09 Feb, 2007
Force File Download
Posted by: Jennifer In: Bookmarks|PHP Related|Script snippet|Scripts
How to force a file to download (without having to zip it up). $filename = "secure/writeToFile.doc"; header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename)); header('Content-Type: application/msword'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=writeToFile.doc'); readfile($filename); a few other content types – lots more at the above link… "pdf": "application/pdf" "zip": "application/zip" "xls": "application/vnd.ms-excel" "ppt": "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" "gif": "image/gif" "png": "image/png" "jpg": "image/jpg" "mp3": "audio/mpeg" "mp3": […]