Could use some help with settinf download file path

[jim.davidson]

I need some help

I have a web site, we'll call it mysite.com

mysite has the usual folders

www

    images

    documents

        bolt loads.xls

    flash

    CssFiles

 

I want to download "bolt loads.xls" from a site's documents folder.  I have the following program that works fine when I'm testing locally.

 

But I'm at a loss as to how to set the path for the web site

 

I've tried the following nothing works

$getfile = 'bolt loads.xls'

 

$filepath = 'http://mysite.com/www/documents/'.$getfile;

 

$filepath = '/www/documents/'.$getfile;

 

$filepath = '/documents/'.$getfile;

 

Here's the code i'm running

 

 

<?php

// Block any attemp to explore the filesystem

if (isset($_GET['file']) && basename($_GET['file']) == $_GET['file']) {

  $getfile = $_GET['file'];

}

else {

  $getfile = NULL;

}

// define error handling

$nogo = 'Sorry, download unavailable. <a href="download_bolt.php">Back</a>.';

 

if (!$getfile) {

  // go no further if filename not set

  echo $nogo;

}

else {

  // define the path name to the file

// here is where I'm lost

  $filepath = 'http://mysite.com/www/documents/'.$getfile;

  // check that it exist and is readable

  if (file_exists($filepath) && is_readable($filepath)) {

    // get the file's size and send the appropriate headers

$size = filesize($filepath);

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');

header('Content-Length: '.$size);

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$getfile);

header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');

// open the file in binary read-only mode

// suppress error messages if the file can't be opened

$file = @ fopen($filepath, 'rb');

if ($file) {

  // stream the file and exit the script when complete

  fpassthru($file);

  exit;

}

else {

  echo $nogo;

}

  }

  else {

    echo $nogo;

echo $filepath;

  }

}

?>

[Rohan Shenoy]

$filepath = 'http://mysite.com/www/documents/'.$getfile;

try removing the www/. So it should be

$filepath = 'http://mysite.com/documents/'.$getfile;

[Rohan Shenoy]

and remember to change that everywhere.

[jim.davidson]

I just tried that and it doesn't work