Re: implementing downloads with php?

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 05:58:49PM -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote: > When a web page or a resource like an image or javascript file, or css file > "downloads" it is rendered in the browser. It does not appear as a separate > file written to the users system. What I am looking for is what might be > described > as the opposite of uploading a file. > > Thanks for responses > JK My suspicion was correct; you're looking to tell the browser that this is a file to save rather than a file to display. This is accomplished with headers, which the browser interprets as hints (not commands, as it is free to ignore them) for what to do with a given page. A quick google turned up this result: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8485886/force-file-download-with-php-using-header See if that helps. --Sean