How to download a file

Paingiver

In php how do you set a <a href > </a> link to download a file to the user.

example

<a href="download temp.zip file" > </a>
when it is click

the download location is store in mysql database.

please and thank you

Kudose

<?
echo "<a href='file.exe'>Download Now!</a>";
?>

Kudose

First you need a link page:

//Start link page
<html><body>
<a href="download.php?file=<?= $file ?>" target="newwindow">File to download</a>
</body></html>
//End link page

//Start download page
<?
$file = $HTTP_GET_VARS['file'];
header("Location: $file");
?>

All freehanded, no promises to works off hand, that is just an example.

Paingiver

This is the code i'm trying :

while ($a = current($taskInst->attachments)) {
$attachment = new attachment($a);
echo "<a href=\"javascript:openwindow('".$config['attach_url']."/".$attachment->created."/".$attachment->name."','600','500')\" title=\"".$lang['common_open']." ".$attachment->name." ".$lang['common_inANewWindow']."\">".$attachment->name."</a><br>\n";
next($taskInst->attachments);
}

It works on the local computer but not when other computers try to download it. Please help

Please and Thank You.

Paingiver

Kudose

i'm sorry but your codes does not work. all it do is open a newwindows.

Thank You

iNFERiON

Originally posted by Paingiver
It works on the local computer but not when other computers try to download it.

Then it sounds more like a firewall/router problem then a coding mistake....

Paingiver

I only have a D-link switch,... no firewall

Thank You

jasonmills58

just fyi, most switches these days have firmware firewalls built in...

Paingiver

ahh... a small US$ 50 switch with only 5 port ... i don't think there is a firewall in it.... how do i set/ see if there a firewall in the switch?

Please and Thank You

Kudose

EDIT

<? echo "<a href='file.exe'>File To Download</a>"; ?>

Does work. Nuff said. /EDIT

Um, for one you could check your IP. If it is 192.168.XXX.XXX then youhave a router. Another way is to go to the manufactuer's website and see.

That script I wrote for you above should work, files automatically ask you to save or open them from the browser. I tested it on my server.

Here is the exact script I used.

HTML page

<html>
<body>
<div align="center"><a href="download.php?file=kazaa_lite_kpp_243_english.exe" target="_blank">Test Download File (KaZaA Lite) 
  </a></div>
</body>
</html>

PHP Page (download.php)

<?
$file = $HTTP_GET_VARS['file'];
header("Location: $file");
?>

You can alter this script to query your DB to get file names and all that jazz, but thats the answer to your original question.

To test it out go to

http://www.blvdcars.com/testfile.php

It will DL KaZaA Lite

It will only be up for tonight and maybe tomorrow, then I am deleteing it.

helz

Kudose,
Your a hero! I've always want to know how websites did that,
a clever way to mask the file location, thanks again, much appreciated!

iNFERiON

Hmm, not exactly masked helz, the new window that's openened shows the complete URL (http://www.blvdcars.com/kazaa_lite_kpp_243_english.exe). But still, a script like this can always come in handy. 🙂

bubblenut

To trully mask the location of the file you could get the file ref (or whatever) from the url, copy the file to a unique temp file and then delete it at a later date.
Not sure how you would check to see if they'd finnished downloading though.
Bubble

helz

is there another method of opening a file without redirecting the whole page?
what i mean is like you see on these pages:
If your download does not start automatically in the next x seconds then click here

Paingiver

I have a D-Link DES-1005D. I have not try to set the firewall. The things is that i can upload the file but not download it. what is the localtion format of $file? is it C:\download files\ or C:/download files?

Please and Thank You

Paingiver

i check the spec of the DES-1005D. I is an Unmanaged Stand-alone Dual Speed Switch with NO VLAN security. So there shouldn't be any firewall. I think it is the format the $file is located. I have put the file in the C:/temp when uploading.

Please and Thank You

Paingiver

Ohh sorry, the DES-1005D is also know as DSS-5+

Thank You