How to change remote downloaded file name?

shtoja

I know how to change file name of local file in order to let's say protect file path
That would be something like

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="new_file_name.ext"');
readfile($original_file);

But I have problem doing that on remote file.
Problem is if I use readfile() on remote file, I guess that file is first downloaded on my server [streamed actually] and then to user, which really slows down transfer.

Is there a way to specify a file name for remote file?

The reason I need this is because I'm getting that remote file path via RSS, and path is in form http://www.site.com/song_download?fileid=1234
so every time someone clicks link for download, he gets "song_download" as file name in download dialog, and I would like to force it to "artist - song.mp3" or something like that, custom for each file

bpat1434

If you can't get the information, no you can't change the name. So unless you change the feed to be song_download?fileid=1234&artist=Eminem&title=Superman it'd be tough to do. Unless of course you're sending files from your server...

shtoja

I have the information about the artist and song name

From feed I get artist name, song name and file download url

problem is, as I said, when user clicks download url link, it generates the same file name in download dialog box ("song_download") for every song and I'm looking for a way to use data I have [artist and song name] and assign it to file that is downloading, so that users don't have to rename manually in file download dialog or after they downloaded it

bpat1434

You're not going to be able to change the name during a stream; however, you could get the contents into memory, then transfer that to your user as a "local" file. Would take extra time, but it's the only way.