force download

[neekow]

Hi!

I'd like to force a file download with this code :

<?php
$array = explode (".", $file);
$nb_element_1 = count ($array) -1;
if ($array[$nb_element_1] != "php") {
        header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$file");
        header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
        header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); 
		header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: text/plain\n"); 
        header("Content-Length: ".filesize("../../tmp_file/".$file));
        header("Pragma: no-cache");
        header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
        header("Expires: 0");
        readfile("../../tmp_file/".$file);
}
else {
        header("Location: quick_search.php");
}
?>

This code is registered in "download.php" located in my download folder.

In my html sheet, I call this code with :

echo '<a href="../../include/download.php?file='.$file.'">Download File</a>';

where "$file" is what I want to make upload...
When I click on the link "download", this make a download window appear but with a php file extention.

Is it the right code?
Could someone help me?

Thanks a lot!

[Kudose]

header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=".$file."");

[neekow]

Hi Kudose,

It doesn't work anymore... I tried several possibilities (throw a function, directly in my html sheet...).
It always sends me a download window with a "php" extention.

Someone tell me to skip the line
"header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); " to avoid to open directly the file by the link.
It doesn't work too.

Do yo have function working?

Thanks for your help.

[Kudose]

This works for me:

$path = "/home/server/path/";
$file_n = "this.csv";
$file_info = filesize($path.$file_n);
	header("Content-Type: ".$file_info['type']."");
	header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$file_n."");
	readfile($file);
	exit;