

You could simply save the file as .txt or .phps and that will display the source code in the browser then the viewer could simply use the "save as" feature of the browser.

[payney]

Found a cracking solution:

 

Create a new php page:

 

<?php

header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=un_template.php');

header('Content-type: disposition');

readfile('un_template.php');

?>

 

Simply point your hyperlink to this.

[Dragen]

<?php
$filesize = filesize($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");
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
header('Content-Length: ' . $filesize);
readfile($file);
?>

Where $file is the url to the wanted .php file.

 

 

EDIT: note, if you set the filesize like in my example, your browser can correctly estimate download times.

Also you should use application/force-download, to ensurw that it is downloaded.

Use GET to set the $file.

[atlanta]

I  think using get to call the file is a bad idea unless you filter the input,

[Dragen]

I  think using get to call the file is a bad idea unless you filter the input,

Obviously you'd filter it. But it makes it easier, if you've got lots of files just to send a request to one file which reads the GET value, instead of having to use several different files for each download. Most sites use GET for downloads, filter the input to make sure it's valid, not harmful etc.